Bringing climate change home
Recently, I was listening to a climate advocate recount her experience at a community workshop she had attended in Arizona on the topic of drought. The organizers were happy to…
Broncos, Manning buck Chiefs, but fans should rein in Super Bowl hopes … this season
Even after Sunday’s big win by the Broncos over the previously unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs, Denver fans should probably dial back their expectations of Peyton Manning getting to February’s Super…
Arizona: the bull’s-eye of climate change
On the heels of the recent released report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of University of Arizona climate experts came together to discuss the report’s implications…
The start of one Climate Conversation
The impetus for this blog was a conversation I had with my wife, Carol, about climate change. Our most recent conversation was triggered by a piece on NPR’s This American…
Sliding into ski season with an abundance of caution
In April of 2005, I was “that guy.” The Eeyore on a heli-skiing trip who – while not exactly uttering the Winnie the Pooh character’s famously gloomy “We’re all gonna…
Planned obsolescence all over the living room floor
I was mischievously tempted to reveal the strategy of planned obsolescence to my two-year-old as he stared up at me with sad, confused eyes, wondering why daddy couldn’t fix his…
Real Estate’s past seems destined to repeat itself
When I hear the phrase, “The past is destined to repeat itself,” it’s usually in a negative context. Well, today I want to use it in a positive context. This…
An introduction to Climate Conversation
As an environmentalist, I have a keen interest in the ongoing public conversation about climate change, but I have often been frustrated by the tone and substance of the conversation.…
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