Category: Mike Bell

Frequently in these chronicles I have referred to us humans as “earthlings.” In this chronicle I’d like to discuss the term “earthlings” in more detail.

The Curtain opens with the two men, Economo and Enviro in a heated discussion about how they should be preparing for the looming threat of a potentially disastrous climate changing world.

We get increasing daily reminders in the media about climate change. Why do many of us have so much difficulty dealing with it?
I think it is because the major impacts seem so far away.

I was quite taken by the recent UN Report on the dangers of climate change. It indicated that given the rate at which our planet is warming, we would have to take definitive action by 2030. If we don’t, we face dire consequences by 2040.

Recently a friend wrote to me and said, “Mike, I’m enjoying your chronicles. But couldn’t you be more specific and tell us what we should be doing about climate change?” I’m not trying to tell people what they should be doing. That is up to them. But the question made me aware that I am not being clear enough about what I’m trying to do with these chronicles. So I had a conversation with myself that I will share with you.