TONY BLAIR (PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN ISLAND) DRESSED AS BJORK DRESSED AS A SWAN: Hey Jacque. Nice dye job. Is that some yellow fungus growing off the top of your forehead?
JACQUE CHIRAC (PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC) DRESSED AS TIN-TIN: No Tony, it’s my costume. Can’t you [...]
SATIRE, SYRACUSE, AND SEA-LEVELS
I am an avid reader of The Onion. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about please be rest assured that I’m not some sort of weirdo who looks for messages in tea leaves and the like. Perhaps the name of a vegetable is a rather unusual choice for a [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE F.A.Q. (BANKS REMIX)
What is climate change?
Climate change is a term used to refer to pronounced long term fluctuations in global weather patterns. It is most often linked to global warming but can refer to a variety of drastic weather changes that are plaguing populations around the globe.
What is the root cause of climate change?
[...]
CLIMATE MODELING F.A.Q. (BANKS REMIX)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its third assessment report back in 2001. The report concluded that the panel of prominent scientists expected the earth’s average temperature to rise from anywhere between 1.4 to 5.8% by 2100. This is a significant conclusion, even at the lower level of the scale, not only for the [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE F.A.Q. (TATLAY REMIX)
1. CLIMATE CHANGE? HUH?
Climate Change is the measured long-term shift or change in the climate of a certain location, region, and on a larger scale…the whole planet. These changes are seen in weather, temperature, rainfall, humidity and various other ecological features of our biosphere and are caused by both natural and human factors. In [...]
BIODIVERSITY F.A.Q. (MCQUEEN REMIX)
What is biodiversity?
Derived from the word biological diversity, biodiversity was a term first coined in the mid 1980’s. Biodiversity generally represents the variation of life from ecological diversity to genetic diversity within a species, to the vast array and diversity of species observed and unobserved on the planet. Biodiversity has come to also [...]
HIV/AIDS F.A.Q. (RIVERS-BOWERMAN REMIX)
What is HIV/AIDS?
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks white blood cells known as T4 (CD4) lymphocytes . The function of the T4 cells is to determine if foreign matter such as bacteria or viruses has entered the human body . Upon interaction with a bacterial or viral cell, a T4 [...]
G.M.O. F.A.Q. (MEHRABADI REMIX)
What are genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?
GMOs are plants and animals which have been genetically altered under laboratory conditions by the insertion of genes from other organisms into their natural genetic makeup.
Why should I be concerned about GMOs?
To understand the debate surrounding GMOs, we must first understand the problems associated with the [...]
A SUSTAINABILITY F.A.Q. (MCQUEEN REMIX)
You hear sustainability mentioned everywhere these days, but what does it actually mean?
In 1983 Norwegian Prime-Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland was commissioned by the United Nations to undertake a study into “sustainable development”. The study entitled “Our Common Future” was published in 1987. It has been referred to more popularly as “The Brundtland Report”. [...]
GENETICALLY MODIFIED RICE F.A.Q. (POOLE REMIX)
What is GM rice?
Genetically modified (‘GM’) rice is one of the most publicly cited examples of a genetically modified organism (‘GMO’), and has become increasingly more controversial in recent years. Basically, GM rice is a genetically engineered version, taking natural varieties of rice and modifying them to introduce certain desirable characteristics, such [...]
THE KYOTO PROTOCOL F.A.Q (POOLE REMIX)
There is a general consensus that global warming is underway, but what should we do about it? The Kyoto Protocol has proven to be a hotbed of contention amongst scientists, policymakers, environmentalists and industry. Is it an exciting and groundbreaking development in the fight against global warming and the broader problem of climate change, or [...]
What is the point of this seminar series?
From a pragmatic view, the purpose is to aid us in the design of an undergraduate course that aims to bridge the science and arts disciplines. In this respect, we thought that examining the various global issues that humanity faces today would enable us to both [...]
It has to be spread out, the skin of this planet,
has to be ironed, the sea in its whiteness;
and the hands keep moving,
smoothing the holy surfaces.
In Praise of Ironing, PABLO NERUDA
* * *
It has to be loved the way a laundress loves her [...]
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