Destroying Our Natural Virus Filters Is Making Us Sick!

EATING YOUR N-95 MASK

“A healthy natural world is our best antivirus” according to Enric Sala writing in the September 2020 National Geographic. His article entitled, “The Cost of Harming Nature” lays out the case for how biodiversity actually protects us from viruses and other pathogens. Enric spent a lifetime as an environmentalist. He grew up on the Mediterranean […]

Climate Change Is the Next Pandemic!

TAKING OUR EYE OFF THE BIG BALL

As we write this, we are preparing, yet again, to be evacuated from another fast moving wildfire. So how do you shelter in place and evacuate at the same time? The question really puts everything into perspective. Yes, there are big challenges facing our businesses, our health, our democracy, our rights, and our environment. But […]

A New Approach to Protecting the Environment

HITTING THEM WHERE THEY LIVE!

With all that’s going on right now, we’ve kind of lost sight of the biggest existential threat we face in the 21st century: Climate Change. But according to Isabella Kwai writing for The New York Times, not so with 23-year old Katta O’Donnell, a fifth-year law student at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. This […]