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For future’s sake, consider taking a carbon fast now

“Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something.” – Carl Sagan Yes, d...

DATE: Mar 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Climate chaos has arrived on our planet

“Filthy water cannot be washed.” – West African proverb I felt a bit odd as I completed my previous column – which discussed the ongoing drought in the Western and West Coast stat...

DATE: Mar 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Can California survive this dire drought?

As a boy growing up on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, I often saw an amusing admonition posted in the rest rooms of gas stations, restaurants and even public libraries...

DATE: Feb 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Climate change disconnect: We can’t wait to act

“How do I know these are the things nobody wants to hear? Because I was the one saying them over and over until I was blue in the face ...” – Jennifer Pastiloff, blogger for MindB...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Geoengineering will not solve climate change

“People have a sort of hubris and think they can control different parts of nature and its proven that they are wrong ... Ecological controls don’t work out exactly as planned.” ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Geoengineering: Can it curtail climate change?

“Once the camel gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow.” – Saying attributed to Bedouin tribesmen It’s been creeping up on us for a couple of decades. ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

What to tell our kids about our warming world?

“Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they bring forth after their kind.” – Charles Fillmore, American theologian “What kind ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Give the gift of time, companionship this Christmas

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!” – Dr. Seuss...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Check out those seeds to keep diversity alive

“There is no despair in a seed. There’s only life, waiting for the right conditions – sun and water, warmth and soil – to be set free. Everyday, millions upon millions of seeds lift their tw...

DATE: Nov 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Saving seeds may be key to saving ourselves

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.” – Paramahansa Yogananda I’d never heard of Vandana Shiva before a friend suggested I att...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Too many roads to perdition mar our landscape

“Traffic terrifies me.” – Moby The days grow short. The leaves fall. The air chills, and darkness approaches inexorably. For me, it’s the season of existential crisis: ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Is ‘ecocalypse’ arriving ahead of schedule?

“The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects – making it possible ... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.” – Susa...

DATE: Oct 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House