Across the Pond

The task is huge, the time is short, the road is steep. Overwhelming concern more than fear or despair has left me fairly stupefied the past couple of years. I have found that I am gaining strength and momentum by posting and sharing on social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter. A friend got me on the radio to discuss it recently and that...

Great experience. Thank you

Time and advocacy is the role appropriate for me. It is a product that can be used by individuals and by public buildings and industry. It can be used for both heating and cooling. As the payback is 5-10 years, assistance in the initial investment would need to come from the public sphere to accomplish a widespread use.

Black carbon and other cooking fire emissions are second to only CO2 in trapping heat in the atmosphere and climate change tends to affect lower income societies disproportionately with floods and droughts. Also, inhalation affects health and life expectancy. This matters for fellow humans to be healthy and more productive helps us all to deal...

 We have just two days left we’ve got to double down and finish strong !

It's a real challenge to sit down and put in the time to learn about the various solutions, but is ever so rewarding when I do. I am so glad that I came across The Challenge, as I had had trouble penetrating the PD, even though I have the book and share on PD twiter.

Very challenging to be able to focus on this every single day. I have been unable to get into the challenge about 1 out of 4 days, but have continued to do my daily challenges.

We need to bring palm oil production, first into a stabilized level of use and then back to sustainable. I can use fewer products that include palm oil and encourage government not to use it as a "renewable" fuel. I have already stopped buying any garden products that are not peat free.

Did all of my daily challenges, but did not record them.

I have a bike that can carry a fairly heavy load that I am using frequently now that the weather has started to warm up. I test rode an electric bike and it is quite cushy compared to a mechanical bike. It starts up much more easily and somehow seems more stable. It definitely takes a lot less energy to ride and is very good for...