Dr. John Hollins, past Chair CACOR, on 9 June 2019, sends a public letter to some friendly political partisans: Dear Fred and Martha, I draw to your attention a column in the Ottawa Citizen on June 8 by Patrick MacDougall. (Pasted in below). Mr. MacDougall’s advice, coming from a political writer, is refreshingly clear-headed and […]
Mainstream Automakers Embark on the Big Move to Battery-Electrics
Despite anemic sales and despite losing money on every battery-electric vehicle they sell, mainstream automakers are forging ahead. Here’s why, and here’s what’s needed for them to be successful. For Ford, such thinking represents a major strategy shift. Only eight years ago, the company rolled out the Ford Focus Electric, a hatchback with a tiny […]
The Stages of Change Needed to Move Canadians’ Values so that we can Achieve Net Zero Carbon Society
Gordon Kubanek, CACOR Board of Directors, writes on “If we Know Climate Change is a Threat Why aren’t we Doing Anything About It?” Mental Health is the ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs Scott Peck, Psychiatrist Preface Mysterious pink pony found in Montreal: constantly asks bystanders what the French words for “party”, “cupcake”, […]
Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating the Climate Tragedy
Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy – IFLAS Occasional Paper 2 by Professor Jem Bendell BA (Hons) PhD Can professionals in sustainability management, policy and research – myself included – continue to work with the assumption or hope that we can slow down climate change, or respond to it sufficiently to sustain our […]
PLAN TO SURVIVE
PLAN TO SURVIVE; IT MAY BE YOUR ONLY CHOICE Two approaches to preparation and survival follow . This article parallels the kind of work now being carried out by CACOR members to develop a practical survival guide for Canadians in the face of a changing climate. Watch this site for progress on this project, Climate […]