Stories by Ginny Colling
Opinion Columns
Believe in the gravity of gravity – and science
I clearly remember watching that momentous “one small step” on the moon when I was a kid.
Opinion Columns
A different kind of bucket list
I’m just one person. What I do is a drop in the bucket.
Opinion Columns
Baby, it's hot outside
My good friend’s granddaughter was born shortly after the Paris climate accord was signed.
Opinion Columns
The Young and the Not-so-Stressless
My beautiful daughter was born in 1995 — the same year the UN’s climate panel published its second report. It said our actions had the potential to change Earth’s climate “to an extent unprecedented in human history.”
Opinion Columns
Dress for climate success
When I was born my grandma and her sister made me a yellow cotton quilt in a pattern known as Dutch girl.
Environment
Time flies. Should we?
When my daughter headed off to university in 2014, we promised her a family trip to Europe after graduation. In 2019, we fulfilled that promise.
Opinion Columns
The electric road-trip acid test
I’d dreamed of taking my EV on a long road trip since I bought it in 2019.
Environment
Time to walk and roll
During the pandemic a neighbour who found himself working from home walked off 80 pounds. We’d see him lapping the block multiple times a day. He’s still walking, sometimes with his son.
Environment
It’s a plastic world
Cleaning out my parents’ house a couple of years ago, I found my child-sized wooden kitchen cupboard.