Sometimes, we get so lost in our little world of snowboarding, we lose sight of what else is going on.
Readers of this site would know I’m a really passionate environmentalist; I care, a lot.
One of my problems is I am always talking about the bad stuff. Hope sells, despair doesn’t.
We’ve previously written about the insanity of climate change denialism (as opposed to healthy scientific rigour.
You might think this sounds rather boring, Snowboard/Ski-person, but, this prevailing attitude affects you in a profound way. Not just in your ability to pursue your snow addiction, but in your ability to access affordable food and clean water.
Thanks for checking back, we really appreciate it.Things have been quiet from us, sorry. We just got back from overseas.
On the back of our post about Food, Inc, here’s a new movie about the Coal Industry: frightening.
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The food chain: WTF has it got to do with snowboarding, you’re wondering?
Nothing, and everything (think about it).
I reckon James Lovelock is awesome.
Do you think we will survive?
I’m an optimistic pessimist. I think it’s wrong to assume we’ll survive 2 °C of warming: there are already too many people on Earth. At 4 °C we could not survive with even one-tenth of our current population. The reason is we would not find [...]
One of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard from a skier or boarder (or anyone in ski resort management) is: “I/we don’t care about global warming or less snow, we can use snow guns”.
Well, no, not really. Warmer temps, and/or less precipitation, equals either more rain, or less snow and rain, so either way, snow guns are pretty useless.
I started writing the below text over Christmas, but kind of lost my way, until I read Thomas Friedman’s op-ed in the New York Times the other day about how we all need to really re-assess what it is we really want, and need, from this Planet.
I won’t apologise for sounding like I am proselytising. [...]
This is why we must act, or else we risk destroying everything we take for granted – like the surf and waves, the amazing forests, the amazing animals, the MAGIC you felt the first time snow fell on your cold face and bare skin, as you marvelled at the snow flake, that seemed to be made just for you.
Are we setting ourselves up for a fish-free diet through over fishing?
The below links are must-reads if you wish to understand why climate change is not just bad for the snow season but bad for the world.
• IPCC report (2007) listing outcomes if we don’t act now (2007) -here
• Australia and the south of the US face a permanent drought
• Following the above, Australia and SW [...]
