by pennyurquhart | Mar 16, 2021 | culture, environment, happiness, Uncategorized
What is the good news today? There must be some, despite Brazil still reeling under Covid’s assault, Beijing choking in the worst dust storm in a decade, and terrible ongoing wars in Yemen and Syria. This was part of my internal monologue this morning, before opening...
by pennyurquhart | Mar 27, 2014 | 5 questions on climate change series, adaptation, Africa, climate change, climate change and health, climate change policy, climate justice, culture, food security and climate change
This is the second in a series of “5 questions” blogs in which I explore the same five key questions with climate change thought leaders. In the interviews, we take a look at recent significant developments in the climate change arena, focus on what global leaders as...
by pennyurquhart | May 7, 2013 | archaeology, culture
As glaciers thin and retreat, they reveal unexpected finds. On opening Ernest Zebrowski’s engagingly written Global Climate Change, I was happy to see that he shared my fascination with one of these – Ötzi, the Bronze Age hunter who was found in melting ice in the...
