It’s a new year, 2020, and it’s a time to understand that we, the public, are now more empowered than ever before in this climate emergency, despite how incredibly impotent we feel with the horrible devastation in Australia, which is experiencing catastrophic bushfires and extreme heat, with resulting wildlife mortality, as well as the loss […]
Article by Annette Olson and Carrie McLaughlin, 2018. Wow. Christmas 2016 was when I (Annette) wrote my second Climate Steps blog ever – Christmas Climate Steps, and it’s now SO LONG AGO. It’s been a weird two years, definitely. And during this time, many of us have been motivated to build the Climate Steps movement […]
Trees. Gorgeous and calming, providing homes for birds and other life, they also help clean the air of carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. And, if planted in a city or in your backyard, will cool during the summer and warm in the winter. So here’s a brief list of tips to consider about helping save […]
As I sit huddled in a fluffy robe, unwilling to turn on the boiler yet because it is just too early in the season to turn on the heat (and because it requires moving some stuff in the basement first), I contemplate the many other ways I have and still need to keep warm. First, […]
After we ourselves “Reuse” something, but before we “Recycle” it, there is a concept we really need to become aware of and do: we need to “Recirculate.” In other words….
SCORE!
….observing the distance of glacial retreat as measured by year markers drew gasps from nearly everyone…
How would I even start doing something about those things? I think I’ll crawl under the covers and hope someone else figures this stuff out. … But wait!….
….a twist — what do I read when I want to save the planet? Because there are actually books that help you do that.
A Plastic Affair to Remember – Always. Plastic first came into our lives 150 years ago, and we fell in love, hard. But although it made and makes our lives wonderful in many ways – it comes with baggage now. Lots and lots of terrible baggage. This article, Part 1, outlines the impact plastic makes, […]
….there’s a big handle on one of the boxes outside, that you push up and lock with a satisfying “thunk.”
