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When countries across the globe cooperated to solve the Acid Rain problem. photo by author I grew up in the 1980's when the radio waves were a-rift with iconic pop tunes disguising omens of apocalyptic doom. Remember Nena's "99 Luft Balloons"? Nuclear War. Rush's "Distant Early Warning"? A suite of doomsday scenarios. Platinum Blonde's "Sad... Continue Reading →
Flame Lit - Part VIII - A limited micro-blog series of energy definitions and quick facts to help improve energy literacy image/graphic by author Electricity. How do we make it ? How does it get to our homes? What will happen if we start to use substantially more? Most electricity in Canada (and the world)... Continue Reading →
photo/graphic by author Writing this week, I’ve been streaming a concert into my headphones called “American Outlaws, Live at Nassau Coliseum 1990” by the Highwaymen. I love it! However, it stokes the worry I already carry: are we entering an era where we will lose the ability to access this depth of human talent and... Continue Reading →
I am away at a writer’s conference this weekend. I usually try to post every Friday - normally something energy or climate related. Since I am surrounded by books and authors this weekend, I thought it might be appropriate if I shared a list of some of my favourite books that talk about our environmental... Continue Reading →
photo by Nathan Engel from Pexels I have an un-natural obsession with apocalyptic stories - movies and books. My husband pokes fun at me for it - even though he often settles in to watch too. I am not alone, clearly, looking at the box office numbers. Why is it we are drawn to them?... Continue Reading →
Should you invest in an electric vehicle “EV” to work on your personal greenhouse gas emissions? Or stick with your gasoline powered internal combustion engine – your “ICE”? If you plan to charge it up off the provincial electric grid – then it depends where you live in Canada. If you plan to install your … Continue reading Should Your Next Vehicle be Electric?
photo by author Sensory Processing after the Fort McMurray Wildfire The red fire tee. That's how I think of it. It sounds like a description from an L.L. Bean catalogue. It's not. It's the shirt I wore for almost twenty four hours as our family fled from the Fort McMurray wildfire three years ago. Often... Continue Reading →
When we had to rebuild our wooden fence a few years back, I let our contractor talk me into a six- footer. “It’s the legal limit” he said. Right after the last nail was hammered, we immediately regretted the decision and longed to have back our more “neighbourly” five- foot fence. But it was too... Continue Reading →
I confess that I used to be a dandelion anarchist. For years, after we moved into this house, I raged in silence at the City for spraying herbicides in the park behind us to kill off the dandelions and clover. It seemed to be such an archaic practice. After all, many cities had already banned…
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