The general consensus, regardless of which source of news is your channel of choice, is that we are as a nation severely divided. Not only divided but divided in a way that seems to be unmovable.  The more we try Read more…

by Laughlin Artz Editor, Context News As you are well aware (if you’ve been watching!), most of the recent efforts of CN have been devoted to the work of climate change and in specific the empowering of humanity to make Read more…

by Laughlin Artz Editor, Context News Donald Trump will never be President of the United States because Donald Trump will never stop being Donald Trump.  His whole campaign was built on Donald the Personality, Donald the Outsider, Donald the Winner, Donald Read more…

As we prepare to launch our 5-year project to Bridge the Gap such that in 2020 a future of sustainability is predictable, I think it’s important to create the full scope of what this is.  In one sense, yes, it Read more…

by Laughlin Artz Editor, Context News Having spent the last two years covering exclusively the situation of climate change and for the last year the COP21 climate change negotiations, I find myself in a world that is shockingly surreal, given Read more…

by Laughlin Artz Editor, Context News One of the words that is often spoken in the vocabulary of climate change is complex. The science is complex; the environmental factors are complex; the ways in which to measure climate status are Read more…

by Laughlin Artz Editor, Context News Having now attended both the June and September UNFCCC Climate Change Conferences in Bonn, I can now with absolute certainly report: COP21 is a hostage situation. Here is how it plays out.  Every conference Read more…

by Laughlin Artz Editor, Context News As I prepare to attend the next round of UNFCCC climate change negotiations in Bonn, one question is there for me above the rest:  “Who Will Step Up?”   Not “Who will step up to Read more…

by Laughlin Artz I am a relative newcomer to the climate change situation, especially the policy process.  I am, however, a veteran of over thirty years in both the public and private sectors (often involving multi-cultural participation) in the disciplines Read more…

The Bonn Climate Conference opened yesterday.  Opening remarks and welcomes from parties from around the world.  The speaking was the kind of speaking that was non-specific, designed to evoke emotional responses, rather than action.  It was speaking in the language Read more…