Rear-view mirror
Desalination GE is experimenting with small, 3-D printed desalination plants to help provide fresh water in disaster areas where there is...
Weather you believe it, or not...
It is ironic that a phenomenon named for the Christ Child, El Nino, is about to bring death and destitution to a swathe of the developing...
2016 calendars
Always know what day it is! Plan your holidays and adventures, remember your anniversaries, keep track of dates (colour-coding...
Homegrown Charities...
As we saw last week, there are many ways to support people in the developing world through Christmas donations in honour of your friends...
Chickens for charity; poultry for peace
No matter what holiday you're celebrating with presents, it's always appropriate to give a gift that will benefit more people than just...
Plastic never dies
At a recent dinner party, our friend Leandro mentioned an amusing phenomenon. Since 1997, a stretch of coast in Cornwall, England, has...
Over the edge….
The levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere have risen above the symbolic number set by scientists to signal a crisis, says...
Great expectations….
Canada’s new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, doesn’t need to do very much to better his predecessor, Stephen Harper’s abysmal performance...
Launch Party...
“Where imagination gets graphic!” This week’s blog post isn’t really a blog, it’s a shameless plug for my new project, UpperCasey...
Reaping is harder than sowing...
When you think of seeds, you old-timers put away those album covers; we’re not talking about those seeds…. We’ve all heard of the Arctic...
