The environment and climate change is everyone’s business, and should be everyone’s priority. No earth, no place to live for any of us! I am so glad to see it is in the news often, especially these days, with COP27, and with more and more advertisements from large companies working to become carbon neutral For many years, we have been destroying the earth and our climate, … [Read more...] about It will require a global effort to save the planet
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The joys of winter camping — seriously!
For Niagara-on-the-Lake, the first snowfall of this year was Sunday, Nov. 13. Nothing special, nothing stuck, but it happened. We are now plunging deeper into winter while the mercury plunges on the thermometer Once the awkward phase of grey skies and soggy earth passes, I find myself getting excited for winter camping. I would imagine this is not exactly what … [Read more...] about The joys of winter camping — seriously!
Climate change policies need to respect people
Climate change conversation is at an all-time high, which is worthy of celebration. We mustappreciate that awareness leads to education, and education leads to action. If the mean globaltemperature is rising, one positive takeaway is that so is the temperature of the discussion around it.Although human-accelerated (anthropogenic) climate change is scientifically undebatable, I … [Read more...] about Climate change policies need to respect people
Proceedings over tree removal on Solmar property halted
Benny Marotta has not won in court based on the merits of the case initiated by the town against the developer for clear-cutting trees on the Randwood Estate — he has had the charges stayed so they will not be heard in court. The decision announced by a Justice of the Peace last Wednesday to stay the charges laid by the town is related to the Charter right to be tried within … [Read more...] about Proceedings over tree removal on Solmar property halted
Nature provides us with primal sound therapy
Like a song that makes your hair stand on end, there is music all around us in the natural world. Surprisingly, the feelings you experience in the presence of a babbling brook, a crackling fire, or the call of a loon are buried deep inside our DNA blueprint. A recent sunset canoe ride in the Martindale Pond in St. Catharines reminded me how an innocent sound can present … [Read more...] about Nature provides us with primal sound therapy
