Tag Archives: climate change

Finding gratitude before breakfast

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

The Earth has completed a full turn around the sun since, inspired by the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, I set the intention to offer gratitude to everyone in the natural world every day, first thing in the morning, for a year. … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, spirituality | Tagged animism, attitudes toward nature, birds, climate change, cosmology, global warming, gratitude, thanking nature, Thanksgiving Address, trees, wildflowers | 5 Comments

The underworld is alive!

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Sandra Steingraber spoke this week in Santa Fe, and as usual her words were disturbing and rousing at once. I’ve admired Sandra for years—her decades-long work as an Earth-advocate, first researching and writing about the public health dangers of everyday … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged archaea, biology, climate change, drinking water, fossil fuels, fracking, global warming, groundwater contamination, poison, toxic chemicals | 1 Comment

What’s the end of this story?

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

I am not a collapsitarian. Yes, I firmly believe that industrial civilization has pointed its collective GPS straight toward the cliff. But I don’t write about collapse, and I don’t often talk about it. Why not? Because focusing on collapse … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, spirituality | Tagged climate change, climate silence, collapse of civilization, community rights bills, fossil fuels, global warming, inequality, rights of nature, solar power | 12 Comments

NOAA and the flood

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Water will win. As we dig out in Boulder from this great flood, we have a new appreciation for the overwhelming power of water. Roads destroyed, lives lost, houses and buildings shoved roughly downhill. Even on my street, on high … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged Boulder Flood, CIRES, climate change, creek culverts, creeks, daylighting, flooding, global warming, NOAA, urban creeks | 4 Comments

Does beetle kill contribute to forest fires?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Pine-bark beetles are decimating forests throughout the West. At the same time, we’ve had intense forest fires recently in Colorado and Arizona. What is the connection between bark beetles and forest fires? Most people assume there is one. It seems … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged bark beetles, climate change, forest fire, forest fires, forests, global warming, wildfire | 8 Comments

Can we imagine a better future? On dystopias and hope

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

A blog reader named Ray contacted me a while back to say that he shares a deep concern about climate change. In fact, he’s publishing a novel about it on his website. In his book the Arctic polar ice cap … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, writing | Tagged attitudes toward nature, climate change, community, dystopia, imagination, utopia | 4 Comments

Solar for the 75%

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

On Sunday evening Bill McKibben’s Do the Math tour comes to Boulder to build the movement for weaning ourselves off fossil fuels—and fast. Sold-out crowds are greeting McKibben everywhere, and Boulder will be no exception. Appearing with McKibben is Josh Fox, … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged Bill McKibben, climate change, community solar, fracking, global warming, Josh Fox, solar gardens, solar power | Comments Off