climate… Maybe Local Farming Could Save the Planet 16 Jul 2020 ...or at least, the humans A climate-concerned friend recently forwarded me a link to an article headlined "Local Farming Can’t Save the Planet," concerned that it had some evidence that…
climate… Present and Persistent Palm Oil Problems 27 Jun 2018 The IUCN Oil Palm Task Force has just published a review of the current conundrums of industrial oil palm crops in the tropics. Land-clearing for plantations geard toward international palm oil production remain…
climate… Drawdown tips for Earth Day 20 Apr 2018 Here are some ready-made info sheets for reducing greenhouse emissions, based on Drawdown. The climate solutions team of Santa Cruz Indivisible decided we should post a display with easy steps individuals…
climate… Experiencing Shocks: Hurricane Edition 1 Sep 20173 Nov 2017 To report the storm as if it were an entirely natural phenomenon, like last week’s eclipse of the sun, is to take a [political] position. As George Monbiot mentions, mainstream…
climate… The best way to reduce your carbon footprint is one the government isn’t telling you about | Science Magazine 14 Jul 20173 Nov 2017 From Science article: ...four lifestyle choices had a major impact: Become a vegetarian, forego air travel, ditch your car, and—most significantly—have fewer children. The top ways to reduce your carbon footprint So,…
climate… The Guardian: Rural distrust of urban elites & city bike innovations 20 Jun 2017 Another look at how Americans became polarized between small-town and big-city voters and the creation of the red/blue divide in the USA, this time from The Guardian. It’s no secret Donald Trump benefited…
climate… Project Drawdown, Part 1 25 May 201726 May 2017 Tonight I will have the great good fortune to see Paul Hawken speak about Project Drawdown (and especially the newly-released book Drawdown) at one of my favorite places in the world: Bookshop Santa Cruz. …
climate… Earth Day & March for Science 22 Apr 2017 I'm heading to the lovely Santa Cruz March for Science and Earth Day celebration, and wanted to share a song to celebrate that: (You can also see the lyrics to…
climate… Star Trek or Little House on the Prairie, the Red/Blue Divide, and Imagining Complexly 10 Nov 201611 Nov 2016 The US election results of 8 Nov 2016 were a bit shocking to me. David Wong at Cracked.com provided a strikingly insightful explanation of why I and my ivory tower, liberal…
climate… THE WORLD IN 2050: CREATING/IMAGINING JUST CLIMATE FUTURES: A NEARLY CARBON-NEUTRAL CONFERENCE 31 Oct 2016 THE WORLD IN 2050: CREATING/IMAGINING JUST CLIMATE FUTURES: A NEARLY CARBON-NEUTRAL CONFERENCE 24 October - 13 November 2016 from Resilience.org : Introducing … The Nearly Carbon-Free Academic Conference: The World in 2050 by John Foran…
