Author Archives: Rhona

Today is the International Day of Climate Action! To… er… celebrate it I’ll be attending a screening of A Sea Change, about the acidification of the earth’s oceans. In Sweden, consumers are being offered new climate change food labelling in … Continue reading →

I left Banff on Monday morning, having spent much of the weekend dodging in and out of literary and visual arts events. Saturday afternoon I slipped into and then fled screaming from the most bizarre and numbingly dull curatorial talk … Continue reading →

As artists of many Olympic cities have discovered to their cost, when the lure of international trade beckons, arts funding goes out the door and into sports infrastructure, or roads, or trains, or any number of expensive and often worthy … Continue reading →

This TED talk by architect and author Carolyn Steel has been circulating recently and, while it does simply discuss a lot that’s pretty well known now – urbanization, the planetary cost of meat and dairy consumption – gives some historical … Continue reading →

This article about the top foods linked to food-borne illnesses is worth reading if you’re going on holiday, particularly if you’re going anywhere with large scale industrial food growing and processing (like, oh, Canada or the US?). The items on … Continue reading →