by jlouden | Feb 23, 2022 | Create and Climate
It’s been a minute – first I experienced a touch of end-of-the-year exhaustion and then a lovely rest with my girl Lilly visiting (yay for snow in Seattle she got to stay four more days!), and then Bob and I took a trip to run and hike in Big Bend National Park....
by jlouden | Nov 17, 2021 | Create and Climate
These last weeks have been all about COP26 and about how it fell short of what we need to save humanity. At first, as I read the many articles about the various failures of COP26 and Greta Thunberg saying it was mostly “blah, blah,” I found myself saying, ”Careful!...
by jlouden | Oct 10, 2021 | Create and Climate
My lovely friend Lu asked me to help her learn to talk to her clients about climate change. She’s a hairstylist – yes, she got me to let my stripe go gray! – and passionate about the planet, but often feels unsure what to say. We talked about climate...
by jlouden | Sep 5, 2021 | Create and Climate
You would be totally in the majority if you thought the recent IPCC report declared, “Humans are screwed, let’s just give up.” That’s how much of the media reported it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m so happy they are reporting on the climate emergency so much more than even...
by jlouden | Jul 4, 2021 | Create and Climate
Independent climate journalist Emily Atkins recently wrote about how the news media is not adequately reporting on the climate emergency. This has been a frustration of mine for so many years! For example, during a recent heatwave in my state of Colorado less than 4%...
by jlouden | Jun 13, 2021 | Create and Climate
It’s vital that organizations and small businesses have crafted diversity, inclusion, and equity policies in recent years to address racism and transgender rights. Yes, these policy statements can end up being empty promises or performative activism, but they can also...
