Climate Lie-Down

I'm tired. And I bet you are too. I need a rest. But I also need politicians to stop backsliding on their climate commitments. I've been toying with the idea of a new climate tactic: A 'pro-rest protest' where we stop debating the science, stop debunking and simply remind politicians that the science is settled … Continue reading Climate Lie-Down

Never Too Small

Where did we go? Well, in recent years our tenancy was starting to get a little dicey and we begin looking for new housing. Which wasn't easy in Toronto in the year of our Lord 2025. Climate Pledge’s motto has always been 'too small to fail' and we’re now putting it into practice in a … Continue reading Never Too Small

The Climate Landscape in 2026

It was the best of times it was the blursed of times.  Some solutions are more advanced then I ever would have expected them to be by 2026, but our political and information landscape is like a grotesque parody of the worst-case scenarios I might have imagined in 2018 or 2019. In the good column, … Continue reading The Climate Landscape in 2026

Carney’s Climate Plans

Mark Carney is the new Prime Minister of Canada and he'll be running against Pierre Poilievre in the next election. His first and loudest policy announcement has been the cancellation of Trudeau's flagship climate policy -- the carbon price and benefit. Carbon pricing was a good policy that fell to a relentless and well-funded misinformation … Continue reading Carney’s Climate Plans

Future Mending

We have all the tools and techniques we need to build a better world but the future still looks bleak. Millions lack basic necessities. Our society seems to be getting angrier. Our mental health is stretched thin. Our environment is being ravaged. Cultures are built on repetition. Right now powerful people are paying big money … Continue reading Future Mending