climate change
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Change Is Coming….Fast
Not talking about it, or pretending it isn’t real, will not help us prepare for significant changes the world will face in the coming decades. Not talking about it leaves our communities and societies weak, our businesses brittle, and unable to adapt in time. Not talking about it means we double down, triple down, quadruple… Continue reading
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Life Without Sun
The last two nights we’ve had a very light touch of frost. All it took was 11 hours without the sun to freeze. To go from 18C to 0C. We live on a precarious edge at all times. The only planet we know that exists to harbour life as we know it does so because… Continue reading
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Nature’s Economic Paradox
Several times this summer I have come across comments or opinions relating to fertilizers (specifically Nitrogen) on various social media platforms. Usually these comments are in the realm of needing to feed the world, the high cost of the fertilizer to the farmer, or how emissions from producing nitrogen are necessary and therefore shouldn’t be… Continue reading
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Staying Curious
When we are curious we begin to see things differently. One of the most important things about working with nature is simply staying curious about it. The last two weeks during rather extreme weather for our region I have been outside a lot, watching nature change from “just getting out of bed” to “sprinting at… Continue reading
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The Coyote and the Farmer
Recently I have taken up the hobby of wildlife photography. I was out practicing and crawling around to try and get a photo of some ducks when I got treated to an incredibly lucky moment….with a coyote. He looked right at me. I looked right back. We stared at each other. The experience of tranquility… Continue reading
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The Word “Atmosphere”
While lying in bed I found myself wondering about the word “atmosphere.” Of course these sorts of things are likely to have a Greek origin…But was the first part of the word”atmo” or “atmos?” Of course the second part of the word, “sphere,” has been added to the English language. What did that first part… Continue reading
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Capturing Carbon
Have you ever looked at any climate data? Most of us, probably have not. Many industries take advantage of this knowledge gap to sow disinformation, whether it be fossil carbon industries, forestry industries or agricultural industries. The new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [1] has compiled data (a lot of it), and… Continue reading
About Graham
Graham is an ecologist-farmer from Canada working on educating about the wonders and beauty of the natural world, and how we can design biodiverse food production systems.
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