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1) The media focus now is on how “US, UK coronavirus strategies shifted following UK epidemiologists’ ominous report” noting, according to CNN.com’s Nick Paton Walsh,  “attempts to slow, or mitigate — rather than actively halt, or suppress — the novel coronavirus could overwhelm the number of intensive care hospital beds and lead to about 250,000 deaths…

March 7-9, 2020 Update:  Italy extended its COVID-19 quarantine to the entire country.  William Feuer at cnbc.com wrote “People throughout the country of 60 million should not travel other than for work and emergencies, Conte said. He added that all public gatherings will be banned and sporting events suspended. The decision was made to protect the most vulnerable people in…

Used with permission of Extinction Rebellion Seattle. “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” ― Gospel of Thomas Nation = None (Updated April 2024) Leader = Mary Robinson, former President of…

For many years, I told my creative writing students to listen deeply for circles, threads, and connections.  I laughed when it was widely reported the world’s second richest man, Bill Gates ($96.5 billion), bought — then didn’t buy — Sinot’s AQUA, “the world’s first hydrogen-powered yacht for $650 million” according to businessinsider.com’ s Taylor Gorden, and…

Used with permission of Datawrapper. Update: Dave Borlace, citing a 2019 IPCC report, noted “It’s actually more like about 5 degrees Celsius higher [ . . . . ] within 80 years or so at our current trajectory.” Update: The Guardian, at Rockström’s request, changed the quote below for a 4 C world to “It’s difficult…

About 9 years ago, my life partner of 6 years died suddenly and unexpectedly. She was laughing and joking at breakfast, and nearly gone by evening. My mom, dad, and companion animal, about the same time, also suffered horrible deaths. The family thought mom had the flu, but it was much worse. One moment we…

“Tree With No Words” on Oregon Coast I dreamed Koalas with human voices asked for a seat at the UN. The UN said no.

I was glad to attend Process Work Institute’s CLIMATE FORUM: Is Portland [Oregon] Making a Difference?, and I hope other cities will follow this format of diverse perspectives, patient listening, and community building. I heard Native Americans and Pacific Islanders, healing song, words of students and high school teachers, authors, local residents, political candidates, business…

For background, click here. The above quote is from Lee Van der Voo’s Jan. 17, 2020 article in The Guardian. Interesting this comes the same day CNN reporter Drew Kann wrote “Almost 6 in 10 Americans are either ‘alarmed’ or ‘concerned’ by global warming, marking what researchers say is a major shift in public perception of the…

Feb. 6, 2020 Update from Leonard Higgins, Valve Turner: “Regretfully, the Skagit County Superior Court granted the Prosecution’s last-minute motion to delay fellow Valve Turner Ken Ward’s [climate necessity defense] trial (that was scheduled to begin on Monday) to sometime later this Spring. This delay comes at a huge financial cost to us, as we…