Are You Ready For Transition?

Tweet December’s UN climate talks in Copenhagen failed to failed to produce a strong, binding agreement to cut carbon-dioxide emissions.  Most Americans are painfully aware that burning fossil fuel contributes to  increasing CO2 levels, pollution and climate...

Is Our Climate Warming or Weirding?

Tweet WORD OF THE DAY: Global Weirdingn. an increase in severe or unusual environmental activity often attributed to global warming.Note: Global weirding includes an increase in average temperatures, heat waves, cold spells, hurricanes, blizzards, plant and animal...

Extinct

Tweet As the Copenhagen Climate talks wind down, I’m not feeling all that hopeful that our world leaders can all agree on some bold meaningful action to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere. I’ve been sitting here in a funk about what the next...

Bill, Please Re-think Your Drink!

Tweet Bill McKibben is one of my heroes. He’s an author, educator and environmentalist who has done more than just about anyone I know to engage and inspire people to take a stand on climate change.   The world has tapped Bill for a big mission and he has...

Tiger Woods, Laughing Gas and Cow Farts

Tweet photo credit: gitsul. While many Americans are wasting valuable time oggling the news for the latest update on Tiger’s sex life, our atmosphere is filling up with greenhouse gases that may make human civilization unsustainable in the not too distant...

What is Greenwashing?

Tweet This morning I attended a program on Greenwashing courtesy of Westchester County’s Conversations on Conservation. Here’s my review of what went on along with some links for you to learn more.Patti Wood of Grassroots Environmental Education gave a...