Category: Climate Change Solutions

Back in May of this year, the city of Courtenay declared a climate emergency, but what does that mean? Usually, it would mean taking drastic measures immediately or as soon as possible. According to NASA, the amount of light visible from space increases by 20% to 30%, and as much as 50% in the suburbs…

Forbes Magazine — not exactly your typical environmental magazine — says; “We could power the entire World by harnessing Solar Energy from 1% of the Sahara.”  It goes on to say; “There is no way coal, oil, wind, geothermal, or nuclear can compete with this.”  It’s not only Forbes making this kind of definitive statement, which…

Here in the Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, BC, we are very lucky.  We have the Salish Sea, beautiful forests, an abundance of lakes, and above all that, an extensive alpine environment with a wealth of glaciers, which, sadly, are receding fast — depriving us of a valuable water resource.  The largest of these glaciers,…