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 [...]

To viewers of "Chai Time" on Omni TV who might have followed the link on the show to reach my blog, I thought I'd (a.) link to the article the host Tarannum referred to and (b.) say a little bit more about my background.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I was awarded a scholarship [...]

Colin Beavan, a.k.a. "No Impact Man," cites an article on the BBC web site written by Joanna Benn, who, as a "journalist, writer and consultant specialising in environmental issues," writes: "When I see babies, not only do I see the beauty, joy and miracle of life, I also see nappies, landfill waste, vast amounts of [...]

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 [...]

On the day of the debate to boot. Anyway, here's the Reuters.com link to my open letter to U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.
Hope you enjoy it; have a good weekend.

Open letter to Barack Obama and John McCain
Dear Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain:
I am a foresight researcher and a fellow North American.
I'm writing this open letter to share my concerns about the United States' future.
Civil rights
In the 1970s, as a school-aged child in Canada, I learned about the U.S. civil rights movement, and the [...]

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 [...]