by Sandi Sturm | Apr 2, 2020 | Climate Change and People
As a writer, my mind grabs onto certain words and won’t let go until I do something with it. One such word recently is “liminal.” It is not a word used in everyday conversations yet it has been nagging at me for a couple of weeks. Maybe because it...
by Sandi Sturm | Mar 29, 2020 | Climate Change and People, Living Sustainably, Reducing Carbon Footprint
Back in college biology class, where I struggled with every assignment, I remember one lesson to this day. It must have triggered a fear response in my amygdala. The professor brought to our minds the image of a lily pond. On day one, there were two lily’s...
by Sandi Sturm | Feb 28, 2020 | Climate Change and People, Reducing Carbon Footprint
Sitting in a hotel room recently I looked around and noticed all the little red, white and blue lights that were glowing. It just happened to be the fourth of July week, so at first, I thought, “How patriotic.” But then my thoughts went to how unnecessary it was to...
by Sandi Sturm | Feb 3, 2020 | Climate Change and People
In November of 2018, the fourth National Climate Assessment was made available to the public. I have a stack of the executive summary with me in the motor home to share with anyone I meet that is interested. The report was written by the U.S. Global Change Research...
by Sandi Sturm | Jan 6, 2020 | Climate Change and People
Just as I was sitting in a three day Climate Reality Leadership Training in Minneapolis, the media was full of stories that related to the topics being presented on stage. “Siberia is Burning” “$2.9 billion in damage from Midwest flooding” “2019 Chennai Water Crisis”...
by Sandi Sturm | Nov 25, 2019 | Climate Change and People
A couple of years ago we discovered a little town on the coast of Oregon where the temperatures were comparable to South central Alaska where we had spent many years. It was the summer of 2017 when San Francisco was experiencing temperatures of 105 degrees F. We were...
