Hippo Speaks

July 14, 2023 greenzine 0

translated and transcribed from the Hippo by PATRICIA REMY Hi! I’m Hippo. I live at an city zoo. It’s o.k. there. When I was a cute little calf, people said “sooo adorable”. Now I’m an adult and in appearance somewhat threatening. This photo gets my good side, though, don’t you […]

divesting

June 30, 2023 greenzine 0

suppose we divest from busy culturefrom convincing each other we arecapable, productive suppose we embrace our pacerelease ourselves fromthe impossiblethe profanethe shame-fuelled task of proving ourselves worthy I am worthyhereunder this willowby this effortlessly rushing creek I am worthyin stillnessin processin ease I am worthyas are youas are we and […]

line chart of sea temperature in north atlantic with 2023 data shown in red

A Correction And A Canoe

June 26, 2023 greenzine 0

CHERYL LYON The Correction: Wrong Information in a Greenzine article The June 9, 2023 article “Local Living Through the Climate Crisis” stated that Earth “had already passed 1.5⁰C.” Globally, as an average, it has not yet passed that mark. The GREENZINE apologizes. In fact, that global average temperature went beyond […]

Solarpunk − Radical Hope

June 23, 2023 greenzine 0

“I am not suggesting that we ought to ignore yesterday’s news. Rather, I am demanding that we start talking creatively, yet seriously, about today and tomorrow. We want to have a choice other than denial or depression. We want to channel our outrage and our dread and our exhaustion.” Alexandria […]

Climate Change to 2500

June 17, 2023 greenzine 0

A Deeper Dive into the Future Our climate projections for 2500 show an Earth that is alien to humans Christopher Lyon, McGill University; Alex Dunhill, University of Leeds; Andrew P. Beckerman, University of Sheffield; Ariane Burke, Université de Montréal; Bethany Allen, University of Leeds; Chris Smith, University of Leeds; Daniel J. […]

Local Living Through The Climate Crisis

June 16, 2023 greenzine 0

Part 3: How to Get to The “Next Economy” EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE – Part One of this series delved into the importance of relearning and nurturing a true “sense of place” that can lead to the local knowledge, caring and action needed to re-adapt ourselves and community to worsening climate change. […]

Clive’s Last Rant. The Conversation Goes Sourdough

June 10, 2023 greenzine 0

PETER CURRIER Clive Mason is a TrentU sustainable studies grad with a young family who turned to contracting after graduation. George Guessworthy is retired local volunteer for a Peterborough advocacy group, Climate Crunch. They have met at Clive’s place a couple of times for Climate Crunch and now George is […]

Little Forests In Peterborough

June 10, 2023 greenzine 0

LAURA KERESZTESI – As the adage goes, the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second-best time is now. Let’s dig in, Peterborough! Peterborough has committed to have at least a 35% urban tree canopy by 2051 to meet climate targets. Urban tree canopy is the […]