I suppose it’s good that I’m surprised by what I don’t know almost as often as I am by what seems to have escaped other people. “Ignorant” is a kind of general, all-encompassing category when you’re describing somebody. I … [Continue reading]
To make the hard decisions around climate change, we need the pull of a compelling story that tells us about all the great things that will follow and the ways we’ll be rewarded when we do. Because changing the ways we live and work will be hard, … [Continue reading]
Some food for thought (if you find that you’re hungry for it today) from Yvon Chouinard. (He pronounces his name yuh-vaan shwee-naard if you're wondering.) Throughout, I’ll just call him Yvon, because he seems to invite that kind of familiarity with … [Continue reading]
Everyday on the news I hear stories about the disproportionately negative impact that some event, disease, or change in the weather has had on a particular group. It's social media’s disproportionate harming of teenage girls. How Covid-19 is more … [Continue reading]
It’s been a busy week for me, and not in a good way. It was probably RSV that took down the first three days of it in a torrent of congestion and runny nose, until I felt my old self begin to return on Thursday, only to discover while heading out … [Continue reading]
