by Deborah Phelan | May 31, 2018 | 2050, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Food Security, TIme Capsule, Youth and Climate Change
I was reached out to by a young Indigenous leader who wanted to meet with me. We did so, and we had a deep and substantive talk for several hours. The one thing that has stayed with me about that conversation was when we discussed what could be coming down the road as...
by Deborah Phelan | Mar 8, 2017 | Climate Change, Food Security, Gender Equity
It’s International Women’s Day and while many are asserting their inherent value by participating in “A Day Without A Woman’ events, small scale female farmers in the developing world don’t have the luxury of taking a day off from their...
by Deborah Phelan | Sep 20, 2016 | biochar, Climate Change, Cookstoves, Real Life Story, Youth, Youth and Climate Change
Boy Scouts from Elk Grove Troop 118 convened at Elk Grove Regional Park Sunday to test drive six Climate Rescue Can Cookstoves they constructed as part of 2050kids Cookstove Challenge. The scouts reported construction times which ranged from two to six and a half...
by Deborah Phelan | May 28, 2015 | Climate Change, Food Security, mitigation
As thousands die and roads melt in India’s sweltering heat wave and reports file in predicting the imminent collapse of Antarctica’s 12,000 year-old Larson B Icesheet, the Bonn Talks commence next Monday. Unfortunately, they begin with scientists weighing...
