Our oceans cover over 70% of the surface of the Earth, to an average depth of 12,000 feet; the deepest the Mariana Trench at 36,000 feet, and with a staggering volume of 1.4 billion cubic kilometres, numbers the late Carl Sagan could appreciate. Their vastness has...
Have you ever wondered why there are so many self-storage facilities nowadays? While defensible as a short-term solution, maybe these facilities are a sign of a society that just has too much “stuff”. In fact, “first world” countries have become huge consumer nations...
We can cut Hamilton’s residential emissions by 20% by 2030 at no cost? How can this be done? Read on. A majority of Canadians believe the warnings from scientists about the growing dangers from climate change, that the source is the burning of fossil fuels, and they...
Climate change is by far the greatest existential threat ever faced by humankind. The housing crisis, homelessness and poverty are indeed real problems (more signs of uncontrolled corporate greed), but The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention...
We have just come through a winter, with little snow, 52 days above 0° as of March 5th, and record temperatures of 18.8°on March 4th and 5th. This is unnatural and deeply worrying. Has winter, as we've known it, disappeared? According to senior climatologist David...
At last November’s global climate summit, Canada joined 120 countries in pledging to triple renewable energy by 2030. But in Ontario, which uses 40% of Canada’s energy supply, we are going backwards under this government’s gross mismanagement of the energy file. If...
The dictionary defines hero as: a person noted for feats of courage, outstanding achievements and nobility of purpose. This rules most of us out. I prefer my personal definition: a person of noble purpose who is grounded (in climate science), humble, persistent,...
Artificial, human-centred systems - politics, economies, markets - have detached us from the natural world, that we exploit, commodify, and destroy to satisfy these systems. Human systems are not resilient, requiring energy - fossil fuels and other forms - to keep...