Today in Edmonton, it was +8 degrees. “Edmonton’s coldest Jan. 2 was in 1950, when the temperature was recorded at -41 degrees [celsius]. The average high and low the date is -6 and -14 degrees, respectively. [sic]” It can be…
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Today, as Public Interest Alberta called for a poverty reduction strategy, given that “one in six children are living in poverty in Alberta”, I spent the day today thinking together about sustainable research and sustainable futures with colleagues and student…
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There is an interesting new commercial circulating as part of the “Change for Climate” campaign, organized by the City of Edmonton. Check it out here: https://changeforclimate.ca/ As a scholar of media, I couldn’t help but notice that the voice over…
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Today, I was reminded of Myron Ebell talking to Stephen Sackur on BBC’s Hard Talk about the Paris Agreement. Sackur had tried to drill down into his thinking. Ebell talked about a “brighter future” that includes ‘the fact’ that 80% of…
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The day started early at 5am. The kids haven’t adjusted to the time change this past weekend, so while they were waking up at 6, they now wake up at 5. All the better, I suppose, because I had a…
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Today, I spent some time thinking about how the exploitation of land and resources that has contributed to climate change is part of a more complicated set of problems informed by an extractivist world-view. This isn’t a new idea for…
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I’ve been standing for what seems like eons at the corner of or our cul-de-sac, waiting for my kids’ school bus to drop them off. It is running at least 10 minutes behind, delayed either by poor road conditions or…
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