PostedApr 16, 2020 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle, opinion, policy
Rosco Reports III by Ross Thrasher On April 15 the global tally of coronavirus cases passed the two-million mark, growing by 80,000 daily. 25% of these have recovered and 6.5% have died. In the media there has been much discussion of “the curve”, the...
PostedApr 14, 2020 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle
Rosco Reports II by Ross Thrasher The penetration of this pandemic into all jurisdictions is quite remarkable. Case in point: the American states and Canadian provinces, not one of which has been spared by COVID-19. 40 of the 50 states have over 1000 cases now, and...
PostedApr 9, 2020 | Covid-19, international news
Rosco Reports on Covid-19 by Ross Thrasher The coronavirus continues to rage worldwide. As of today the WHO has recorded more than 1.6M cases and 95K deaths, a fourfold increase in the past two weeks. Almost one quarter of registered cases have recovered, but 49,000...
PostedMar 25, 2020 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle
Shakedown: a radical change or restructuring, particularly in a hierarchical organization or group. It is disturbing. It is troubling. It seems unfair. Our plans for the future are in doubt and our taken-for-granted reality threatens to collapse under our feet. It is...
PostedNov 30, 2019 | climate change, Education, international news, sustainability
Introduction At GTEC’s recent Town Hall I was surprised to meet several people who told me they were confused about the climate crisis. What is the situation exactly? Where do we stand? When I thought about the flood of information that we encounter everywhere we...
PostedSep 9, 2019 | climate change, community, international news, opinion, sustainability
Autumn is in the air and the zeitgeist is unsettled. Greta has arrived in New York to talk to the United Nations. The Amazon rainforest is on fire. The Hong Kong young people take to the streets knowing they will face tear gas, rubber bullets and blue paint. They got...
