Reducing Climate Change Improves Health
A New Scientist article is after my own heart, talking about the connections between what I call personal and planetary wellness. In other words, addressing […]
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Old Cell Phones Harm Planet
Ok, when I read this article from Climate Progress, I realized that new research shows cell phones and our electronics are worse for the environment […]
Continue reading »Awesome Guide to UN Climate Talks
As a climate change professional, I’m very familiar with the acronym COP, and in 2015 we’re having COP21 in Paris. It stands for Conference of […]
Continue reading »Making Climate Change More Actionable
Climate change is classified as a wicked problem, that is, one that’s so complex and connected with other problems that it is very difficult to […]
Continue reading »Capitalism, Climate, and Extinction
In this interview, Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, Guy McPherson discusses what he calls irreversible climate change impacts. He faults capitalism for the […]
Continue reading »Win-wins for Climate Change
NYU Prof. Dale Jamieson’s interview in the New York Times on what is needed for humans to address climate change is excellent, with many important points. […]
Continue reading »From Cruelty to Compassion
One of the ways I understand and practice ethics (Kantian ethics, for example) is that when we hold a principle, we make no exceptions, because […]
Continue reading »Going to Hell in a Handbasket* or Converging on a Solution?
Inspired by a post on indigenous ethics, I was reflecting today on the sacred connection indigenous peoples share with plants, animals, stars, and planets. What […]
Continue reading »2015: The Rise of Common Sense
“The new common sense is about knowing that all of life is significant and that you must take care of it.” — Barbara Marciniak, Path […]
Continue reading »Identity: What is Your Point of Reference?
While meditating this morning, I remembered some research I had done as a grad student on identity. Specifically, ‘global identity,’ which refers to “consciousness of […]
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