Long time, no post

It’s been a while. Between no internet while my mom moved house, answering questions from the charity commission about EDV’s registration, and working on our website’s redesign, this blog has been sorely neglected. But, no longer! Since my last post, EDV has incorporated as a company, thereby creating a legal entity separate from its founding [...]

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Moving House

It seems that my life has become about projects – and the bigger the better. Over the next few months, we’ll be selling the house where I grew up. Moving is always stressful, but leaving the house where you were raised is always a particularly startling experience. When I was first on the road a [...]

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UN fielding Questions on Global Disaster Risk

A couple of interesting notices from Alertnet. YOUR TURN TO ASK: This Sunday, the United Nations will launch an important new report looking at how, where and why disaster risk is increasing globally. AlertNet has asked Margareta Wahlstrom, the United Nations’ top official on disaster risk reduction, to field questions from readers ahead of the [...]

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Climate change denial…

As an organisation that works in post-disaster contexts we’re faced with the results of climate change constantly. More severe and frequent hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and other weather related disasters are threatening to overwhelm disaster response organisations. The threat is so severe that the UN has focused its Human Development Report on the issue. The evidence [...]

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“Most People Think Global Warming Won’t Affect Them”

An interesting new study (.pdf) confirms a long-held suspicion of politicians and, more importantly, anyone working in the field of climate change awareness: Americans are only worried about global warming abstractly. Read the rest here. Scary!

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