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The Quickest Way to Save the Rainforest, Fix Climate Change, and Help the Animals

Posted on January 30, 2022February 21, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

The graph below says a lot. We can greatly reduce our environmental footprint if we don’t need pasture and feed crops to produce beef and lamb. If we eliminate dairy it will help even more. Much of that extra land can grow forest and soak up carbon dioxide and support wildlife (there are more domestic…

World Weary

Posted on January 15, 2022February 21, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

The world has grown weary, and lately I have been feeling weary about the world. A song by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 sprang to mind this morning. My lifelong friend Lasse introduced me to this band at about the time the song came out – way back in 1994. Lasse and I and our…

When the Swallows Return

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Caring Curmudgeon

When I was a young lad, my family lived in a couple of nailed-together shacks in rural British Columbia. To say it was rustic would be giving the wrong impression. “Farmhouse chic” it was not. “Late 70s Broke” was more the vibe. Ah, the things you settle for in an age of stagflation. The house,…

What if a Tree Doesn’t Fall in a Forest?

Posted on November 12, 2020December 9, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

As I trod the trail in a fir-fragrant afternoon under a hazy sky, I “got to thinkin’” as I joke with Valerie when I have a spell of contemplation. It wasn’t a solitary walk, Dusty the ragamuffin dog alternated between lagging behind and speeding ahead depending on how interesting the scentscape was in either direction….

D is for Dragonfly

Posted on July 31, 2020November 7, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

When I was growing up, my grandma had a great system for spending time with her grandkids. It ensured bickering would be low to nil, and the level of care quite manageable. She would invite all of us kids to spend a week with her and grandpa at their modest but cozy home during the…

Family Choices in a World that Needs to Heal

Posted on July 31, 2020November 7, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

My wife Valerie and I love podcasts about plant-based living, mindfulness, and health. The hosts and guests tend to be quite concerned about the environment. That might be no surprise, but what raises my eyebrows is when the host ask their guest something like: “How is the family? You’ve got five kids right?” Whoa, five…

The Dogs We Love

Posted on June 16, 2020July 31, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

When you think of the words “dog lovers”, you might have visions of the legions of breeds, their breeders and fans at their show-of-shows, the Westminster Dog Show. A great sendup of this world can be found in the Christopher Guest mockumentary “Best in Show” (which also includes Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, more recently…

A Kinder World

Posted on March 22, 2020April 21, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

“A Kinder World” – image copyright Susan Pitcairn – susanpitcairn.com This week more than any other since October when I kicked off my writing efforts, I am struggling to write. Valerie was listening to a podcast today where a man described the pandemic like a mix of the trepidation around a tsunami or hurricane and…

Tiny Home Solutions to Big Housing Problems?

Posted on March 7, 2020March 22, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

In 2008, as the full weight of the global economic collapse came to bear on American consumers there was a brief period of sanity: average house sizes bucked the trend and began to decline. Since the early 1980s, average detached homes had grown by about 50%. After the economic crisis, the average size settled back…

Changing Minds in a Changing Climate

Posted on January 30, 2020February 15, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

What does it take to change a mind? This is not just a question about individuals, but also our “collective mind” as a society. Last weekend, Healthy World Sedona (in Sedona, Arizona) held a conference that looked at this question through the eyes of world-class speakers on plant-based living. Speakers included Dr. Michael Greger of…

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