Richard Zurawski

Almost two weeks ago we weekend we, in Halifax, again had a taste of the raw power mother nature. Twin forest fires in Tantallon and Porters Lake let us know that forces of nature are not just what we see on TV or what we read in the newspaper. They happen to us as well. [...]

When people talk about science writers they most often think about the people who write articles for print; books and magazines and newspapers. But there are other wordsmiths, people who craft ideas and concepts for what is probably the  most influential and most pervasive medium of all time, television. And in spite of what the [...]

In my efforts to lower my greenhouse gas and consumption footprint, I have decided that I am going look at food differently. Fast foods, prepared foods, processed foods are all out the window now for the sole reason that I am perfectly capable of buying local and doing things like peeling the potatoes and carrots, [...]

After this past winter’s heavy snowfall and melt, a boon to the low water tables of the Maritimes and to farmers who desperately need a wet season to get their crops started on the right track, we are now harvesting another crop, one that most assuredly does not gladden the hearts of those who partake [...]

In the past year or so I have noticed a very interesting phenomenon. It seems the more the our governments dither and obstruct any real action to combat climate change caused by human activity and the more our media confuses the issues and ignores the importance of the climate change, the more groups of people [...]

The price of oil is greater than it has ever been and I am worried that as we approach the summer months we are far too focussed on the cost of travel, tourism and business. I am concerned that we are treating this as an inconvenience and an irritant rather than what it is really [...]