Greenhouse gases reach a new record as nations fall behind on climate pledges

[Kaleva]

24. Almost everyday I'm doing something towards my goal of adapting to what is expected to come.

A number of years ago, I thought I'd pass on well before the situation became noticeably bad but now it looks like I'll still be around for a bit as reports of climate change indicators happening much earlier then previously predicted keep coming.

The Great Lakes region, where I live, is expected to become a mecca for climate change refugees from the gulf states, the coastal areas and the South West.

As North America adjusts, there will be shortages of goods and maybe some will no longer be available. Good, shelter and water are the 3 pillars of survival and if one has that, riding out shortages may be uncomfortable but is doable

To that end, I and some other members of my extended family have been working on increasing our ability to raise our own food. For the past several years, I've been slowly converting my backyard into a vegetable garden and fruit orchard. I'm in the process of building a root cellar in my basement for storage and learning about different methods of preserving food such as cold storage (the root cellar), fermentation, canning, and dehydration.

Next spring, we'll be getting chickens. Particularly a breed I believe that will do well where we live. The Buckeye chicken is known to be hardy, cold tolerant, long lived, docile, broody, a good forager and is a good dual purpose bird.

Another animal we may get is the American Black Belly sheep. I just talked to a lady yesterday who lives in WI and has a herd of that breed and sells lambs in the spring. The Black Belly is a hair sheep (doesn't have wool) raised for meat. It's hardy, cold tolerant , easy to care for and does well on a diet of grass and hay.

I could keep writing for awhile about the other projects I'm doing to ensure we have food, water and shelter but I think you get the gist of it