Biden kills pipeline, Cousteau and his red hat, extinction update, heroes galore, and a new Ocean!
Keystone Pipeline 00:37-08:57
Muntjac in trouble 09:00-11:06
Biden’s first 100 days 11:11-13:45
A 5th Ocean 13:46-15:22
Climate heroes 15:23-17:25
1972 17:26-24:26
Jacque Cousteau 24:41-30:15
You can reach me at
rf@richardfriedman.net
You can find my books here with the links to find your favorite
retailer.
Climate Fiction novels:
Escape to Canamith
https://books2read.com/u/bWP9y1
The Two Worlds of Billy Callahan
https://books2read.com/u/mvnvLX
Cli/Fi short stories- A Climate Carol and Other Cli-Fi Short
Stories. Available in print or audiobook.
https://books2read.com/u/38roQL
Here's a review from Danny Bloom, the man who created the phrase "cli-fi" and the founder
of
cli-fi.net.
Climate-themed anti-Trump short story 'A Climate Carol' will be
read 100 years from now
''We must build arks,'' the Notre Dame University philosopher Roy
Scranton urges, ''not just biological arks, to carry forward endangered genetic
data, but also cultural arks, to carry forward endangered wisdom.''
One such cultural ark has already been built and it's a 14-page
Christmas story from the pen of Richard Friedman in Cleveland, Ohio.
In the title story, "A Climate Carol," based very
closely on U.S. President Donald Trump's stubborn and selfish personality and
his public denial of climate change, a narcissistic East Coast businessman and
billionaire receives a visit on Christmas Eve from three Charles Dickens-like
ghosts in a contemporary spin of that timeless classic from the 1840s "A
Christmas Carol."
Charles Dickens first published his now famous novella “A
Christmas Carol” more than 170 years ago -- in 1843 — and that story has
reverberated and resonated worldwide ever since.
With the annual holiday season upon us all every November and
December worldwide (Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas), a new kind of holiday
story titled “A Climate Carol” has been published in 2019 and stands to remain
in print for the next 100 years, if not longer. It's that good, and that
important. In fact, I would say that this short story is the best and most important
climate-themed short story to appear so far in the 21st century and is likely
to remain popular over the next 100 Christmases for sure.
When I read it online a few days ago, I was blown away by both the
author’s storytelling skills and the environmental eco-theme of the 14-page
piece.
Let me tell you a few things about this modern Dickensian-style
story and how it fits into the world we live in today, where runaway global
warming threatens to push human civilization into a dark corner we may never get
out from.
However, before I go on, please know that “A Climate Carol” ends
on an optimistic note, where ecumenical goodness triumphs over ''Trumpian
greed'' and all ends well.
In the story you will meet characters with names like Wilson
Drummond (the proverbial '' Trumpian bad guy'' who later turns over a new leaf
and becomes a champion of human kindness), his mother Gurtie Drummond, his
limousine driver Sammie Johnson, and his employee Jericho Reese. And the star
of the show, his grand-daughter Lily.
You will also meet several important ghost-like characters, one
who calls himself the Ghost of Climate Past, another who says they are the
Ghost of the Current Climate in the world, and a third ghost who speaks in a
chilling voice reminiscent of the horror movie actor Vincent Price and declares
that he is the Ghost of Climate Future.
In the end, we learn that the Scrooge-like Trump-like Drummond has
mended his insensitive ways and become a better human being. He even later
becomes President of the United States and turns out to represent all that is
good about America.
And grand-daughter Lily lives to the ripe old age of 93 and...
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