I was interviewed on OneClimate TV, part of the One Climate Network, during the Copenhagen climate summit in December 2009.
Anuradha Vittachi, the show’s accomplished presenter and new media pioneer, was part of a broad-based civil society partnership that took on the superhuman task of live-streaming interviews around the clock from within the Bella Centre, helping [...]

Happy 2010.
I find it hard to believe that the last time I posted to the Realistic Sanctuary blog was May 2009.
Here’s why. I started writing exclusively on HuffPost between June and December 2009 as well as traveling to conferences like the Tallberg Forum and the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen, pursuing journalism as a way [...]

Three weeks from the start of spring, I'm happy to report that I have a piece, "Who You Callin' a Slumdog?: America sees its future in Oscar-winning film," on The Huffington Post. I hope you like it.
And regarding that excellent blog-which I feel absolutely delighted to write for, by the way-I'll now be posting there [...]

perfect storm (a) a particularly violent storm arising from a rare combination of meteorological factors; (b) (chiefly US) an especially bad situation caused by unfavourable circumstances.
- from Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Sixth edition, Volume 2 N – Z
"But it would fair for the new administration to point out how conservative ideology, the belief that [...]

As earlier noted, the Realistic Sanctuary Blog is now affiliated with Blogburst, a blog syndication network that has relationships with major media outlets, including Reuters, Gannett, USA Today, and the Manchester Guardian.
Well, being part of Blogburst yielded wins two and three today, which, for me, is definitely something to celebrate.
Regarding "The Big Melt," the post [...]

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"The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era."
- National Snow and Ice Data Center, Press Release, September 16, 2008
"The unthinkable – a government buyout of much of the private sector's bad debt [...]

The Realistic Sanctuary Blog is now affiliated with Blogburst, a blog syndication network that has relationships with major media outlets, including Reuters, Gannett, USA Today, and the Manchester Guardian.
We're happy to announce that being part of the Blogburst network has yielded its first win: On August 15, 2008, Reuters.com re-published the post "Nine things [...]

The recent rise in food and commodity prices is one that promises to be long term: Climate change is decreasing the ability to grow food, while the ownership of agricultural commodities by investors and large food companies continues to become more concentrated, limiting the ability to marshal food resources during times of scarcity. (Witness the [...]