August Break
8/10/23 – A cross-post and some news while I’m away from my writing desk
Hello everyone:
I’m taking this week off to take care of things at home. “How we spend our days,” wrote Annie Dillard in The Writing Life, “is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Right now that means my life has been spent wishing I had more things done…
Summer is always a busy time, and the to-do list has become a should-have-been-done-months-ago list. So I’m taking a break from the writing desk this week to catch up.
Instead, as you’ll see in an email that will promptly follow this one, I’m offering a cross-post of a brilliant piece by Rob Lewisat The Climate According to Life. I’m certain you’ll enjoy it.
As usual, though, scroll down for a curated selection of Anthropocene news, a bit longer than normal. Since last week’s writing on the Anthropocene history written into a small Canadian lake was a bit heavy, I’ve selected (mostly) good news stories for you. They range from a half billion dollars for rooftop solar in hard-hit Puerto Rico to a Congressional push for rebates for e-bike …
