gretchen

gretchen, 8 months ago to climate

Climate change destroyed the world and all I got was a new watch.

#climatediary #climatechange #applewatch

https://open.substack.com/pub/climatediary/p/a-week-of-disasters?r=1fk4v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

gretchen, 8 months ago to climate

I wrote about the summer of 1988, when a dramatic heat wave almost woke America up to global warming.

From an editorial in the Burlington Free Press:
"In the summer of ’88, it is possible to feel the walls of the future closing in. The heat has been endless and stifling, but harder to bear is the little zing of fear that future summers will be worse. ... Next year, we can shrug, and adapt. Find cleaner beaches, or give up swimming in the lake; invest in air-conditioning; accustom ourselves to more expensive food. But this summer unhappily recalls the greeting-card cliche, ‘Today is the first day of the rest of your life.’ Is the summer of ’88 what the future holds?”

Thirty-five years later and the words still ring true.

https://open.substack.com/pub/climatediary/p/a-week-that-was-supposed-to-be?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#climatediary #climate #vermont #dejavu

gretchen, 9 months ago to TaylorSwift

My latest #climatediary is about this cruel summer, SpaceX and sequoias ... with a little bit of #taylorswift thrown in for fun.
https://climatediary.substack.com/p/four-weeks-in-august

gretchen, 10 months ago to random

Stories of climate disasters come like waves lapping on the shore, each one a little closer, telling us that things are getting worse, and worse, and worse. We hear the stories as news, but we don’t recognize them for what they are — warnings.

Behind this encroaching tide of climate updates is a tsunami whose devastation we are not prepared for.

#climatediary

https://climatediary.substack.com/p/an-off-the-charts-week

gretchen, 10 months ago to random

Billy is 38 now. Maybe if his parents had taken his concern seriously back in 1992 we wouldn't be in this situation today.
#climatediary #familycircus

gretchen, 10 months ago to Weather

I wrote something about all of the broken weather records and the broken promises from world leaders. It's hot out there, and the most trustworthy person is the meteorologist.
#climatediary #heat #weather #climatechange

https://climatediary.substack.com/p/a-week-of-broken-promises

gretchen, 10 months ago to random

The "new normal" doesn't mean we should become resigned to floods and extremed heat. The new normal means we need to act like we're in a climate emergency every single day.

#climatediary #climatechange #Vermont

https://climatediary.substack.com/p/a-week-of-flooding?sd=pf

gretchen, 11 months ago to random

My weekly doomsletter contains summer reading recommendations! #climatediary #talkcollapse
https://climatediary.substack.com/p/a-week-for-summer?sd=pf

gretchen, 11 months ago to random

I just learned the term "moral disengagement" --- it explains why/how we continue to do things that we know are harmful (e.g. frequent flying).