To promote positive change, stating that climate change is your top priority is akin to saying attending church is the most essential activity of the week. Both involve acting on your personal beliefs without sharing much about the reasoning behind them. Without the clarifying details that make the existential crisis more personal and relatable for…
Enacting Ordinances for the Hydration of Our Landscapes It is time to acknowledge and codify the natural rights of the earth to retain the rainwater that falls upon it. Such recognition marks a paradigm shift from the prevailing approach of channeling stormwater swiftly out of our communities, toward a model that honors the earth’s intrinsic…
The fall of Rome did not happen at the feet of an enemy. There was no battle of Waterloo. It came from within its vast territory when women no longer spun spindles, blacksmith hammers no longer fell, and people refused to suffer the lash of indentured servitude. The efficiency of the civil administration collapsed. The…
The abomination of a budget bill shoved through Congress offers a glimmer of hope for the environment and efforts to fight climate change. The government will cease providing subsidies to solar industry investors. These subsidies made it profitable for investors in Boston to outbid two farming families for a 182-acre farm in Shaftsbury, Vermont, nestled…
ATTLEBORO — An environmental group is hoping the city will help its efforts to save the right whales — by planting a forest or two. The Ocean River Institute recently visited Attleboro because, when contacting eight cities to discuss planting what are called Miyawaki forests, Attleboro was the most responsive. They found two potential sites…
In August 1817, the learned men of the Linnaean Society of New England had studied their Bestiaries, ancient, illustrated volumes of all the animals. They set out from Boston for Gloucester’s high rocky shore to survey the seascape. There, they found what they were looking for. The sea serpent was a “60 to 100-foot long, black, shiny,…
As if the ocean wasn’t scary enough, some of its dangerous inhabitants lurk unseen beneath the surface. And they’re not only limited to oceans but also rivers, ponds, and other bodies of water. Micro-pests have a significant impact on other water creatures as well as humans, sometimes causing serious illnesses. Here’s how micro-pests are tracked…
Consider the Earth Rehydration Drought Relief Carbon Offset Fund to fight climate change, increase climate resiliency, minimize human environmental impacts, and restore nature. The fund takes a two-pronged approach. The first part of the Fund focuses on slowing water down and restoring natural water cycles. In natural areas where the ground is covered in healthy soil,…
