Well, my companions took the cold rather hard. And we’re talking cold. Here is what our December looked like. That’s the date on the left, then the high, then the low (circled), […]
Winter & Peaches
A Tiny Crop of Big Peaches
Last December, it got cold. See that? That’s 30 Below at the airport, so 29 Below up here in the sunbelt. The was on the 29th. I figured I wouldn’t have any […]
Climate Change in the North Okanagan
Human induced climate change is real, and its hurting humans, societies and the Earth. A lot of it is the result of atmospheric carbon. That’s the story that my city, Vernon, is […]
Of Kant and the Environment
On March 29, 1781, the philosopher Immanuel Kant sat at his writing desk in Königsberg, East Prussia, and opened his new book, A Critique of Pure Reason. Spring clouds were building over […]
Squeezing Water from a Stone
In today’s world, folk (indigenous, ie “of the land”) understandings are redefined to accord with the social authority that accompanies the process called science. In this revolutionary society, attempting to create a […]
Alternate Hydroelectric Power Sources
Note the crack in the ice covering this melt water pool. Right now hydroelectric power comes from turbines running on liquid water. Here is a different energy source, which we would do […]
Winter is Life not Death
Really. Really. These are effects created by winter heating, freezing and melting. In other words, the nutrients released by lichens in late winter are created by stones heating in the winter cold, […]
The Right Angle for Rocks: Building Resilience
Note how the two stones below differ. The one in the foreground is rich with lichen, and producing nutrients for life at its base. The one above it, in the upper left […]
Solar Water Storage and Capture
Up on the hill, where it is cold, there is snow. There are also rocks, which heat in the sun. The hot rocks melt the snow, making lakes of ice, and then […]
Great Big Lake Talking to the Sky
With this First Quarter of a Moon, I thought, the lake is breathing. Such intimate changes, step by step and wash by wash. In the creek, too. Psychedelic, even! When you look […]
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