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Property Insurers Unable to Cover Climate Risks… Who Pays?
One of the world’s largest insurance companies has warned businesses that they simply can’t ignore the financial impacts of extreme weather any longer. “Climate change is leading to more severe weather events, resulting in increasing impacts on economies,” Swiss Re’s group chief economist Jérôme Jean Haegeli said. “Therefore, it becomes even more crucial to take […]
Flying Green on a Budget Airline: Skeptic’s Journey
My first travel experience with Frontier Airlines gave me more than a cheap fare. I received a surprising environmental education. Departure Having no experience with budget airlines, I decided to give Frontier a try after attending a funeral. Its fare was less than half that of competing airlines. But it took a while […]
Doubling Down on Regeneration
If you’re anything like me, over the past few weeks since Donald Trump’s sweeping election victory, you’ve been engaged in deep and prolonged reflection about what it means that such an obviously hateful, ignorant, and dangerous man won the US Presidency a second time, how bad the next four years are likely to be, […]
Get Busy Building Local Communities to Address Our Climate Crisis
We, at Spaceship Earth, are concerned about the impact of the election on global efforts to manage our climate crisis. Regulations will be removed, and funds will be clawed back. My advice is, don’t waste time and energy bemoaning our situation. Instead, figure out how to take action… especially locally where that action has much […]
Common Roots: Regenerative Affordable Housing
Common Roots offers a fascinating model of environmental justice. According to Common Roots founder Julie Wilson, “We need to create a regenerative economy, and that can only happen if the economy is rooted in people and specific places.” Common Roots, in Meadville Pennsylvania, started as an Allegheny College student project. The project: buy […]
Climate Science is Vulnerable to Politics
We as voters must ensure that climate science is immune from political meddling and elect leaders who will respect the scientific process. Editor’s Note: This article was originally written four years ago for the 2020 election. At the bottom is the link to the original article, and a link to a more recent article […]
“It’s a Once in 500-Years Storm!”
Editor’s Note: This column was first published on David Houle’s Substack. “This was a once-in-a-generation event!” “Once in a millennium event.” “An unprecedented event.” Please stop with all this stupid language about storms and floods! Please! Every time there is a ‘super storm’ or some catastrophic event, the local authorities […]
Take a Bite Out of Our Climate Crisis
Reducing food waste is my passion. It may sound strange, but I have always been drawn to food climate solutions. When I first took the Project Drawdown training, I was shocked to learn that reducing food waste and shifting to plant-rich diets are the two top climate solutions! In the likely scenario of reaching a […]
Notes from the Pittsburgh Book Tour Stop
Editor’s Note: From time to time, we at TSE come across a book (or a movie, song, documentary, etc.) that we think our Crew members might want to know about. Below are notes by the author from his book tour… Jon Biemer is on a book tour with Our Journey to Sustainability: How Everyday Heroes […]
Navigating Our World During a Time of Crisis
“We are born to a dangerous time. Consider that an affliction or consider it an assignment.” – Stephen Jenkinson We know that countless humans are reeling with climate anxiety and experiencing fear, anger, grief, despair and dread. They are attempting to cope via massive amounts of denial, instead of seeking to thrive by building […]
