Category Archives: Climate

From fabric to the funnies, here are some eco-friendly alternatives to wrapping paper

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Jim deMaine

From the Seattle Times. Thanks to Mike C. for finding this and reminding us. By JiaYing GrygielSpecial to The Seattle Times Americans spend more than $8 billion on wrapping paper each year, according to Sundale Research. That’s a lot of money … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 13, 2020 by Jim deMaine

By Al Gore in the NYT This weekend marks two anniversaries that, for me, point a way forward through the accumulated wreckage of the past year. The first is personal. Twenty years ago, I ended my presidential campaign after the Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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New Zealand leads the way

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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The view that is left (and other recent photos)

Posted on December 6, 2020 by William Calvin

Sigh. I grew up in Missouri and Kansas, and now they seem foreign, a place I would not enjoy visiting. We do not want a second American Civil War.

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Pope Francis: A Crisis Reveals What Is in Our Hearts

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Jim deMaine

In the NYT: In this past year of change, my mind and heart have overflowed with people. People I think of and pray for, and sometimes cry with, people with names and faces, people who died without saying goodbye to … Continue reading →

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Compostable wrappings

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Jim deMaine

From Mike C. and the climate impact sub-committee. Poster created by Al MacRae!

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David Attenborough on the Variety and Resiliency of Nature

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Jim deMaine

In the nineteen-thirties, in Leicester, England, a future knight of the realm named David Attenborough developed an obsession with finding fossils. He would ride his bicycle to old iron quarries and knock on rocks with a little hammer—some would fall … Continue reading →

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The growth in population over time

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Gordon G for finding this. Just how many people can our planet support given the variables of climate change, birth control, fertility and consumption. What will be our quality of life with the projections of growth?

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The secret history of smokejumpers in Washington’s Methow Valley

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Now a staple in combating wildfires across the West, barnstormers and foresters developed one of the most elite firefighting programs here in Washington. by Sarah Hoffman in Crosscut. A jumper lands during the U.S. Forest Service’s experimental smokejumping program in 1939 in … Continue reading →

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The rebirth of nuclear power could come from Bellevue, if Congress approves

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Jim deMaine

From Crosscut: Nuclear power has stalled in the United States. The country’s 97 commercial reactors provide 20 percent of its power, but only one reactor has gone online since 1998 — in Tennessee in 2016. Two more reactors — behind schedule and way … Continue reading →

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Biggest World Problems

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Here’s a list made up by my favorite 8th grader. What’s your list? It’s a little shy on the “what can I do to help” but she’s still got time – especially when she becomes President!

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Why are so many gray whales dying in WA?

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Seventeen gray whales have stranded themselves along Washington’s shorelines in 2019, and experts are looking for answers.  by  From Crosscut: “A stranded female Pacific gray whale washed up at Harborview Park near Everett last week. Officials towed it to decompose not far from a nearby … Continue reading →

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The biggest problem we are not addressing

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Jim deMaine

The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation mean for coastal communities across the globe? … Continue reading →

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