Gentle Decline

07/11/2024

Following shifts in the political climate, as well as the physical one:

In which politics, rather than climate, is the focus.

16/10/2024

A new post has gone out to subscribers:

Hurricanes, again, and how we think about and deal with them.

22/06/2024

New Issue! New Issue! Getcher new issue here!

https://gentledecline.beehiiv.com/p/gentle-decline-235-spirits-staircases

12/03/2024

New Issue, an assortment of things:

In which the writer gets opinionated about some things.

05/01/2024

A new issue all about how to assess flood risk in your immediate area. Now coming from the non-Nazi-supporting platform Beehiiv!

How, exactly, to examine your area for flooding issues.

05/12/2023

A grab-bag issue, with some questions answered, some bits of news, and some writing about the actual processes of recycling.

An assortment of writing, answers, and opinions, not even all by me.

31/10/2023

New, up to the minute issue, all about floods, flooding, and what we need to do about them.

Looking at Ireland's rainfall, and what can be done to mitigate the effects of flooding.

04/10/2023

New Issue! Mostly concerned with feedback on the previous issue, really.

Talking about broad approaches to climate change; can we really depend on governments to take care of us, or do we have to defy them to make things safe?

28/07/2023

A fairly dense and weighty issue this time, dealing with various aspects of climate change in the news, and what governements aren't doing about it, and how we may have to get doing without them.

We didn't start the fire, or more accurately we as a species are in complete denial about who started it, and also whether anything can be done about it. Mmm, fire.

11/07/2023

A new issue is out, after literally months of silence. I live, and so does the newsletter.

https://gentledecline.substack.com/p/gentle-decline-228

11/04/2023

My own personal preparations for ongoing climate chaos, and a start on a checklist.

Hello. This issue covers my own current situation as regards climate change preparation, with the idea in mind of developing some sort of checklist. Some of the checklist is short-term, and some is long-term, and it doesn’t really make sense to separate them out, although I’ve tried to distingui...

27/02/2023

The UK Tomato Shortage: Causes, effects, and minimal but justified I-told-you-so.

Hello. In this issue, I’m mostly looking at the UK Tomato Shortage, alongside some other food supply issues there. Really, it’s the usual climate and supply lines stuff.

22/01/2023

The second Gentle Decline issue of the year is now out:

In which there is a variety of stuff, suitable to the early part of the year, and in which tabs are closed.

04/01/2023

We're only four days into January, and already there's a new issue of Gentle Decline!

May contain: positive news, the Gulf Stream, internet access, wildfires, or newsletter recommendations

10/12/2022

A new issue is out, talking about broad expectations for the next few decades.

In which I set out what I think is going to happen over the next few decades in terms of the Gentle Decline.

05/10/2022

The newest issue of Gentle Decline is now available for your reading! It's an assortment of bits and pieces, none of them to the best of my knowledge made of chocolate.

https://gentledecline.substack.com/p/gentle-decline-222-answers-and-alienation

Hello. This issue is something of a grab-bag of bits and pieces; some answers to questions, rejoinders to remarks, and a bit of cut-and-pasted stuff from other writers I think are worth reading.

05/09/2022

A new issue has gone live! https://gentledecline.substack.com/p/gentle-decline-221-blackouts-and

How to handle Winter Blackouts and maybe some long-term energy issues.