Sustainability column articles published in the Mt. Shasta Herald
Bianca A Garza: Every time it was plenty and I was grateful. And every time I was struck by the idea that these people thought they weren't doing enough!
Molly Brown: We have only seen our mountains a few times since lightning started the Nachez Fire to the northwest. It got much worse when the Carr Fire blew up. Now whatever way the wind blows, we get smoke.
Pamela Neronha: Be more than a developer of places; become a developer of communities. Revitalize relationships, not just buildings or land parcels.
Arielle Halpern: Every year, Mount Shasta plays host to migrating monarch butterflies. Not only are monarch butterflies one of a number of important native pollinator species, they are a species that has been given a great deal of attention in recent years because of their extreme decline due to habitat conversion, pesticide use, and climate change.
Molly brown: Why doesn’t the Market require compostable bags? Well, it turns out that when compostable bags get mixed in with plastic bags in recycling, they literally gum up the works. And it’s very hard to separate compostable bags from plastic bags, because they look pretty much the same.
Wayne Kessler: Have you been debating whether to plant a garden this year or not? Read this before deciding. Here are a few ideas that involve a little planning and a light amount of elbow grease. Maybe we can eliminate your indecision and excuses.
Angelina Cook: The work of transformation requires attention to sensory details, which are easy to ignore in our fast-paced, competitive, techno-industrial, producer-consumer economy.
Pamela Neronha: People need jobs and opportunities that are intentional, self-fulfilling, and evolutionary. Growth is good if it is compatible with natural capital, and indeed necessary for community sustainability.
Molly Brown: Five principles that communities (and individuals) can adopt to create cultures of longevity and justice, which help everyone to live longer and healthier lives.
Michelle Berditschevsky: We humans seem to need this annual reminder in order to appreciate our life-support system in all its magnificence and to face what we are doing to the earth, including “the degradation of ecosystems, mass extinction of species, and global climate change.”
