Month: October 2022

For nearly all of my professional life I’ve been a teacher. Over the last decade I worked very hard to open my students’ eyes to social and environmental responsibility, but often the limits of time, curriculum, class size, and the rigid expectations of the district undermined any efforts I could make. That is, ultimately, why…

Most climate change advocates will speak frequently about a shared sacrifice. In the effort our energy systems those who can adapt and be flexible with energy consumption stand to be least harmed. Let’s focus, for a minute, on the individual choices we make. We can, for the moment, ignore the oil and gas industry, which…

I was driving down a country road in Ireland with my parents. We were in a car of European make, on what we termed the “wrong side” of the road. The road was narrow, with stubby stone walls hugging the asphalt. As the navigator, I was struggling to keep up with our journey. My cell…