Now here’s something to think about.
The lawyer for the Norwegian shooter who set off bombs in Oslo killing eight followed by a rampage at a kids’ camp in which he gunned down 70 people, has reported today that the … Lire / Read
IF YOU THINK THIS IS ALARMIST, YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION: SOLIDARITY IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD
For thirty years, the U.S. citizen has been conditioned little by little, to accept less. Less protection from unions, less protection from polluters, less protection from bankers and the financial sector, less actual work from the government, less leadership from … Lire / Read
Interview with Bill McKibben of 350.org
As the world prepares for December’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, I talked with Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, an international climate campaign that helped organize events in countries around the world, including Canada, for … Lire / Read
Can the Poor be Insured Against Climate Change?
Moving into the XXI century, images of lives devastated by floods in Asia, droughts in Africa and cyclones in Central America are becoming increasingly familiar, reminding us of how vulnerable people in developing countries are to climate change. Considering the … Lire / Read
The Nobel Prize and the ‘Wicked’ Challenge of Climate Change
As recognized by the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore’s style of science communication reflect complimentary approaches to global capacity-building in the face of ‘wicked planetary environmental issues’. How do these initiatives … Lire / Read
A Technological Fix for the Environment: The Virgin Earth Challenge
Last February Al Gore and British billionaire Richard Branson presented the Virgin Earth Challenge. It operates on the assumption that there is a technological solution to the climate change crisis. Technology materializes a particular relationship to the world. Does modifying … Lire / Read
Developing Deforestation: The REDD Initiative
The Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries (REDD) is being touted by industrialized nations as a way to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 25 percent within the span of the next decade, with the … Lire / Read