Posts by Mary Wildfire
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Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Jun 4, 2020
Nightshades: Blog Eight in a Gardening Series
A nightshade is not something to keep moonlight off of you. It's something delicious you can grow. More
Issues: Sustainability
Nightshades: Blog Eight in a Gardening Series
A nightshade is not something to keep moonlight off of you. It's something delicious you can grow. More
Issues: Sustainability
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 26, 2020
Climate Change: Real Solutions
We could supply all of Earth’s nearly eight billion humans with an adequate and varied diet, a shelter sufficient to provide comfort through the year, safe drinking water and sanitary arrangements, and basic healthcare. More
Issues: Climate change, Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy
Climate Change: Real Solutions
We could supply all of Earth’s nearly eight billion humans with an adequate and varied diet, a shelter sufficient to provide comfort through the year, safe drinking water and sanitary arrangements, and basic healthcare. More
Issues: Climate change, Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 26, 2020
False Solutions to Climate Change: The Agricultural Sector
False solutions in each sector are aimed at maintaining current power relations. Real solutions are aimed at rescuing ecosystems and leading to a better world for all humans and other life forms. More
Issues: Climate change, Racial inequality, Social justice
False Solutions to Climate Change: The Agricultural Sector
False solutions in each sector are aimed at maintaining current power relations. Real solutions are aimed at rescuing ecosystems and leading to a better world for all humans and other life forms. More
Issues: Climate change, Racial inequality, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 26, 2020
False Solutions to Climate Change: Geoengineering
Geoengineering proposals to address climate change comes with huge risks and offer governments a way to dodge finally taking serious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. More
Issues: Climate change
False Solutions to Climate Change: Geoengineering
Geoengineering proposals to address climate change comes with huge risks and offer governments a way to dodge finally taking serious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. More
Issues: Climate change
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 26, 2020
False Solutions to Climate Change: Buildings
When it comes to our buildings, doing nothing to improve them amounts to a false solution, when there is so much we can do to reduce the energy and emissions costs. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy efficiency
False Solutions to Climate Change: Buildings
When it comes to our buildings, doing nothing to improve them amounts to a false solution, when there is so much we can do to reduce the energy and emissions costs. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy efficiency
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 26, 2020
Flowers and Herbs in the Garden: Blog Seven in a Gardening Series
Add flowers and herbs to your vegetable garden. They are not for color and taste alone... More
Issues: Sustainability
Flowers and Herbs in the Garden: Blog Seven in a Gardening Series
Add flowers and herbs to your vegetable garden. They are not for color and taste alone... More
Issues: Sustainability
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 21, 2020
False Solutions to Climate Change: Transportation
Cars, planes, trains, and greenhouse gas emissions--oh my! More
Issues: Climate change
False Solutions to Climate Change: Transportation
Cars, planes, trains, and greenhouse gas emissions--oh my! More
Issues: Climate change
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 21, 2020
False Solutions to Climate Change: Electricity
The generation of electricity is only about 20% of energy use. So even if we made a complete switch to those renewable energy systems, we would still also need transformations in transportation, agriculture, buildings, and the materials sector More
Issues: Climate change, Renewable energy
False Solutions to Climate Change: Electricity
The generation of electricity is only about 20% of energy use. So even if we made a complete switch to those renewable energy systems, we would still also need transformations in transportation, agriculture, buildings, and the materials sector More
Issues: Climate change, Renewable energy
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 21, 2020
False Solutions to Climate Change: Introduction
We are hearing about many false solutions to climate change. This series examines some of those and ends by examining some real solutions. WE want to know what you think. More
Issues: Climate change
False Solutions to Climate Change: Introduction
We are hearing about many false solutions to climate change. This series examines some of those and ends by examining some real solutions. WE want to know what you think. More
Issues: Climate change
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 20, 2020
Fruit in the Garden: Blog Six in a Series
This year, enjoy fresh-out-of-your-own-garden strawberries and other fruits of your labor. More
Issues: Sustainability
Fruit in the Garden: Blog Six in a Series
This year, enjoy fresh-out-of-your-own-garden strawberries and other fruits of your labor. More
Issues: Sustainability
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 13, 2020
Brassicas: Blog Five in a Series
Some brassicas are easy to grow, especially when it’s cool and cloudy--at both ends of the growing season. More
Issues: Sustainability
Brassicas: Blog Five in a Series
Some brassicas are easy to grow, especially when it’s cool and cloudy--at both ends of the growing season. More
Issues: Sustainability
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 7, 2020
Fencing Them Out: Blog Four in a Series
Everybody is going to want to feast in your garden. You've got to fence the varmits out. More
Issues: Sustainability
Fencing Them Out: Blog Four in a Series
Everybody is going to want to feast in your garden. You've got to fence the varmits out. More
Issues: Sustainability
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Apr 29, 2020
Preparing Your Garden: Blog Three in a Series
It's time to prep your soil, set out some seedlings, and start seeds of certain garden varieties. More advice for first-time gardeners and others. More
Issues: Health, Sustainability
Preparing Your Garden: Blog Three in a Series
It's time to prep your soil, set out some seedlings, and start seeds of certain garden varieties. More advice for first-time gardeners and others. More
Issues: Health, Sustainability
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Apr 23, 2020
Starting Your New Garden: Blog Two
Peas can go in as soon as you have a place ready for them. Onions and leeks go in now. Plant lettuce, spinach and radishes now. Soon you can plant carrots, chard and beets. More
Issues: Sustainability
Starting Your New Garden: Blog Two
Peas can go in as soon as you have a place ready for them. Onions and leeks go in now. Plant lettuce, spinach and radishes now. Soon you can plant carrots, chard and beets. More
Issues: Sustainability
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Apr 15, 2020
Your New Garden—First Steps
It's simple to start a garden and gardening is good for all of us on some many levels. More
Your New Garden—First Steps
It's simple to start a garden and gardening is good for all of us on some many levels. More
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Sep 25, 2019
The First Thing is to Stop Digging
We do not need to trash the Ohio River with a toxic petrochemical complex to make plastic to coat our foods and then end up choking the oceans. There is a better approach to food systems, and a better approach to economic development in our area. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Pollution
The First Thing is to Stop Digging
We do not need to trash the Ohio River with a toxic petrochemical complex to make plastic to coat our foods and then end up choking the oceans. There is a better approach to food systems, and a better approach to economic development in our area. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Pollution
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Sep 1, 2019
Speculations on the Persistence of Shale Drilling
Frackers are apparently not making money, so they are thinking plastics, yet a supply glut may force the closure of some plastic/petrochemical facilities by the mid 2020s. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking
Speculations on the Persistence of Shale Drilling
Frackers are apparently not making money, so they are thinking plastics, yet a supply glut may force the closure of some plastic/petrochemical facilities by the mid 2020s. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Apr 29, 2019
Frackers and Crackers and Hubs, Oh My!
None of this is good for our actual or fiscal health. We can do much better. People over petro! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking, Pipelines
Frackers and Crackers and Hubs, Oh My!
None of this is good for our actual or fiscal health. We can do much better. People over petro! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking, Pipelines
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Nov 25, 2018
Review of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Drawdown was a major collaborative effort involving 70 research fellows from 40 countries. It’s not so much a cohesive plan as a list of partial solutions: 80 that are tested and in use at least somewhere in the world, and another 20 that are speculative. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy, Energy efficiency
Review of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Drawdown was a major collaborative effort involving 70 research fellows from 40 countries. It’s not so much a cohesive plan as a list of partial solutions: 80 that are tested and in use at least somewhere in the world, and another 20 that are speculative. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy, Energy efficiency
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Oct 11, 2018
Reaplce NAFTA Says There’s Time to Fix Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 (USMCA)
There is time to fix NAFTA 2.0. More
Issues: Pollution, Social justice
Reaplce NAFTA Says There’s Time to Fix Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 (USMCA)
There is time to fix NAFTA 2.0. More
Issues: Pollution, Social justice