by Deborah Phelan | Sep 8, 2022 | 2050, Climate Change, Real Life Story
I used to write a lot about climate change. Until I didn’t anymore. And that happened when I began to experience intense grief and fear over what our future looks like. I think that happened in conjunction with the 2015 Paris Agreement, which, while lauded now by...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 13, 2021 | 2050, Climate Change
In many places around the world, the air is hot, heavy, and depending on the day, clogged with particulate pollution. Your eyes often water. Your cough never seems to disappear. You can no longer simply walk out your front door and breathe fresh air. Instead, before...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 12, 2021 | 2050, Climate Change, Drought, Geoengineering
A Republican congressman yesterday suggested altering the moon’s orbit might be a solution to climate change, asking the US Forest Service if this was something they could accomplish. “I was informed by the immediate past director of NASA that they’ve...
by Deborah Phelan | Oct 1, 2019 | 2050, Youth, Youth and Climate Change
Fueled by the passion of Youth4Climate, some 4 million people joined the October 20 Global Climate Strike. And just like that, youth took on the mantle of leadership of the climate crisis. Shouting truth to power, they demanded action to ameliorate the consequences of...
by Deborah Phelan | Sep 30, 2019 | 2050, Children, Climate Change, Youth, Youth and Climate Change, Youth Climate Change
An estimated 4 million people, inspired by an emboldened youth climate movement, participated in the September 20 Global Climate Strike. “Right now we are the ones who are making a difference. If no one else will take action, then we will,” said 16-year-old Swede...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 19, 2018 | 2050, Displacement and Migration, TIme Capsule
The number of “forcibly displaced people” rose to 68.5 million last year, according to the UN refugee agency reporting. 16.2 million people were newly driven from their homes in 2017. 44,400 each day. 1 every 2 seconds. “International...
