continue on

I am tired… bone weary…. would like to pack it in. But cannot as there is too much left to do.

wrongs to right....  things to see. Must continue to move one foot in front of the other and continue on....

 

#RandOMTHoUGhts.
jh

Solitude...

More than ever, one needs solitude.

Being alone allows us to regulate and adjust our lives. It teaches us the ability to satisfy our own needs.

Solitude can restore energy, the stillness of being alone provides us with much-needed rest. It brings forward our longing to explore, our curiosity about the unknown, our will to be an individual, our hopes for freedom.

Alone time is fuel for life.

jh

I've got to get this off my chest...

I've said for years! Deforestation is not 'just' about trees; it's about the survival of every species of animals, including us.

Think about the fundamental thing we were taught in school about what trees do!

TREES CLEAN THE AIR.

FACT: Carbon dioxide (CO2) building up in our atmosphere, is the major contributor to climate change.

FACT: Trees absorb CO2, removing and storing the carbon while releasing oxygen back into the air. In just one year, one acre of mature trees can absorb enough CO2 produced when you drive your car 26,000 miles.

However, we continue to destroy our forests at an alarming rate; and blame other industries for climate change?

I consider myself an environmentalist. However, let’s be clear, I would say that I am a “pragmatic environmentalist.”

I believe there is far too much negative focus on the O&G industry, all the while other industries are going on completely unchallenged and destroying large, sensitive tracts of land.

Let’s talk about clearcutting. So many areas in our headwaters are being destroyed. However, there is nary a peep about the damage done. Why? Because there are companies (people) that profit from all the negative focus on the oil and gas industry, while the destruction of our forests continues unchallenged.

The Alberta governments proposal to build the Maclean and Springbank dry dams are incredibly bad ideas with potentially devastating results. The problem is not the river! It is the rapid drainage from destroying forests upstream!

All the same, Alberta Environment is allowing continued destruction to the watershed upstream! We should be correcting harm, not causing more of it.

So, let's be clear here; bringing the O&G industry in Alberta to its knees is not helpful on so many levels. The revenues that are received by all levels of government go a long way to pay for and support other industries here. YES.. including "green" industries.

( Ok, I will step off my soap-box now )

Bushpunk says...

"...the punks way too loud, beer strong and cold, mushroom tea kicking in and kooty air sweet...head this way if you can jimmy…"

Democracy in the US is Over!

“Al Gore told The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza, “The influence of special interests is now at an extremely unhealthy level. It’s at a point,” he said, “where it’s virtually impossible for participants in the current political system to enact any significant change without first seeking and gaining permission from the largest commercial interests who are most affected by the proposed change.”
― Jane Mayer, Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

Those "special interests" have bought and paid for a "president" that will do as they demand. Democracy in the US is over folks! We MUST not let that happen in Canada. #truenorthstrongandfree #eattherich

 

 

 

Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'? | Nafeez Ahmed | Environment | The Guardian

A new study partly-sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial civilisation could collapse in coming decades due to unsustainable resource exploitation and increasingly unequal wealth distribution.

Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'? | Nafeez Ahmed | Environment | The Guardian

tales of the bush punk

After my last post, a number of people asked me “who is this bushpunk” you speak of?”
Well, bushpunk is not his real name obviously. I have used a moniker that best suits him for all that he is and stands for.

bushpunk and I have been friends going on 47 years now. In these years, we have had multitudes of adventures together. These adventures have made me in a large part the man I am today.
Along our years, we have gone without seeing each other for extended periods of time. Yet when we do connect, we pick up right where we left off.

I am an only child, and bushpunk is the closest thing I have to a brother. bushpunk has been with me through virtually everything and knows what makes me tick.

We've hiked, fished, hunted, drove countless backcountry roads and had many road trips together.
Over the next while, I am going to share some of these stories with bushpunk here. I hope that you will enjoy them. If you do, will you please indicate on FaceBook or Twitter. I have tons of stores to tell and will happily keep on telling them if you enjoy.
jh