More Heat, More Drought, and Finishing the 10K Training

Just inland from Vancouver, BC, we have had a continued heatwave and growing drought. Here is a photo I took last week when running around campus. This is how lawns are starting to look. One of the big differences between here and places I’ve lived in the US is that people save water and generally …

Feeling Breathless

Last night I had a dream that what was happening in India–the terrible pollution coupled with severe heat wave (the heat is something which India’s Earth Sciences Minister, Harsh Vardhan, has attributed to climate change) had begun to happen in countries where the signs of climate change are less visible, like my own country. In …

Environmental Lessons from Tomorrowland

This post contains some spoilers about the movie Tomorrowland. Last night, after a great run, we went with a group of friends to see the movie Tomorrowland, starring George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy (she deserves an Oscar), Britt Robertson, and Hugh Laurie. At the end of April I posted in our nature writing and art group …