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It’s Earth Month! 20 Things to do this April
Today is April Fools’ Day. I’ve already seen headlines that have made me scratch my head and question whether they were real or just a fun trick, including one about shoes from the Washington Post that was, in fact, very real and a great read: The problem with your sneakers? They’re built to last too… Read more
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How Big is Your Climate Shadow?
I’ve spent a lot of time in these articles talking about personal actions that you, as an individual, can take to minimize your environmental impact – your carbon footprint. But as we know, putting the onus on individuals to look at their own carbon footprint isn’t always fair and, in fact, the idea of a… Read more
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Happy New Year!
Whew! It’s over. On Sunday night, we turned the calendar page to a new year and closed the book on 2023 – the hottest year on record by some margin. As I went skiing in New Hampshire on New Years Eve on a mountain with zero natural snow and chair lifts eerily taking me over… Read more
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There’s a Great Future in Plastics…
At COP28, happening right now in Dubai, COP president Sultan al-Jaber said, There is “no science” that phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to keep global temperatures under 1.5C above preindustrial levels.” What?! On the one hand, we have a fossil fuel president telling us that there’s no science to justify phasing out fossil fuels.… Read more
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Making Black Friday a Bit Greener
It probably won’t surprise anyone here to find out that I’m not a fan of Black Friday. This predates any of my concerns around the environmental impacts of overconsumption. When I was in my teens and twenties, my family would often go to the movies the Friday after Thanksgiving. The movie theater was attached to… Read more
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Single Use Shoes?! This Must be an Onion Headline!
Maybe you’ve heard the term “super shoes.” Maybe you’ve even heard about the new Adidas super shoe that just helped break the women’s world record in the marathon. The shoe has been getting a lot of press recently including a New York Times article this past weekend and a CBC interview on As It Happens… Read more
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