In the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, a young girl sets off to take some food to her sickly grandmother. She meets a wolf …. When Little Red Riding Hood arrives at her grandmother’s house, she thinks her “grandmother” looks strange, but the wolf lures her close with his disguise and lies, and then eats her in one gulp.
Who’s in disguise and lying now? The big oil companies have been lying to the American public for decades.
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Emotionally, I sometimes feel like a pinball being bounced around from hope to doom to rage to love for this beautiful world and its many peoples, and then to whatever comes next.
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Being in the streets of New York City with a quarter million people for the Global Climate Strike was an inspiring experience for me. Despite the seriousness of the crisis faced by humanity, there was joy in taking action together.
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If you do not already have plans to participate in the Global Climate Strike on Friday, September 20th, please read all the way to end of this post and consider changing your plans. If you think that kind of activity is for other people and not for you, please read this whole post with an open mind.
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Can we afford a full and prompt transition to a sustainable economy – including generating electricity, heating and cooling our buildings, and providing transportation without using fossil fuels? – Why I conclude “yes”. Where the money is now.
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I sometimes find myself wondering if anything I do to try to help stop climate change makes a difference. So it got my attention when the Yale Program on Climate Communications reported recently that having more frequent conversations with friends, neighbors, and relatives about climate change really does make a difference. These conversations shift people’s perceptions to greater …
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Years ago when I was teaching first and second grade, we had a charming little book in our classroom library that featured photographs of families from different cultures around the world, eating their traditional foods. I loved this book because it showed cultural differences appreciatively, while highlighting a key commonality of people around the world – we all need and eat food.
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A friend recently asked me, “How important is it that I reduce my carbon footprint? Will it really make any difference?”
This is a good question. I’ve been puzzling over this for years. My answer is…
I recently tried to start a conversation about climate change with a small group of acquaintances. I asked, “What do you think of the situation with the climate? I’m curious how each of you sees it.”
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Even though I grew up in a poor family, I started getting a very small allowance when I was about 10 years old. I think it started at 20 cents per week. It wasn’t much, but it was mine. Soon I started saving ….
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3 key features of the Green New Deal proposal to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions, millions of high-wage jobs and promote justice and equity
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How the rights of women and girls are connected with climate change. Specific steps to empower women and girls will help stop climate change.
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