Here’s our collection of blogs on the Environment.
Climate Change: Shattering A Damaging Myth
Let’s change the subject for a moment away from the devastating impact that the Coronavirus pandemic is having on us all, so many of us living in quarantine or isolation to another crisis. It may not be as dramatic perhaps not as immediate as the current...
iGEM
You absolutely need to know what iGEM is because it’s the future. And if by nature, you’re a bit of a pessimist and worry about the future of mankind, then it’ll calm your nerves and stimulate the Optimistic side of your brain. iGEM stands for The...
Synthetic Biology……. Its Hope and Promise
The future of mankind is far from secure. I am among those who believe that many aspects of our humanity are in very serious crises; in particular, our personal health, the security of our food supply and the health of our environment. It is quite clear...
On GMOs
The Anti-GMO craze is not only wrong, it’s bizarre. It doesn’t make any sense. And It’s really frightening to realise that a small number of people and organizations can paint an entirely false picture of a product that has the ability to produce...
Eco Anxiety
OK, I admit it. I thought the whole idea of Eco-Anxiety was a bit of a joke or really a ploy to bring attention to a cause. I wasn’t downplaying the idea or the severity of our climate change issue but I looked at “Eco-Anxiety” or a somewhat meaningless or...
Cellular Agriculture
NOTE TO READER I’m well aware that this Blog is unlikely to win me a popularity contest amongst an awful lot of people. The average Joe will be worried, traditional farmers will be furious, and “foodies” will be appalled. But our world is in Crises. Global...
Anti GMO
An excellent essay published in the Washington Street Post (2016) by Joel Achenbach, entitled "107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs": More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging Greenpeace to end its...
What Canada Needs
If Canada is to compete as a “High Tech Nation”... We need some “Moonshot”, out of the box thinking. We have to give crazy, seemingly “impossible” ideas, the time of day. Scientists often say that “we live and die by the peer review system” and that yes...
Understanding Synthetic Biology
Steve Jobs, of Apple fame was quoted shortly before his death as saying……”I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at theintersections of Biology and Technology”Synthetic Biology is a relatively recent technology...
Doing Combat with a Climate Change Denier
Here are 12 different (and false) statements that Climate Change Deniers say and the arguments you might use to put them in the place……but don’t despair the facts are on your side and numbers don’t lie. 1) This past winter, the coldest one ever proves that...