Global warming, climate change, activism
Posted in Social Justice, Spirit Moving on Feb 1st, 2010
A wonderful auction of all things creative, organized by Joshi Sims of fruityfantastica and Nova Scotia author (and friend) Kate Inglis of sweet | salty. Proceeds to benefit the people of Haiti. ________ Blue A fine art print by Maine’s Kristin Zecchinelli
Posted in Activism, Climate Change Science, Politics, Social Justice on Sep 29th, 2009
Just days after Rasmussen reported that 47 percent of U.S. citizens suggested that it was OK to put the economy before climate change concerns, one of the key advisors to the German government suggested that North Americans know less about climate change than just about anyone else in the world. Professor John Schellnhuber, of the [...]
Posted in Canada, Climate Change Solutions, Politics, Social Justice, USA on Aug 26th, 2009
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper claims that he’s all for saving the environment, but his government has been actively working against a comprehensive international climate change agreement since he’s been in office (see stories here, here, here, and here). Harper and his environment ministers, this time in the guise of Jim Prentice, have consistently argued [...]
Posted in Astroturfing, Greenwashing, Politics, Social Justice on Aug 17th, 2009
The American Petroleum Instititute has more than 400 members, so I can’t list them all. But feel free to write and boycott any you find below. You can also do your own research by f0llowing this member’s page at API. Why do I feel so strongly? In a nutshell, the API is mounting an unethical [...]
Posted in Climate Change Consequences, Social Justice on Jul 30th, 2009
Our finger is on the trigger. If we don’t cut carbon in the developed world, we’re taking lives in the emerging world. This Guardian photo series shows courageous people in Bangladesh trying to keep rising sea levels from destroying their villages.
Posted in Activism, Climate Change Consequences, Food, High Horse, Social Justice on Jul 6th, 2009
In advance of the G8 Summit in Italy, Oxfam has released a new paper suggesting that hunger will become the defining issue of this century, and that climate change is to blame. The report, called Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People, and Poverty (PDF) argues that hundreds of millions of farmers are now struggling to [...]
Posted in Astroturfing, Climate Change Science, Global Warming Myths, Social Justice on May 18th, 2009
Before starting One Blue Marble, I spent considerable time visiting political web sites to better understand why conservatives think that global warming is a huge hoax perpetrated by scientists (read: socialists) who are hellbent on destroying our cherished way of life. But I came away empty. There was nothing there, no insight to be gleaned. [...]
Posted in Activism, Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Media, Social Justice on Apr 22nd, 2009
Imagine our world without literature. Whenever I can cobble moments together, I write. It’s my first, best thing. I have a middle reader under development that will be a pretty good book once I commit the final chapter to paper. It’s what I do with every stolen minute as we struggle through bankruptcy. I write [...]
Posted in Activism, Climate Change Consequences, Social Justice on Mar 17th, 2009
The Republic of Maldives — a bevy of coral atolls in the Indian Ocean that are particularly vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels — is becoming the change it wishes to see in the world by pledging to become the world’s first carbon neutral nation. President Mohamed Nasheed says that his country will [...]
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Climate Change Science, Climate Change Solutions, Old King Coal, Politics, Social Justice, USA on Jan 27th, 2009
A Week of Happy Dances It was just one week ago that Kristina and I were celebrating Barack Obama’s Inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America with little happy dances around the living room. We’re still doing the same thing today. If you care about the environment and global warming, Obama [...]