PostedOct 4, 2024 | Arts & Culture, climate change, community, opinion, sustainability
By Ross Thrasher The Post-Carbon Institute is a US-based nonprofit whose declared mission is “to lead the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world by providing individuals and communities with the resources needed to understand and respond to...
PostedOct 2, 2024 | book review, climate change, Education, international news, opinion, sustainability, technology
Brief Summaries: Articles from the Earth Issue of Wired Magazine By Ross Thrasher The September 2024 issue of Wired magazine, subtitled The Earth Issue, contains four interesting essays on climate and the environment. Here are brief summaries: “The hole in the map of...
PostedJul 15, 2024 | Arts & Culture, book review, climate change, opinion
Harnessing the power of story may help us survive and thrive on a climate-altered planet. by Katherine Dolan, originally published by The Observatory Introduction Climate change is, by far, the biggest story of our era, an existential threat that has already...
PostedJul 9, 2024 | Arts & Culture, climate change, community, Education, opinion, sustainability
Founded in 1993, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) has collaborated with other organizations to engage governments, run campaigns, conduct research and draw media attention to key issues. CAPE “supports physicians to be advocates for...
PostedJul 2, 2024 | Arts & Culture, book review, climate change, opinion, Youth
Third in a Series: Brief Book Reviews by Ross Thrasher Is it frivolous to spend time reading novels during a climate emergency? I hope not, especially when fiction can offer insights into our predicament on a damaged planet. The GTEC Reader aspires to provide an arts...
PostedJun 24, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, opinion, sustainability
By Arden Henley The efforts of many of the organizations responding to the climate crisis in British Columbia and elsewhere are focused on effecting changes to municipal, provincial and federal government policy. This is undoubtedly important work. At the same time,...
