I blog about environmental and social justice issues because I am very concerned about the health of the interdependent web of life of which we are a part.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Back To Life

The Fez River winds through the medina of Fez, Morocco—a mazelike medieval city that’s a World Heritage site. Once considered the “soul” of this celebrated city, the river succumbed to sewage and pollution, and in the 1950s was covered over bit by bit until nothing remained. TED Fellow Aziza Chaouni recounts her 20 year effort to restore this river to its former glory, and to transform her city in the process.

http://www.ted.com/talks/aziza_chaouni_how_i_brought_a_river_and_my_city_back_to_life?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2014-08-19

This is a fairly  short, very cool TED talk.  Would it be possible to rejuvenate Petersen Creek in Kamloops?  How about in your city?

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Is Anyone Else Seeing a Pattern Here?


Recent news:

Yup - there's a pattern - extreme flooding.  In fact,extreme weather events are becoming more common.   

 
The work shows so-called “blocking patterns”, where hot or wet weather remains stuck over a region for weeks causing heatwaves or floods, have more than doubled in summers over the last decade.  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/11/extreme-weather-common-blocking-patterns
 So - maybe we should take climate change seriously. Actually do something, I mean.   Whaddya think?  Wanna keep rolling the dice - gambling that serious effects wont' happen while you're alive?   Looks like that's a bad bet.....
 
Write your MP.    Lobby the provincial government.