Monthly Archives: February 2011

Here’s to Hope

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

An exercise my Economics and the Environmental class participated in recently gave a clear example of how the “science” of the neoclassical value of money over time affects some of the very important decisions being made by our politicians and … Continue reading →

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Stop giving your self attitude!

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

In our forgetting, the edges of the world are frayed, the seams beginning to tear. ~L. Sewall Reading the science of climate change has been exhausting. Not so much because once you think you’ve come to the general point of … Continue reading →

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1000 Words

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Every day,  the world is more globalized than it was yesterday.  The systems of which we are a part exaggerate their complexity, and networks of dependence exponentially swell and deepen, like the dendritic imprint of a flooded river from space. … Continue reading →

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Courage in times of Crisis

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

Whether or not climate change is a hoax, the truth of the matter is that oil, cheap or not, will not be around forever. Oil, like the Earth as an entirety, is a limited and finite resource at least from … Continue reading →

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THE DRAMA OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

The Economist  just posted a look at two plays that centered on climate change and apparently left people confused.  What I found interesting overall is that there were two different stories and two different reactions and  in the end it … Continue reading →

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Climate Culture

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Mark Twain said, “Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.” Imagination is essential when engaged with memory and pattern recognition, yet allowing our imaginations to run wild with hypothetical assumptions inherited through culture is risky. It is … Continue reading →

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Cold with a Chance of Connecting

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

In preparation for going over our own climate change research I find it interesting that The Economist asked why don’t Americans believe in global warming last week.  While it remains to be seen if our class findings resemble the ideas … Continue reading →

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Transformation Appetizer: Denial.

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

I listened to Mark Hertsgaard, author of ‘HOT: Living through the next 50 years on Earth,’ speak about climate change at Seattle’s town hall last week. I haven’t read his book…yet. I plan on reading it because I can appreciate his … Continue reading →

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STOP, drop, and roll…

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

Time after time I hear people ask me what they can do to affect climate change in a positive way. I myself ask this question of myself often. I mean, what can little ol’ me really DO in terms of … Continue reading →

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Dry with More than a Chance of a Hot Future

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

 Fast Company posted a look at Climatopolis late last week.  The book by Matthew Kahn recognizes that the question before us is not whether climate change is or will happen but how we will adapt to it.   It is comforting … Continue reading →

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