Peterborough adds teeth to Climate Change Action Plan
On Thursday city council voted to accept donations to fund implementation of the Peterborough Climate Change Action Plan. Now you can directly support climate action in our city. Show how much you want change by making a donation. Here’s how. Write a cheque payable to “City of Peterborough”. Indicate “For CCAP” on cheque memo. Mail…
Angaangaq: One Earth – One Race
Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq is a Kalaallit Elder whose family belongs to the traditional healers of the Far North from Kalaallit Nunaat, Greenland. He was recently visiting Switzerland and spoke about the change we urgently have to execute as a human race if we want to continue to live on Earth. Listen to his moving words.
The Climate Swerve
The Climate Swerve is the title of a recent (2017) book by the elder (now 92) statesman of American psychiatry, and the eminent public intellectual, Robert Jay Lifton. What does “swerve” mean? In customary language it suggests something hurtling down a road that has to swerve if disaster is to be avoided. Not a bad…
How it All Ends
If you haven’t seen “How it All Ends” yet, you should. The video is the work of Oregon school science teacher, Greg Craven, and it presents a very well thought out argument for climate change. It’s a very unassuming video – so bear with it, you’ll be glad you did. The video has received over 13 million…
Can Climate Change EVER be affordable?
Pay now or our grandchildren will pay later! That was the message in our Blog entitled “Global Warming Choice”. This blog was a response to Premier Rob Ford’s announcement that repeal of Ontario Legislation on climate change ” would make life more affordable in Ontario”. The important question is: if no effective action is taken…