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Assignment 4, Remix #2
For this remix I decided to develop a podcast for people who are interested in climate policy but might not know much about this issue, as with Remix 1, but to use a podcast format and website.. My goal was to use the question and answer format to reve…
Assignment 4, Remix 1
How Do You Want To Invest Your Tax Dollars to Stop Climate Change? Op-ed by Jen Lash, November 19, 2021 Canada’s oil and gas companies are using carbon removal technology to present themselves as part of the climate solution. In reality, they are perpetuating the fossil fuel-driven economy that is the root cause of climate …
A New Perspective
October 31, 2021 I was surprised when I started doing my Masters’s Degree in Climate Action Leadership (MACAL) at Royal Roads University about my gut reaction to adaptation. I have professionally worked on campaigns to secure strong mitigation policies for well over a decade, and little did I know that I would feel like shifting …
Footprints
I came to the beach this morning, and as I emerged from the forest, the first thing to greet me was deer prints in the sand. What was the deer looking for, why did it come to the beach, and why did it leave? These tracks piqued my curiosity, and I looked around for more …
Aim for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
Against the backdrop of a heat bump that resulted in over 800 heat-related deaths (Weichel, 2021), boiled marine life on the beaches (Migdal, 2021), and contributed to forest fires that resulted in lost lives, lost homes, and evacuations, BC fracking operations were found to be emitting up to twice the amount of methane estimated by …