Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
Donella Meadows Honored at Atlas Awards Ceremony
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: October 4th, 2012
By Sarah Parkinson
Donella Meadows and her Limits to Growth co-authors will be among the 100 “climate heroes” recognized this week at the inaugural Atlas Awards. The event aims to honor recipients for “their leadership in influencing Americans towards more caring and sustainable lives that could ultimately stabilize Earth’s climate.” It will feature a keynote address from Boyd Cohen, co-author of Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age [...]
Last Call: A Documentary Film About The Limits to Growth
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 20th, 2012
By Sarah Parkinson
“There are physical limits to growth which, given current trends, are very likely to be encountered even within the lifetime of our children…The most likely outcome of running into these limits if we continue to ignore them is that we’ll overshoot those limits and collapse…Every year we delay decreases our ultimate options.” –Dennis Meadows, 1972
While this warning has been [...]
The Social and Psychological Foundations of Climate Change
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 17th, 2012
The problem of climate change has been defined and diagnosed predominately through scientific measurement, as with these atmospheric mapping instruments. Greater inclusion of the social sciences is needed to deepen insight into the relationship of these scientific findings to their broader social context.Image credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
In Brief
The debate over climate change has come largely from [...]
Can We Avoid the Perfect Storm?
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 10th, 2012
By David Orr
It is quite possible that by the year 2100 human life will have become extinct or will be confined to a few residential areas that have escaped the devastating effects of nuclear holocaust or global warming.
—Brian Barry1
Evolution equipped us to deal with threats from dependably loathsome enemies and fearsome creatures, but not with the opaque and cumulative long-term consequences of [...]
The Economic Case for a Green Economy
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: August 28th, 2012
By Sarah Parkinson
We know that the earth is warming. We also know why the earth is warming. The question, then, is what can we do about it? Is it really possible to curb emissions without crippling our economy and our society?
The answer is yes according to Paul Krugman, an internationally recognized economist and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. [...]
