Tag: climate change
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Saguaro, Opuntia and Other Cacti are Permanent Carbon Sinks
Cacti are essential allies in carbon capture, turning atmospheric carbon into calcium carbonate.
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Carcinogenic Optimism
A poetic reflection on the stubborn optimism of many (but not all) Boomers, despite the now unavoidable reality we all face.
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Great Mother, What Can Be Done? (with audio)
A poet’s prayer to Gaia, the Great Mother, from my collection Poems for the Anthropocene, to mark the start of COP27, with audio.
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Reintegrating with Nature: Relocating ‘Wilderness’ within the Self
Toward re-establishing our stewardship within the natural world rather than beyond it.
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I Must Be Confused, or How to read a pie chart: Water Edition
Is it you or is it the systems: water edition.
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Mr. President: is this an emergency or not?
“Let me be clear: climate change is an emergency.” “As president, I have the responsibility to act with urgency and resolve when our nation faces clear and present danger. And that’s what climate change is about.” “It is literally — not figuratively — a clear and present danger.” Either it is or it isn’t. But…
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On the Bristlecones: Ancients Facing Multiple Threats
On the oldest living beings on our planet, the Bristlecone Pines of the White Mountains on the California/Nevada Border, and the threats they face as the climate changes.
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Is It You or Is It The Systems?
An intervention: stop blaming yourself for systemic problems! Instead let’s remake the systems together!
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On Bridges and Trains, or Legitimate Anxiety in the Anthropocene
A metaphor for understanding our times and toward recognizing our climate anxiety and even grief as legitimate expressions of emotion in the face of an unprecedented global destabilization brought about by the last 200 years of the ultra wealthy destroying our planet for their profits.
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Demonizing Oligarchs Won’t Win Elections
Let’s be clear: the times when progressive actions could circumvent the legislature have now ended. In the face of persistent obstructionism by republicans elected to Congress, Obama turned to executive actions and he did what he could with what he had. (For the record, it has not escaped my memory that Donny with the Combover…
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How to Learn Under Threat
On trying to get an education while the world falls apart and the apparent folly despite its daily necessity.
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We Don’t Have To Live Like This
You cannot have failed to notice the changes. There is the extreme weather, for one thing. Maybe you’ve noticed that the Arctic is passable now, opened for shipping. A minority of our 200,000 year old species has managed to devastate this beautiful planet and completely upset its delicately balanced systems in under 200 years.
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