Well, everyone has heard that April was the warmest month on record for our “green isle”, i.e. Britain. But to really get the point across, consider Iceland. Until this April, the warmest temperature ever recorded was 41 Farenheit – this year April delivered a record high of 73 Farenheit!!! What’s my point? Humaity is going to be forced to migrate into the upper reaches of the Northern Hemisphere, o places like Canada, Russian and the Scandinavian countries are going to find themselves popular destinations in the future – and maybe not to their liking! Hmmmm….
Believe in climate change or not…consider this…
May 23, 2007 at 1:02 pm (Climate, Economy, Energy, Environment, History, Landscape, People, Seascape)
Weather the whether
April 12, 2007 at 12:57 pm (Climate, General, Landscape, Seascape)
Not a grammatical tic, but weather the whether is my my thought on the climate change discussion. We’re all having to “weather” the “whether” or not the climate will change sufficiently to cause changes in our lives or our childrens’.
Well, The New Green Man thinks its time to borrow from some much longer and deeper research than any scientist currently has, that of the Mongol herders, or the traditional tribes of the High Arctic, such as Inuit or the Laplanders. In either, case these cultures leave a light footprint upon the landscape and seascape, always careful to live within the ability of their surroundings, moving on to keep from exhausting the local resources. Now most of us can’t “move” constantly, but we can adapt from their cultural outlook, that is leaving a light footprint and trying to live within the mean of our local landscape. Got your own garden? No, then buy local produce. Do you really need to use the car, when an hour on the bicycle would do both you and your wallet some good? Change comes incremently, but it comes…
Well, back to the Forester’s Hut…
Scotland…the Green?
April 3, 2007 at 11:15 am (Economy, Energy, Environment, Landscape, Seascape)
Nope. This is not a political homage to the “Green” party of Scotland. It IS a thought for Scotland’s politicians and businessmen about the future of the country’s economy in the coming “post-petroleum” age, however. Presently, Scotland is the leader in Europe in green energy development. It won’t last for long though, as countries like Portugal and Norway are poised to surpass the heathered nation. All the hard work and innovation created with at best marginal assistance from government bodies and the few private investors willing to believe in the future are about to be lost…more importantly, where will Scotland go without the underpinnings of the petroleum dollar? Its youth, as ever will vote with their feet and migrate, particularly those with the most “get up and go”…
