The Power of Our Words

The Power of Our Words

“Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” Patrick Rothfuss Words matter. They can inspire us to action, or reduce us to immobility and despair. Katherine Hayhoe, a much-respected Canadian climate scientist, has said in...
Our Unexamined Choices

Our Unexamined Choices

How do our choices relate to the climate, and to the mess humanity is in? I have recently begun an online course on the history of the modern world. In the course’s opening statement they described history as a study of: what happened and why did it happen. That Why...
In Limbo

In Limbo

We live in very confusing times. The world we inhabit is changing rapidly. Sometimes the goalposts move so rapidly that none of us knows from one day to the next what is happening to us. And yet, there is always more of the same – more war, more inequality, more...
Food for Us, Succour for the Planet

Food for Us, Succour for the Planet

How can we produce enough nourishing food for all without destroying the planet’s health? We all have to eat. The fact that there are now 8.3 billion of us on the planet makes that a serious challenge. Unfortunately, the intensive agriculture that we are now...
When the well is dry

When the well is dry

“When the well is dry, we will know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin Not so long ago I wrote a blog on the importance of water called “Our Most Precious Resource” (If you want to be reminded just how important water is to us or why we need to take care of it,...