David Morton Rintoul

Joined June 2022

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I'm a freelance writer and commercial blogger, offering stories for those who find meaning in stories about our Universe, Nature and Humanity. We always have more to learn if we Dare to Know.

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WHY DOMESTIC CHORES MATTER LESS TO MEN
A few years ago, I was chatting online with a female friend while doing my laundry. She said to me, “You should go fold and hang up your clothes right away, otherwise they’ll get wrinkled.” My half-joking reply was, “What’s your point?” She fired back an eye-roll emoji and changed the subject.
By David Morton Rintoul6 months ago in Families
BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE COMMITS TO PROTECT 30% OF NATURAL WORLD
In grade seven, we took a field trip to the Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre near Midland, Ontario. It consists of 3,000 acres of wetlands and woodlands along the shores of Georgian Bay in the Great Lakes.
By David Morton Rintoul6 months ago in Earth
Haiku Blue
Neptune, robin’s eggs, Sea, sky, lapis lazuli,  The gleam in her eyes.
By David Morton Rintoul6 months ago in Poets
ARTEMIS I ON ITS WAY BACK HOME
Growing up during the Space Race, there was a final ritual to which we all looked forward. After an American space capsule carrying astronauts re-entered the atmosphere, it deployed its parachutes and landed in the Pacific Ocean.
By David Morton Rintoul6 months ago in Futurism
MUSIC TRAINING IMPROVES BRAIN FUNCTION AND MOOD
I learned to read music at the same time I learned to read and write words. I started piano lessons at age seven, and I switched to guitar at age 10.
By David Morton Rintoul6 months ago in Beat
REFORESTATION PLANS REQUIRE MORE THAN SAYING “PLANT MORE TREES”
Reforestation plans play a central role in global strategies to solve the climate crisis. Find out why simply getting millions of saplings into the ground doesn’t deliver long-term success.
By David Morton Rintoul6 months ago in Earth
ARTEMIS I ON ITS WAY TO THE MOON
Like every kid my age, I built a scale model of the Saturn V rocket back in the early 70s. We were all glued to our television sets as NASA sent nine crewed missions to the moon in those years.
By David Morton Rintoul7 months ago in Futurism
SCREEN TIME BETTER FOR TEENS THAN DISCONNECTION
My mom used to refer to the television as “the idiot box.” She would often wander off into another room and read a book rather than sit through the programming the rest of us enjoyed.
By David Morton Rintoul7 months ago in Psyche
COP27 – WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR THE CLIMATE AND THE PLANET
As the leaves change colour outside my office window, I’m reminded that the year is starting to wind down. Every year has milestones the mark the seasons and the cyclical passage of time.
By David Morton Rintoul7 months ago in Earth
DARK ENERGY MEASURED MORE PRECISELY THAN EVER
Attending the University of Toronto doesn’t make you an academic superstar. I’m living proof of that. Even so, as Canada’s top-ranked university, spending time at U of T does give you the privilege of hanging out with a few of them. I had several eminent professors there.
By David Morton Rintoul7 months ago in Futurism
ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW – COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
As a teenager growing up in the 1970s, there were a few things I took for granted. These included inflation, unemployment and the energy crisis.
By David Morton Rintoul7 months ago in Journal
URBAN GREEN SPACE REDUCES PROPERTY AND VIOLENT CRIME
I moved across town to a new house recently, and I’ve been walking around the new neighbourhood getting acquainted with the local sights and sounds. My daily walks have led me to discover several little parks, ponds and other urban green space I never knew existed in my home town.
By David Morton Rintoul8 months ago in Earth

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WHY DOMESTIC CHORES MATTER LESS TO MEN

BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE COMMITS TO PROTECT 30% OF NATURAL WORLD

Haiku Blue

ARTEMIS I ON ITS WAY BACK HOME

MUSIC TRAINING IMPROVES BRAIN FUNCTION AND MOOD

REFORESTATION PLANS REQUIRE MORE THAN SAYING “PLANT MORE TREES”

ARTEMIS I ON ITS WAY TO THE MOON

SCREEN TIME BETTER FOR TEENS THAN DISCONNECTION

COP27 – WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR THE CLIMATE AND THE PLANET

DARK ENERGY MEASURED MORE PRECISELY THAN EVER

ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW – COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

URBAN GREEN SPACE REDUCES PROPERTY AND VIOLENT CRIME

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