In reading A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough, I became aware that…
In 1937 when Attenborough was 11 years old – the world’s population was 2.3 billion, carbon in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million, and remaining wilderness on our planet was 66 percent…
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116 degrees is the temperature reached in Portland, Oregon on June 28, 2021!
116 is the number of people who died in Oregon during this extreme heat wave!
At the end of that extreme heat wave I watched “A Life on Our Planet” by David Attenborough,…
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As I began reading Elizabeth Warren’s new book Persist, I realized that what she articulates is Who We Can Be. From that perspective, I share with you Warren’s words and invite you to imagine Who We Can Be.
“I am confident that most of those who got in the fight in 2020…
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One of the best tools we have to limit global heating is to educate girls and young women!
“CLIMATE IS EVERYTHING.” That’s the theme in the April 26 – May 3, 2021 issue of TIME. One of the most hopeful articles in this issue is an interview with a young…
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“Create for your child, for yourself, for your family, for your organization, for your community, for this country, and for this world if you possibly can, a connected life.”
Those are the words of Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John Ratey, M.D. in their new book ADHD 2.0. As an…
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Did you know?
4 billion people (primarily women) on this planet cook their meals over open fires.
Smoke from these open fires is the equivalent of smoking 400 cigarettes per hour (that’s three packs a day).
Smoke from these open fires is the number one killer of children under the age of 5.
4 million people…
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