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Dear epidemiologists, We feel for you.Love,Climate scientists Wow - a lot of you love science & scientists! Sharing this tweet is great, but you know what is even better? Following,

Maybe one motivation behind the rush to re-open the economy is that the spell of 'the rat race' only lasts so long before it wears off? Does accepting certain things

It is so tempting right now to envision the world that we want to see, and to envision it arising from this crisis. Part of me, a big part of

The same thing that has bothered me forever about climate change is now bothering me about COVID-19.....friends, I'm afraid we frame problems in seriously weird (and unhelpful ways) (or allow

I've been re-reading with new eyes this paper "Becoming homo sapiens sapiens: Mapping the Psycho-Cultural Transformation in the Anthropocene" by two friends of mine, Carol L. Berzonsky and Susanne C.

Because of my mentors who studied the limits to growth and pointed out that growth cannot continue forever on a finite planet, I have lived for twenty years or more

Someday I want to be sitting on a front porch, in a rocking chair, with a nice cool drink on a hot summer afternoon, telling my grandchildren who don't remember

Hypothesis: the exhaustion and heavy sadness I am experiencing in these pandemic times, in spite of (or maybe because of) my relative safety, comfort and privilege, comes from the work

The older I get the more I appreciate people who have developed the ability to ask, especially in difficult situations, "how am I contributing to this situation?" As a facilitator

With COP-25 just around the corner, we are entering the season for reports about how on track, (or how far off it) we are towards meeting global climate goals. I've

Or...they assume that their identified market segment will be assuming that the streets their vehicles will be driving through are going to be extremely unsafe. Reminder to do what you