Opinion
Municipal Elections Matter in the Climate Crisis
EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE − Climate change is not something “out there” somewhere else. Its catastrophic impacts are already being experienced, locally – in the city, on farms, in our homes, our economy and our bodies and minds. It should be next municipal Councils’ No. 1 priority from which all the rest […]
Voters and Councils Will Face Hard, New Decisions Due To The Climate Emergency.
EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE − Climate change is not something “out there” somewhere else. Its catastrophic impacts are already being experienced, locally – in the city, on farms, in our homes, our economy and our bodies and minds. It should be next municipal Councils’ overarching concern in all decisions as the crisis […]
88 Months: Municipal Councils’ Climate Change Challenge
EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE – Our place. Not just where we’re from but where we live. Indigenous peoples know the consequences of being torn away from their places or having them destroyed. Climate change in this area may not uproot us in that profound way but it will radically alter our “sense […]
Contemplating the Human Future
CHERYL LYON – We are getting more and more climate scenarios of “bad-to-worse” and even human extinction. Humans (and possibly other sentient beings) feel fear, anxiety and despair over how very difficult things can become. How to be? What to do? The long view We consider our societies “civilized.” Successive […]
Is Climate Change Not an Emergency?
EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE – No. It is not. Not in the sense we are accustomed to. The emergency is in the very meaning and experience of change. Change is changing. The planet’s evolution to this point has gone through catastrophic upheavals. Some occurred within a relatively short period of time. Some […]
Reality of Climate Crisis Hits Close to Home for All of Us
BILL EEKHOF – Gazing out the back window at the extensive damage in my yard, the rustling of the branches in the tree nearest to my house caught my attention. With tree limbs bouncing and leaves falling, my first instinct was that another branch of this damaged tree was about […]
Welcome Back to the Greenzine — Online!
If we can’t imagine the future we want, we won’t be able to create it. EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE – We are marking EARTH DAY, 2022 with the relaunch of Peterborough/Nogojiwanong’s Greenzine magazine – online! The hard copy, paper version of the Greenzine was available all over the local area for almost […]
Thank-you, Fred Irwin
PETER CURRIER – As the founder and a pivotal sustainer of Transition Town Peterborough (TTP), Fred Irwin has been the leading voice of our vital local chapter of the international Transition Movement for fifteen years. In the face of the current climate crisis, he has worked tirelessly to forge partnerships […]
Who Cares About the Climate Crisis? – Kids
Kids care about the climate crisis MALAIKA COLLETTE – My name is Abby Conrad and I am 16 years old. I am a grade 11 student at Adam Scott CVI, and I’ve only really become involved in activism during the past year of my life. My story is becoming more […]