…the greatest story yet to be told! Remember the early Greenhouse days when a story about climate change (Cch) was a rarity in the news-mainstreams (and of course, the rare event would always include the obligatory quote- unquote “Greenhouse Effect” as if it wasn’t a proven hundred year-old scientific fact)? My, how far we’ve come in even just one decade, these days you can’t shake a stick without hitting a climatologist, climate journalist, skeptic, activist, government pundit or vlogger in the daily news troughs. And it’s not just because of Alfred Nobel's latest choice, or the end-of-the-year “Wacky Weather” reports. The story about Cch has broke in the MSM news. The trickle is now a steady stream, which sadly, will only well-up more and more-- as this story refuses to go away. Climate is going to grow to the biggest story of the 21st century (and the story has sharp fangs and talons). You can even see various networks and newswires quote science bodies who say that we may only have 10 years left. And recently we’ve witnesses everyone from morning news teams to Martha Stewart embracing sustainable solutions on the air.
So at least the dialog has started. And recently, an interesting trend has appeared; the addition of the word adaptation into the mix --that we can adapt to Cch as well as reduce our greenhouse gas emission. It is often used by groups who don’t necessarily like the idea of mitigating greenhouse gasses, so I wonder just how much thought they’ve actually put into the concept of adapting to Cch. But nonetheless, I agree. Both being important (adapting, and mitigating CO2 emissions), if we could only solve one problem at a time, focusing on adaptation to Cch is probably our best bet right now.
But what the heck does adaptation mean, anyway? Do the pundits and government agents mean that we will adapt our lifestyles, technologies and microclimates to deal with a no longer stable climate? ( click here there's more... )
I get it! ...it's 'cause they're from iceland! Right??
i went to see Leo Di's new movie (Leo Leila & Nadia's movie; The 11th Hour. Pretty impressive. Lots of Bioneers doing what they do best -explaining the situation (or most of it- he doesn't go that deep into climate change), and examining the multi-causal planetary breakdown that is now starting to happen. And by the last third of the flick, it's peppered with solution on top of solution. And with 52 interviews, while everyone only gets a few moments here & there to push the -well structured- parts of the essay, it does present a cohesive argument for action and optimism. And it's full of archival imagery, and a total buzzclip intro (i guess if you know me, you'd know i dig that).
And cool music. At one poignant moment --a peaceful lull after a particularly tense earth-in-crisis montage, there was even some Sigur Rós with whom to fly-over ice-fields i was thinking 'Wow Ágætis byrjun, what an odd choice'... but now i get it! they're from Iceland! And at the time, the visuals were these relaxed pan-o-rama ice shots from greenland. which is a land full of (that melting) ice... cute
And just like i like it, they really looked at as wide an angle as they perhaps felt they could (Meat was shockingly absent in this movie). Which is really the best way to deal with climate change, omnilateraly, right? But they are not just looking at climate change -thought it's a big part of it, but almost everything. Almost to the point like what i was accused of back in the day (getting chewed out by a documentary legend); that you can't try to solve all of the worlds problems in one movie. And i am sure some critics will accuse these Directors/Writer/Producers of just that (if they stop harping on his flight patterns). But fuck 'em Leo, personally I agree that that is the way the story ought to be told. This is about our evolution or sticking to a lifestyle that east its young till theres nothing left... why pussyfoot around that? Why deal with CO2s and NOXs when it goes so much deeper and people really have to "get it" if they're going to commit to it. At one point someone quotes someone else (sorry for being vague but with 52 interviews in 90 minutes its hard to remember who said what, i just remember he said it was a quote: After asking what we are really looking for with all this hyperconsumption: "One can never really be full, if they're filling themselves with things that they don't really want" or something like that. And that and climate change are in as much of a dance, as emissions or cows or hurricanes...
Their view of stuff like the rainforests was obviously different than mine as there's room for hope and optimism even there, but all in all, it is a moving eye opener for anyone who is somewhat aware, and especially the ones who aren't but will be compelled to go for Leo Di (or soon to be converts) or from the soon-to-be Leo Di army (mark my words. Leo Di army). And even for the choir who wants to be preached at, by the third part you will be happy to see so many green techs you know everyone and every kid in America ought to know exists (like the Tesla, living machines...). And you may just learn a new one or two (while i dig the Fungi Perfecti guy Paul Stamets a lot, and heard him talk about those mushrooms that eat up heavy metal spills an such, i never heard the words "mycofiltration" and "mycorestoration" before. Awesome!
And again i particularly like is that it even take that extra bold step, asking the question that really lies even at the heart of the entire climate change thing. What is it that is really happening deep at the core of us that is out of whack. Because it's not just about CO2, but about what our species has become... and where we are (very able and) headed kudos to Leila Connors Peterson, Her Sister Nadia Connors and of course Mr. Leo DiCaprio (that's not him. That's Kenny Ausable founder of the Bioneers (and founder exCEO of Seeds of Change, and filmaker).
Oh heck. go see the movie when it hits your town! and in the meantime, the website they have is pretty good to see what it's all about, including everyone interviewed and much much more... go!
Don't Worry, Be Happy, it seems that there us no such thing as climate change. Apparently from the new video with decades-old (discredited) info. It's like a Patrick Michaels retro party!
This 25 minute video will "amaze and astound you" see, it turns out, there is no such thing as anthropogenic climate change.... isn't that good to know? At a news conference held in Ottawa, some of North America’s "foremost climate experts" provided evidence demonstrating that the science underlying the Kyoto Protocol is seriously flawed; a problem that continues to be ignored by the Canadian government. (((um, this is a bit dated the present administration totally takes these flaws seriously~~ why we're now canceling all our programs and erasing any mention of climate change from government websites)). Even if this entire 25 minute video's theory is bunk, "Scientists" ((doenst that make it seem like it was some consensus based body? not a few well paid freeaks with tar-sand greasy lined pockets)) called on the Canadian government to delay implementation of the Kyoto Protocol until a thorough, public review of the current state of climate science has been conducted by climate experts (really, it's from the Friends of Science. And with friends like that....)
They write: "Even if people everywhere unplugged their appliances, left their cars home, and shuttered their factories today, enough fossil fuel emissions are already in the atmosphere to heat up the planet an additional 1 degree Fahrenheit this century, experts say. In reality, however, emissions are increasing--and scenarios put the likely temperature increases at 2.5 to 8 degrees over the same span. While politicians wrangle over mitigation, i.e., cutting emissions of gases like carbon dioxide and methane, some environmentalists and policymakers are increasingly focusing on the controversial concept of adaptation--preparing for changes increasingly seen as inevitable. Adaptation has long been the third rail of green politics for fear it would pull the focus away from fixing the problem. For many, however, the next debate in the climate-change debate is not why the planet is warming, or if we can stop it. It is this: How do we live with it?" [and in interesting note: our hominoid ancestors evolved every time there was a climate change... it's our cue to get bigger brains, stand upright... and now we need it more than ever]
so: bring on the agribots! bring on the living machines! seed banks!! While it is possible to stop & reverse what has been building since the industrial devolution, it won't happen if we dont have bellies full to actually scrub the CO2, and to deal with ocean circulations, and geoengineering and all the other neato fixes....
Heres a novel way to stop flood damage Spring is here! And you know what that means, right? Aside from thoughts turning to flowering buds, birds, bees, and all the sights and sounds, there's another Springtime tradition that seems to come about every late March or early April. The Floods. That's right! Aided and abetted by the warming atmosphere, spring runoffs have proved themselves to be one more climate-related extreme weather situation. Just this week we see the blue Danube start to tackle centuries-old homes, while a few thousand miles away it looks like Saskatchewan and Manitoba are about to be deluged.
And it makes me wonder one thing. Cause it's not like 1990 emission levels will do anything to stop this. So are we going to adapt to a world where flooding is a reality. And if so, are there any technologies that can help deal with these crises so as to minimize the time needed to implement as well as maximize what can be protected? Well, if there weren't do you think I would have that picture up there? Say hello to an ingenious system that uses water to defend against the rising waters... Yup! Say hello to Flood Master! The Masters system allows for Rapid Deployment, so forget about those human chains carrying a sandbag at a time, this baby hooks into the actual river (or lake) that is about to flood and pumps that water into the membranes. Imagine water trying to push past an 8 foot tall 10 foot wide wall of water. It just won't happen. These will be saving hundreds of millions of dollars in the future. Not only that but they can be re-used after the flood somewhere else (try doing that with soggy sandbags). I hope that anyone from FEMA and any other local emergency awareness groups figure this one out soon. The floods wont go away. Might as well do something proactive about them!
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