January 3rd, 2012

In the days right before this last, zen week of family time and no email, I read a few news items about the sorry state of our global commons. From the real costs of extreme weather ($52 billion in damages in the U.S. alone in 2011) to massive dangers in the melting of the global permafrost (which could quickly account for 15% of global emissions), the news was not good. Add in the failure of global climate negotiations, and it’s hard to stay positive about our future.

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