HARP publishers and editors Dorothy Lander and John Graham-Pole believe that the climate emergency is the most urgent issue for population health and health equity. As part of HARP’s mission to use the arts to raise awareness of public health issues for a popular readership, we are creating this blog, Travels with a Low-Carbon, High-Cuddle Couple. We will tell our stories and record the challenges and triumphs we encounter as we attempt to reduce our carbon footprint and draw attention to the climate emergency.
Dorothy's relationship with the burdock when she was growing up on the family farm in the 1950s and 1960s changed in the 21st century as she came to understand the covenant of reciprocity between plants and humans.
We understand carbon inequality in the abstract for the most part. Yes, we understand that human-induced climate change is driving us to the brink. Yes, we know that we in...
Here’s our latest story in our efforts to lighten our carbon footprint—and a great way to start the week! On Monday mornng March 27th, 2023 we took possession of “Evie,”...
By Dorothy Lander “All my relations” is at first a reminder of who we are and of our relationship with both our family and our relatives. It also reminds us...
We went on a plant-based diet eight years ago. Reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer and learning of the cruelty factory farming inflicts on animals was the decision point. ...
We are witnessing a huge global rallying cry to act swiftly and powerfully to arrest the climate crisis, which is set to destroy both us humans and many other species,...
Unlock your Cuddle Hormone in 2022 Oxytocin is our brain’s chemical messenger that has come to be known as the cuddle hormone. Oxytocin first entered our consciousness while we were...