Actual means for concern in 2019 of what’s happening based on recent scientific data. Yellow is before the industrial revolution, blue is where we can safely live, red is what is starting to affect populations. So what is going on with the Nitrogen cycle? Why is it so off the charts? Nitrogen is a limiting factor in the growth of plants. A limiting factor is the factor that determines how…

There are short term problems. For example, ocean acidification and coral bleaching. Heat waves, reductions in agricultural production, increase in forest fires due to drier, hotter and more extreme weather conditions. Most of California’s largest wildfires have occurred within the past 30 years. Since the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric CO2 has increased from 280 to 409.36 parts per million (ppm). 409.36 ppm is higher than CO2 has been in millions of…

Our Earth is so amazing! Did you know…  Approximately 52,000 square kilometers of forests are developed every year. This is less than half of what is being cut down or burned in a year. At current pace, the disappearing of forests on the planet continues at an alarming rate. Lots of great real time forestry data here on the degradation & destruction of ecosystems and reforestation: http://www.theworldcounts.com/counters/degradation_and_destruction_of_ecosystems/forestation_and_deforestation  Over 14.2 billion trees have been…

What is a carbon offset?  Based on the David Suzuki definition, a carbon offset is a credit for greenhouse gas reductions achieved by one party that can be purchased and used to compensate (offset) the emissions of another party. Carbon offsets are typically measured in tonnes of CO2-equivalents (or CO2e) and are bought and sold through a number of international brokers, online retailers and trading platforms. So, in a nutshell, carbon credit (often called carbon offset) is a credit…

When we talk about global issues, what better than to refer to the United Nations, self proclaimed as the world’s only truly universal global organization. The United Nations has become the trusted standard for addressing issues that transcends national borders and a collective for issues that cannot be resolved by any single country acting alone. Today in this post, we take a look at exactly what global issues are and…

Language is power and words matter. Frames are mental structures that shape the way we see the world. The goals we seek, the plans we make, the way we act, and what counts as a good or bad outcome of our actions and reframing is all about changing the way the public and we ourselves sees the world. “It is changing what counts as common sense and getting language that…