What could Davis and Rotary Club do on climate change
Here is a talk I gave recently to the Davis Rotary Club. Thank you. Honored to be invited. Rotarians have a proud history of serving communities, doing good and also…
Three saluted as Davis Eco Heroes
This was published in my local newspaper based on some interviews with three inspiring local figures Reduce, reuse and recycle. Not only is that the mantra for the environmental movement,…
Crude reflections
I have had the following piece published in the April/May edition of Red Pepper (buy now in all good bookshops and newsagents!). The piece focuses on the different visions of…
Radio piece on Ecuador
I might be biased, but my partner Juliette has done an excellent radio piece that was broadcast on 93 community radio stations in the US today on Free Speech Radio…
Let’s respect our Mother Earth
(Thanks to Bolivia Rising for the translation) Here is President Evo Morales’ message to the member representatives of the United Nations on the issue of the environment. There is a…
Storm in a plastic cup?
My brain is sucked dry by recycled air, my palate numbed by airplane cardboard paste food. I have absolutely no idea if it is day or night. The airhostess, in…
Under water
My friend Marta writes from Santa Cruz. "Help, I’m drowning." She’s joking but unfortunately she’s not too far from the truth. A vast amount of Bolivia, equivalent to the size…
My fault?
Chacaltaya in 1946 when it hosted the world’s highest ski slope and ski-lift at 5300 metres above sea level and less than 30 kilometres from La Paz Chacaltaya in 2002….
Tourism’s saving grace
An over-loud Bob Dylan was interfering with my food. I peered over my trilingual menu of pasta, pizzas, muesli and pancakes to look at all the other gringo diners, almost…