The following is a translation of an article in which I’m quoted by Norwegian reporter Thomas Paust in Nettavisen.no, an Oslo-based online publication. I used Google Translate and massaged the text slightly to capture meaning. Am happy to receive corrections – the original article in Norwegian is here.
Climate change could lead to mass psychosis
“We know [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In my previous post, I wrote about Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, the Haida artist who illustrated the book Flight of the Hummingbird using his own Haida manga style.
As noted in that post, the hummingbird of the story tirelessly drops beads of water onto a great forest fire, presumably to little, if any, material effect. As the [...]

Let me begin this post by saying I'm grateful for the concerted efforts of many to counteract climate change and save the planet-by reducing waste and carbon emissions as part of a sustainable lifestyle.
The way I see it, though, material sustainability is passé. It's more accurate to report we're in some kind of post-sustainability scenario [...]

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 [...]