“The Simple Act of Planting Trees Now Requires a Leap of Faith”

“The Simple Act of Planting Trees Now Requires a Leap of Faith”

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Mitigadaptation

Fire season arrived early, and northern California is losing graceful vineyards, ancient redwoods, oaks on their golden rolling hills, and other parts of its graceful ecology. Reacting in this month’s Atlantic magazine, Leah Stokes expands upon the melancholy thinking we’ve all been doing about trees around here:

“Many people have been grieving from the news that we may have lost some of the most majestic coastal redwoods to these latest fires. These giants have stood for more than a thousand years. […] For my generation, and the ones coming up behind us, the simple ….

A “New Cold War” is Not a Hot Earth Option

by | Aug 12, 2020 | Mitigadaptation

Once upon a time, the collapse of the last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic would have made news. But in 2020 it hardly receives notice, lost as it is in the din of pandemic, politics, protest, and the rest of the front page.

A sizable chunk of the known world can disappear unnoticed for another reason as well ….