Exciting news! The launch of our updated versions of En-ROADS and C-ROADS is just around the corner. We're thrilled to invite you to test out the impact of food choices on the climate, simulate the effects of wood bioenergy on forests, and delve into the implications of increased electric vehicle chargers on the future of... Continue Reading →
Repost: Emotional Maturity…
This might not seem at first glance related to the current climate crisis, however I can assure you it is more than so. Emotional Maturity Before taking a course of action, one should ask these questions to determine whether it is truly ethical. Is it reasonable?Is it responsible?Is it fair?Will I think well of myself?How... Continue Reading →
A Personal Perspective: Zoomers' apocalyptic anxieties. My wife was talking to my 21-year-old daughter the other day and asked, ‘Are you OK? You and your friends seem a bit lost.’ My daughter replied, ‘We’re not lost. We’re just really angry.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because the World’s going to end,’ my daughter said, ‘because what’s the point of... Continue Reading →
Repost: Have We Overburdened Gen Z With Fears of the Future?
Davos: 1 in 10 travelled by private jet to meeting designed to tackle climate change - EuroNews (published 1.13.23) x Exxon accurately predicted climate change in the 70s: Which other fossil fuel giants knew the risks? - EuroNews x Stop 'Caving to Fossil Fuel Industry,' Experts Say as 2022 Confirmed Among Hottest Years on Record... Continue Reading →
Repost: Specific Fossil Fuel Industry Related Climate News…
Repost: The Insecurity of Dependent Personality Disorder
Dependent personality disorder falls under the cluster C personality disorders which are the personalities where people appear fearful or anxious. The other two in this cluster are avoidant and obsessive compulsive. I’ve talked about both and put them in my personality disorders playlist. A handy pneumonic to remember the 8 characteristics is RELIANCE. R -... Continue Reading →
A new generation of climate activists are using increasingly controversial methods to alert people to climate catastrophe. But why does the truth need such high optics? Just Stop Oil (JSO), established in April 2022, is a well-organized, high-optic, youth-led activist group that utilizes civil resistance as a form of protest. They are a step away,... Continue Reading →
Repost: Climate Change Misinformation and a New Wave of Civil Resistance
Human activity has had an effect on the environment for thousands of years, from the time of our very earliest ancestors. Since Homo sapiens first walked the earth, we have been modifying the environment around us through agriculture, travel and eventually through urbanization and commercial networks. At this point in earth’s physical history, our impact... Continue Reading →
Repost: How Do Humans Affect the Environment?
The last decade was defined by commitments to tackle the climate crisis. It began with a slow trickle and ended in a torrent of countries, cities and companies announcing goals to end deforestation, shift away from coal, transition to electric vehicles and more. Many of these commitments were in pursuit of a massive goal –... Continue Reading →
Repost: 3 Essentials to Make Climate Action Stick
Repost: The Solar PV panel that provides electricity AND heat for your home!
Solar photovoltaic panels provide electricity for homes, businesses and utility scale grid providers. Ironically though, the hotter they get in direct sunshine, the less effective they are at producing power. So, what if we could harvest the heat, remove it from the panel, and do something useful with it? 'Killing two birds with one stone',... Continue Reading →
Repost: Eating Our Way to Extinction | Official Documentary
Narrated by Kate Winslet, ‘Eating Our Way to Extinction,’ a Cinematic Feature Documentary addresses the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about... Will we be the next species on the path toward extinction? Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeEatingOurWayT... Eating Our Way to Extinction is a cinematic feature documentary, taking audiences on a journey... Continue Reading →
When we thought about Energy Abundance in my last article, today I want to talk a little more about materials and the bioeconomy. What we need is a somewhat tangible plan of where we actually need to and can start to accompany such a transformation. Advances in life science could transform economies and societies and... Continue Reading →