If this is the first you are hearing about global climate change, I will assume that you, like Rip Van Winkle, have been in a deep sleep for the past 20 years. It is one of the major topics of discussion worldwide (climate change that is, not RVW) – when people are not talking about Covid-19 or all the bogus “cures” or the equally bogus fears about getting vaccinated. I will address Covid-19 in another post – for now it’s all…
The moral of this post is: beware of where you get your information from and be careful how you use it. If a life-form from another planet were to land on earth today they would likely be surprised (and dismayed?) at the division among the dominant species on the planet. Religion, language, ethnicity, politics … so many reasons to divide ourselves even though our similarities outweigh our differences. Somehow, humans find it easier to see why we are different, rather than…
A popular English proverb states: You can’t have your cake and eat it too. At this time it looks like most of the worlds people are trying to prove the proverb to be false. I stick by the proverb, I am certain we can’t keep the cake and eat it – but by the time the majority of the earths population figures this out, it may be too late. Take the case of Washington State in the US. A staunchly…
Environment. One word but with so many different meanings to different people. Many seem to interpret the word as referring only to the natural world or nature; while others ascribe it to particular settings – school environment, work environment, home environment and so on. For this blog I use a very inclusive definition. Our environment is everything that surrounds us – on earth and beyond! Just to be clear, I don’t mean the afterlife. By beyond I mean the stars…