The straight goods, not the sunny ways John Hollins, 2020 March 6 2030 The likelihood that Canada as a country will meet the commitment that it made in Paris in 2015 to reduce emissions by 30% between 2005 and 2030 is vanishingly small. The earliest politically and practically feasible year may be 2050. Large differences […]
It’s time to emerge from our planetary emergency. Here’s a plan
While politics continues to cripple efforts to fight the planetary emergency, the science remains as unequivocal and irrefutable as ever. We have already crossed a number of “tipping points” in the Earth’s systems; vital thresholds beyond which irreversible and catastrophic consequences for all life on this planet will ensue. The impacts of climate change and […]
From: Till Kellerhoff
Dear all, Many of you will have seen this already, but I am pleased to share with you the final version of an open letter on the Green New Deal to the president of the EU commission von der Leyen, which was sent yesterday. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! If you are able to […]
The Menace of Deep-Sea Mining: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“A new chapter of Earth pillage is in the works: the commercial venture of deep-sea mining. The deep sea lies 200 meters below sea level into the abyssal depths and comprises roughly 65 percent of Earth’s surface. It is being encroached by a nexus of nation-states and industries slavering over its “mind-boggling quantities of untapped […]
Mindful Balance: 2019
Our Earth, Limits to Growth, Post Truth and the Crisis of Consciousness CACOR Member Lalith Ananda Gunaratne : Gain insights into the limits of our world system and the constraints it puts on human numbers and activity. I am a part of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR) in Ottawa still following the […]