In what has to be one of the more ironic, if not oxymoronic, moves of the times, Jeff Bezos announced today he would devote some $10 billions of his estimated $130 billion to fight climate change. Full details of the program are not yet available, but here are a few tidbits I was able to glean from the Washington Post announcement. Amazon has committed to ordering 100,000 electric delivery vehicles, which it expects to start using by 2021, and has also donated $100 million to reforestation efforts. It has promised to being plastic-free in India by June. During an Amazon… Read More
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We are back from our African adventure. It was what we hoped for and more. Our travels took us to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, and to a series of national parks and game reserves. The total experience reminds us that we are also animals, sharing the same planet and, but for some random genetic mutation, might be out these among the many species we saw. We were quite fortunate and saw the big five: elephant, lion, leopard, rhino, and water buffalo. Plus many kinds of birds and other animal species. I has only my trusted iPhone for photos, but we were… Read More
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