Environment

Linking the Puzzle Pieces of Human and Planetary Health

January 5, 2024 |

The year 2024 has arrived, and as every new year rolls around, many of us turn our thoughts to what we hope this brand-new year will bring.  My wish, as always, is that more people will begin to realize that increasing their intake of plant-sourced foods and decreasing animal-sourced foods is the most positive decision…

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How Countries Could Save Billions and the Environment at the Same Time

October 27, 2023 |

Denmark recently announced a startling change in direction.  In 2021, the Danish Council on Climate Change realized that their country was heading towards failure to meet its 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 70% of 1990 levels.  Consequently, in October 2023, the country published their innovative roadmap towards the goal of transitioning Denmark’s…

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If We Eat Less Meat Can We Change the Planet?

August 21, 2023 |

Consider the following realities;   The activities required to produce human food are responsible for a third of the global greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity (1)   Animal-based foods contribute twice the greenhouse gas emissions of plant-based foods (2)   A 50-gram serving of red meat is associated with at least 20 times…

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Consideration of Human Health in Climate Policies

June 17, 2022 |

The Paris Agreement, resulting from the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) that took place in Paris in 2015, was signed by 196 countries around the globe.  The signing parties of this legally binding international treaty agreed to substantially reduce their global greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit the global temperature increase during this century…

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You CAN Help to Stop Climate Change

November 19, 2021 |

With the latest dismal IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report hanging over our futures, citizens of the earth are contemplating its revelations.  Climate change is well underway.   The IPCC states that it is human influence that is warming our atmosphere, oceans and land on a scale that is unprecedented.  Sea levels are increasing.   Insect…

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My name is Debra Harley (BScPhm) and I welcome you to my retirement project, this website. Over the course of a life many lessons are learned, altering deeply-rooted ideas and creating new passions.