From the Akbelen forest in Turkey to northern India to Brazil, rural women are standing up against the power of the corporate chainsaw. The Turkish-British novelist and political scientist, Elif Shafak, writes a powerful article on the Guardian website about what local women are doing to protect fragile ecosystems. In the battle to save … Continue reading The resistance of rural women: “Energy is not just a technical issue, it’s a political issue to do with life, territories, sovereignty and the right to community self-determination.”
Category: behaviour/attitudes
Great series of billboards in US calling out oil and gas companies for their role in fueling climate disasters
Fossil Free Media, a non-profit media organization, installed the ads in cities rocked by heatwaves including Phoenix and Austin. Dharna Noor explains in an article on the Guardian website. ‘Brought to you by big oil’: US billboards call out companies for record heatwaves Drive down the highways of Phoenix, Arizona; Austin, Texas; or Fresno, … Continue reading Great series of billboards in US calling out oil and gas companies for their role in fueling climate disasters
“Where is the politician who dares address the growth economy that threatens to devastate our civilization, and call for a response to global heating on the scale that’s needed?”
The Danish journalist Carsten Jensen deplores the political and media world's lack of any real awareness of the climate emergency. He calls to dare to dream of a new world, free from the spiral of growth. Mr. Jensen provided this op-ed on the Le Monde website. Carsten Jensen: 'Where is climate change's Winston Churchill?' … Continue reading “Where is the politician who dares address the growth economy that threatens to devastate our civilization, and call for a response to global heating on the scale that’s needed?”
A unique workshop run by a French nonprofit of the same name, that teaches the basics of global warming and highlights possible solutions
More than a million people in France have attended a “Climate Fresk” class to understand the process of global warming. The project is now spreading abroad, particularly in Europe and Latin America. Constant Méheut discusses this trendy new approach in an article on the New York Times website. Have you participated in your country? … Continue reading A unique workshop run by a French nonprofit of the same name, that teaches the basics of global warming and highlights possible solutions
Only through confronting our complex relationship with heat — by accepting the inherent dangers of more heat — that we can hope to seriously pursue real action on fossil fuel emissions
Jennifer Ellen Good, Associate Professor Communication, Popular Culture and Film at Brock University in Canada analyses our complex relationship with heat in an article on The Conversation website. She argues that the reckless pursuit of heat (among other comforts) through the burning of fossil fuels has turned heat from a source of life to a … Continue reading Only through confronting our complex relationship with heat — by accepting the inherent dangers of more heat — that we can hope to seriously pursue real action on fossil fuel emissions
Important message on climate change “that we don’t know enough to say it’s too late”
The celebrated Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist, David Suzuki, says we have to stop elevating the economy and politics over the state of our world. Adam Morton writes on The Guardian website about Suzuki’s positive words. ‘Despair is a luxury we can’t afford’: David Suzuki on fighting for action on the climate crisis … Continue reading Important message on climate change “that we don’t know enough to say it’s too late”
Assessing how adopting an active lifestyle can make us better equipped to cope with rising global temperatures
Thomas Deshayes from the Université de Montréal and Julien Periard, from the University of Canberra write a good article on The Conversation website about how humans can combat heat, which is increasingly important as we need to find ways to adapt to increasing temperatures. Can physical activity boost our resilience to rising temperatures? Climate … Continue reading Assessing how adopting an active lifestyle can make us better equipped to cope with rising global temperatures
New app developed in Romania helps users lower the cost of their energy bills and manage energy consumption
It is encouraging to see a new startup in Romania not only developing the app but planning to market it internationally. An English language version of the app should be available later this year. Simona Fodor discusses the startup and its new app in an article on the Romania Insider website. Romanian startup develops … Continue reading New app developed in Romania helps users lower the cost of their energy bills and manage energy consumption
Research is still in its early stages on how, precisely, both climate change and environmental degradation relate to violence against children
Simone Datzberger, Jenny Parkes, Lottie Howard-Merrill from UCL and Steven Kator Iorfa from the University of Portsmouth write on The Conversation website about the impact of climate change on violence against children. The explored both direct violence – physical, sexual and emotional – and structural violence; that is, rooted in inequitable and unjust systems and … Continue reading Research is still in its early stages on how, precisely, both climate change and environmental degradation relate to violence against children
Do phrases like “global boiling” actually help drive us towards faster and more effective climate action? Or do they risk making us prone to climate doomism, and risk prompting a backlash?
It has been widely reported that UN Secretary General António Guterres declared last week that the era of “global boiling” has arrived. Is this a help or a hindrance? Noel Castree, Professor of Society & Environment at the University of Technology Sydney discusses the impact of such phrases in an article on The Conversation website. … Continue reading Do phrases like “global boiling” actually help drive us towards faster and more effective climate action? Or do they risk making us prone to climate doomism, and risk prompting a backlash?
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