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A NEW NORMAL With attention focused on Covid-19, health threats posed by climate change remain unchanged and existential. By continuing to burn fossil fuels, coming decades could experience... Read more
With COVID19 increasingly threatening industrial food supply chains, we need to consider other options for feeding ourselves. The Victory Gardens of WW II come to mind. Consider: the U.S. ha... Read more
As the climate emergency intensifies, inaction costs us tens of billions of dollars annually. And current emissions are far beyond what the planet can bear to support life. So how do we… Mov... Read more
DEALING WITH CLIMATE ANGST AND ANGER The Doomsday clock just advanced to 100 seconds before midnight – the closest we have ever been to utter disaster. Helplessness is a common response to s... Read more
The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth super-highway on which we progress with great speed, but at the end lies disaster. The other fork in the road – the one “le... Read more
CLIMATE EMERGENCY! Perhaps the brightest idea of late is the city’s decision to declare a Climate Emergency and setting 2030 as the goal for net-zero emissions. It being a call to action… BR... Read more
It’s December! Time to discuss sensible, climate-friendly gifts and gift wrappings. With gifts, some factors to consider: Will it be lasting or keep giving? What’s its carbon footprint... Read more
November’s topic is Transportation and Land Use. This is the final component of the One Climate Future planning process being undertaken by Portland and South Portland, the others being Clim... Read more
BUILDINGS AND ENERGY USE Over the past months, we’ve considered two components of the two-city climate action planning process. This month it’s Buildings and Energy Use. Some still doubt tha... Read more
Waste Reduction The second component of the Portland/South Portland One Climate Future project is Waste Reduction. But why is this so important? Reducing wastes helps us move away... Read more
