Big box for a small print cartridge. I was at Staples a few days ago in need of a print cartridge.  They didn’t have the one I needed in stock – this wasn’t the first time – our printer is several years old.  They told me they would order one for me – no charge … Continue reading Getting My Stuff →

A few days ago the temperature in southern France hit 114.60 – an all time record.  Last week there was an AP story describing record setting temperatures all across Europe causing speed limits on the German autobahns, which typically do not limit vehicle speed.  The concern: the high heat could cause the pavement to buckle … Continue reading Too Hot To Handle? →

A good book In the 1986 book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum explains how the world would be improved if adults would apply the lessons taught in kindergarten – one of which is “clean up your own mess”. Clean up your own mess!  That’s something that most, if … Continue reading All I Really Need to Know… →

One of my favorite things about summer is cooking on the grill on our patio.  We use our gas grill probably 9 or 10 months of the year but in the summer, we grill more often and enjoy our meal on the patio. My 18 year old Weber Gas Grill The New York Times weekly … Continue reading A Climate-Friendly Cookout →

Blue Neck Ostrich, Columbus Zoo The ostrich, a beautiful large bird that can’t fly, has been characterized as an animal that sticks its head in the sand when facing danger.  In other words, the ostrich simply ignores or denies the risk, as compared to doing something about it.  Akin to “closing your eyes so the … Continue reading Sticking Your Head in the Sand →

When the Trump Administration announced its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, many people, communities, and industries announced their intentions to continue honoring the objectives of the agreement.  Elected officials, particularly state governors and city mayors, began announcing these intentions.  To complement these efforts, The Bloomberg Philanthropy group announced a $70 million investment in … Continue reading Cities Initiatives Outside The Paris Agreement →

Forecasts of Annual Gigatons of CO2 Emitted over Time The chart above illustrates how annual CO2 emissions are increasing and how much they need to be reduced in order to minimize global warming to a 1.5 or 2.o degree C increase. Reaching these goals hopefully avoids the most significant impacts of global warming. In previous … Continue reading The Paris Agreement →

Our cooks emptying 2 of the 10 thirty pound bags of crawfish into the boiler. A few weeks ago we spent a weekend in Louisiana.  We have family who live in a small city (population ~ 25,000) and for the past dozen or so years, our relatives have hosted a crawfish boil where local and … Continue reading Louisiana Crawfish Boil – The Habit to Recycle Evolves →

My post last week, “How’s Planet Earth Doing?” concluded “not too good, and getting worse.”   A couple of items supporting that conclusion – e.g., an interactive map that illustrates the average temperatures and wetness changes we can expect in 60 years – suggested that people might want to consider relocating to cooler climates, e.g., Duluth, … Continue reading How’s Planet Earth Doing, Part 2 →

Unisphere - Flushing Meadows, Queens New York Every week there is an item in the newspaper called “Earthweek”.  It’s usually near the end of the first section and occupies the top third of the page.  It’s described as “A Diary of the Planet” and contains 5 or 6 events affecting planet earth that occurred in … Continue reading How’s Planet Earth Doing? →