Kendrick Perkins is the belief
In February 2011, the Boston Celtics were riding high…When I tell you this story has everything to do with climate change and the power of belief, no doubt you’ll make a face.
climate change
Entering a Resource-Shock World
Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the U.S. intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, you’re on a new planet, a resource-shock world of a sort humanity has never before experienced.
Climate, politics & money – Apr 19
•The Great Unmentionable •Why can’t we quit fossil fuels? •The Fossil Fuel Resistance •Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist: ‘We’re trying to buy time for the world to wake up’ •Clean energy progress too slow to limit global warming – report •Meet an Orion Book Award Finalist: Flight Behavior
Making Movies – Apr 19
•Mother: Caring for 7 Billion – Teaser – Free Streaming of Director’s Cut •Do the Math Documentary Premieres on Earth Night, April 21 •Growing Cities Movie
Line 9, the tar sands, and humanity’s future
Often, at meetings about the environment, someone says that we must “think global, but act local.” That’s easy to say, but not so easy to do. It’s not always clear that local projects can affect the growing global environmental crisis, and even when there is a clear link, it is seldom easy to decide which local projects should our priority.
Climate change: the Fiesole example
Fiesole, a small town near Florence, Italy, is being affected by climate change just as every place on earth. Here, I report of an initiative to bring the problem to the citizens’ attention and motivate them to act on it. In this occasion, I tried to use some strategies that I took mainly from a document on climate change by Peter Sandman, a professional risk management expert. Among these strategies, Sandman suggests that you should tell the truth about the situation, but you should not try to make people feel guilty or scare them. You should emphasize concrete measures and actions that bring results which, in the case of climate change, means to consider mitigation as something just as important as prevention (and perhaps more). It is a test but, so far, it seems to be working in Fiesole. Here is an elaboration of the talk I gave at the meeting.
Summer Ice Melt On Antarctic Peninsula Is Now Nonlinear, Fastest In Over 1000 Years
A new study finds “a nearly tenfold increase in melt intensity” on the Antarctic Peninsula in the last few hundred years.
Copenhagen’s Ambitious Push To Be Carbon Neutral by 2025
The Danish capital is moving rapidly toward a zero-carbon future, as it erects wind farms, transforms its citywide heating systems, promotes energy efficiency, and lures more people out of their cars and onto public transportation and bikes.
Will Global Coal Boom Go Bust As Climate Concerns Increase?
The surge in global coal consumption, driven largely by China and India, has climate scientists deeply worried. But environmentalists and a growing number of financial experts say that alarm over global warming may halt the seemingly inevitable rise of the coal industry.
Tweak or Transformation?
“There are no experts.” This was my biggest take-away message from the inaugural National Adaptation Forum, held in Denver recently. Although it was my second major climate change adaptation conference in three weeks, I wasn’t sure what to expect. In Europe, there’s no need to whisper the words “climate change” in large gatherings for fear of offending someone, but America is different. Would people even attend a three-day conference on adaptation? And what would the presenters talk about in the sessions? I jumped into a rental car and drove to Denver to find out.
There’s Only One Real Option for Averting Economic and Ecological Ruin — So Why Aren’t We Talking About It?
Energy conservation is our best strategy for pre-adapting to an inevitably energy-constrained future. And it may be our only real option for averting economic, social, and ecological ruin.
Probing the Reasons Behind The Changing Pace of Warming
A consensus is emerging among scientists that the rate of global warming has slowed over the last decade. While they are still examining why, many researchers believe this phenomenon is linked to the heat being absorbed by the world’s oceans.
