When you get up and go to work each morning, do you look forward to your trip to the office? Or are you dreading the day from the moment you wake up and spending 8 hours dreaming of when you… Read More
What does a climate reality check look like?
Does it look the like floods that drowned nearly a third of Pakistan, leaving 1,700 dead?
Or like the waves and waves of heat that brought re… Read More
We're getting close to exam time in Ontario. It's been a long time since I was involved in this annual ritual. But I was struck by George Monbiot's column in The Guardian:Why are we doing th… Read More
This article titled “Coronavirus live news: UK expands trial on mixing vaccines; France stops all flights from Brazil over variant fears” was written by Jedidajah Otte (now) an… Read More
We are now dealing with the effects of what George Monbiot calls Long COVID. He writes:Long Covid is no respecter of youth, health or fitness. It afflicts more women than men but it can stri… Read More
We mourn the death of democracy in the United States. George Monbiot writes that the same thing is happening in the United Kingdom:Established power in this country is surrounded by a series… Read More
We live in a culture that exults billionaires. But billionaires, George Monbiot writes, are a problem:All billionaires want the same thing – a world that works for them. For many, this… Read More
This week it was announced that Munira Mirza would be joining new prime minister Boris Johnson's team as head of Number 10’s policy unit. Mirza, mis-identifed by the Independent a… Read More
George Monbiot and Keith Kahn-Harris are thought-provoking, says Penelope Maclachlan, while Peter Wheeler believes natural climate solutions are the way forward
George Monbiot’s observ… Read More
We live in a complex civilization, writes George Monbiot. And we are on the verge of tearing it apart:Certain western governments are engaged in a frenzy of self-destruction. In an age of ph… Read More
Sao Paulo-will our future be the 'favelas' or the high rises?In my field of work, it is always a good thing to refresh one's mind with the work and research of others, especially from t… Read More