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TLC #76: Global Climate Strike and Jamie Margolin on the climate crisis

Published on September 20, 2019

In this episode, we speak with climate activist Jamie Margolin, founding director of This Is Zero Hour, as well as Williamstown residents Anne O'Connor and Molly Polk, about the Global Climate Strike actions Friday, September 20.

Climate Catastrophe: Why isn’t the poster child an actual child?

Published on July 15, 2019

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Mashup: Bangladeshi children; photo by Sadman Chowdhury; Antarctic Penguins on icefloe; photo by Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

While the mainstream media feeds us a daily slop of pablum about the foibles of the president and the clown car of Democrat presidential candidates, the problem that won’t go away with an impeachment or an election is, for the most part, ignored. Very often, when you see a story about climate change/global warming, it

Water, water, everywhere
Nor any drop to drink

Published on June 16, 2019

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Photograph: Public water fountain. Newly installed public water fountains in high traffic/athletic areas grant near luxury-level access to the most basic of human needs; photo by Sheila Velazquez.

The title is a line from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, spoken by a sailor surrounded by a salty sea. The sailor had no choices, but we do.

Spring tonic

Published on May 15, 2019

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Immersion in a slowly blooming landscape, and in the rituals of the season, can make the wait for Spring-proper beyond bearable.

Green River, Williamstown, Mass.; photo by Sheila Velazquez.

Plástica non grata

Published on May 5, 2019

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The vast majority of global plastic waste is being dumped into landfills or ends up contaminating the environment (80%). An estimated 4 million to 12 million metric tons of waste plastic contaminates the oceans annually.”

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