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…
Culture Change… Happy Holidays? 25 Nov 201525 Nov 2015 CGP Grey gives a brief recap of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel, just in time for Thanksgiving. Speaking of Thanksgiving, do take some time to get in touch with gratitude…
health Ebola and Applied Cultural Evolution—You Can Help 19 Oct 201423 May 2017 Using sensitive social science and evolutionary thinking to find solutions to complex, emerging problems.
climate… California’s Climate Crisis and Carnivory 31 Aug 201431 Aug 2014 So by now you must have seen the headlines. California is in the grips of a devastating drought: And this has some noticeable consequences: What's to be done about it? Well,…
Culture Change… Think.Eat.Save 8 Feb 2013 Think.Eat.Save is a new international campaign to address a plethora of problems by reducing food waste. The down side: food waste is a massive global problem that has negative humanitarian, environmental…
Culture Change… Occupied Lands 6 Oct 201118 Oct 2011 I'm mostly hopeful about the promise of the "Occupy" movement. One of the oft-reported weaknesses of the movement is the lack of a unified message. But this criticism overlooks…
climate… ‘Contagion’ Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases 30 Sep 2011 'Contagion' Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases. I haven't seen the movie, but this article provides another reminder…
climate… The Sound of a New Green Economy 2 Sep 2011 From the Green for All team, a video that sums up the argument for the new Green Collar Economy:
Culture Change… Hygiene and Its Discontents 27 Aug 201116 Jul 2013 Up to my eyeballs in preparations for Monday's start of the new semester, so I'm re-posting a bit I initially published on 6/22/04 at http://rattlebrain.com/~apegrrl/blog040622.htm Hygiene and Its Discontents While doing as…
climate… Plan B Updates – 99: A Fifty Million Dollar Tipping Point? | EPI 10 Aug 201110 Aug 2011 A bright bit of happy news burning through the sooty smokestack emissions: At a press conference on July 21, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he was contributing $50 million…
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