Timely environmental issues in real-life language
Oh, my love. You will always be my love, my complicated, evolving, frustrating, but enduring love. You weren’t always the object of my affection. I grew up indifferent. In adolescence I was your enemy, then I was your friend and lover. But looking back, I have always adored you. I did not always recognize it... Continue Reading →
I am writing to express my discontent and concern with the language used in radio weather reporting, and to urge more responsible and accurate language on air. I listen to CBC Calgary news regularly and have noticed value-laden language in the reporting of above-normal temperatures. Calgary's unseasonably warm winter and the following autumn in 2016 has... Continue Reading →
Many people this week are reeling in shock at recent political events and asking themselves, why are things getting worse? What's coming next? Will I be affected? What the **** is happening and why? I have been collecting motivational stories this week to keep myself going and here are three: 1. Extinction Burst On the evening... Continue Reading →
It's no surprise that with climate change and the recent El Nino, Earth's 2015 surface temperatures have shattered records in being the warmest year on record. It doesn't make the news any less shocking. Check out NASA's news release and website for more information. "This visualization illustrates Earth’s long-term warming trend, showing temperature changes from... Continue Reading →
...That was my clever use of clickbait. It's true: our unrestrained appetite for plastics have resulted not only in the formation of a new rock called plastiglomerate*, but an entire epoch to be identified. The Anthropocene is a new geological time period characterized by human activities significantly altering earth systems, in particular surface geology. These are the steps... Continue Reading →
Call me presumptuous, but I've decided your New Years' resolutions for you. I can't keep track of how many "green ideas you can actually do!" blogs I've read so far in 2016, all about shorter showers and turning off the lights, yada yada. Those things are important, but boring and easy to forget. So, here... Continue Reading →
The Canadian Youth Delegation (CYCC) at COP21 demanded yesterday they "want to be heard, not just seen", refusing two selfie opportunities with Canada's photogenic, but discrepant, Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth. 18 individuals from ages 20-29 are participating and protesting at the climate conferences in Paris this week. Their requests of the Canadian government include... Continue Reading →
"You're taking a greyhound from London to Calgary?!" Candice asked. "Props to you. You're crazy," Femi texted me. "What an adventure hahaha," said Kady. My friends' and family's reactions were incredulous as I told them I'd be taking the bus back to Alberta. So why did I do it (aside from the fact that my... Continue Reading →
Taste For Destruction 