We Didn’t Start the Fire

We Didn’t Start the Fire

Few skills play a more elemental role in the story of humanity’s progress from hunter-gatherer to civilization builder than the mastery of fire. These blazes provided not just warmth and protection against predators, but also a draw for social gatherings, a means of cooking food, a source of light, and a method to forge new tools. Human use of fire eventually became so sweeping that it re-shaped Earth’s ecosystems and began to influence the plan…

We Didn’t Start The Fire: Why We Need to Stop Burning for Fuel

I would like to open with two statements that I think are necessary. It would be remiss for me to not acknowledge that most people are aware that burning materials is the primary cause of climate change. It is also important to highlight that many of us, me included, suffer from a degree of climate anxiety.   However, to truly understand the facts we must revisit those established ideas and confront them. As hiding away from the at times upsetti…