If you read my last post you’ll know that this is the start of a series looking at the ‘why’ behind my blog, and behind taking action on climate change at all. I’ve titled this series The Picture: big and small because I want to provide both an overview (if only a brief one) as to the magnitude of climate …
We could be on the verge of our most momentous evolutionary shift. For, as a species, we no longer need be subject to the primitive competitive instinct. As animals this drive may have compelled us to compete for control of what hindsight indicated to be the scarce resources we needed to survive, without serious concern for our effects on the wider world. But as intelligent, self-conscious beings we certainly do have a choice. …
We have all been told directly or otherwise that climate change poses a great risk to us and the generations to come. Yet I’m still not convinced that it is something that is taken completely seriously. There have been a number of indications of its severity with both the rising global temperatures and the number of natural disasters, but that …