We’re trying to think spring, and all the wonders the season beholds. It’s challenging when it’s 40 degrees Fahrenheit and there’s so much hurt, harm and ugliness in the world.
Difficult problems unfortunately don’t yield easy answers or clear consensuses. There’s a lot of trial and error and probably some heightened emotions, too. But we’re trying to remind ourselves as much as others that behind those words is passion and desire for more.
We like to think that climate change and college tuition affordability have more common ground than divisiveness, and we hope that new ideas help unite us. The prospect of a better world for ourselves and our posterities is something we firmly stand behind, and we hope to see progress toward that in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, we’re looking at how to inject more joy and laughter into our lives.
We hope these stories help inspire you as much as they inspire us to better days ahead and a new perspective on now.
(Climate) Change is Coming
Two new reports out this week are helping to quantify climate change, though comprehending them is another matter.
After a slight delay, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also released a report, its third in less than eight months. (Read more about the IPCC’s previous report here.) The report warns that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the agreed upon limit in the 2015 Paris…
