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,…
climate… In the red again 20 Aug 201421 Aug 2014 As a species, we're into deficit spending for the year on the stuff that really matters, the stuff that keeps us going. Yesterday was estimated to be Earth Overshoot Day 2014: the day…
education NTU races toward sustainability 13 Aug 201413 Aug 2014 Why would I come all the way to Singapore to do research on education for sustainability? Here's why: NTU’s new icons of sustainability In 2013, the two new [residential] halls…
Culture Change… Nurturing Asian Networks for Post-Secondary Sustainability Education 31 Jul 201431 Jul 2014 This is a virtual presentation I am giving for the Asian Conference on Education for Sustainability 2014. The paper is by Michelle Y. Merrill, Youngho Chang, Md Saidul Islam and…
Culture Change… My take on sustainability, in video form 27 Jun 2014 This morning I took a workshop on producing and editing screencast videos for the "flipped classroom." I chose to pursue my usual prey with my PowerPoint. The results (including goofy…
climate… In these times of change… 26 Jun 2014 A fascinating new piece, Want to Change the World? Read This First by Richard Heinberg was published on Resilience.org. He moves through important ideas from anthropologist Marvin Harris's cultural materialism…
Culture Change… Quality quantification? Comparing Asian Countries 28 May 20146 Jun 2014 In her recent, brilliant (as usual) video, "The Story of Solutions," Annie Leonard admonishes that we should stop relentlessly working toward MORE and start emphasizing BETTER. Trouble is, how do…
Culture Change… Nourishing Sustainable Networks in Singapore 14 May 201416 May 2014 In a few weeks, I'll be participating in Sustainable Networks: The Enlightenment to the Contemporary Conference. I'm giving a talk about the network of sustainability educators I'm already a part of…
education… Recent Biomimicry Media Coverage 30 Apr 201430 Apr 2014 An exciting summary of Biomimicry in the news, from germinature.com
Culture Change… Education for Sustainability: What Every College Student Should Know 21 Apr 2014 If you happen to be in Singapore and you can make it by on the 30th... The Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster of HSS cordially invite you to a seminar…
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