Alan mentioned this in class tonight: the Luntz memo.
“First, assure your audience that you are committed to ‘preserving and protecting’ the environment, but that ‘it can be done more wisely and effectively.’ (Absolutely do not raise economic arguments first.)”
The author of The Ethics of Climate Change, James Garvey, has an interesting essay on the same topic (hat tip: OIIFTG):
I’ll start with some easy scenarios. Suppose that I walk into a store and shoplift a bottle of tequila. From just that tiny bit of information, you can tell fairly quickly [...]
http://www.focusthenation.org/
Global warming is a defining issue for our time – and today, is a big day. On Jan 31st, on campuses across the US, Focus the Nation is organizing a national teach-in on global warming solutions for America. Today’s students are the key to real solutions. We’ve got our ASIC200 class [...]
Yea, a little freaky indeed.
This afternoon, I was blockaded inside my office without notice after some unknown, ill described “threat” to students in the BioSci building.
I live blogged the event at NowPublic: link.
Quoted from an 8pm UBC Bulletin (link):
Campus Advisory
Wed. Jan. 30, 8:00 pm
A threat was received from an unknown person indicating the potential of harm to others earlier this afternoon at the Bio Sciences Building.
The RCMP was informed and took operational control to lock down, search and escort people out [...]
(another post specific for students of ASIC 200)
We need to cut roughly 2% of current emission levels a year for the next forty years. Can we do it? Watch this live WebCast tonight (5pm PST) on Earth Day TV:
Focus the Nation will stream a free, live, interactive webcast called The 2% SOLUTION. Join Stanford University climate scientist, [...]
I learned how to silkscreen on my own around 6 years ago. It’s a fulfilling art form, and it afforded me some great opportunities (like getting into local shows for free by selling shirts and patches to all the fledging scenesters with disposable income).
But it wasn’t all free booze, free shows, and weekend [...]
No doubt, many of the students of ASIC 200, noticed that a prevailing theme of the first lecture and a half, was something along the lines of “we’re all gonna die.”
Which is why I thought this Armageddon flowchart was kind of funny. The above is a section of it. For the full deal, [...]
Sheila Watt-Cloutier to be our next speaker.
Here’s a heads up (Life Science Institute, West Atrium, Friday Feb 29th, 12noon).
Who is Ms. Watt-Cloutier? Well, she’s essentially one of the more well known advocates for Inuit culture (was recently nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize), particularly as it relates to the challenge of dealing with global warming (and [...]
I had my fingers crossed for a snow day today. The weather cooperated and greeted us with a beautiful blanket of white this morning. But alas, UBC didn’t get the message and instead of a day off, the stern instructions on ubc.ca read, “Students are expected to attend classes, and faculty and staff are [...]
“Science of Climate Change” lectures: hits and misses.
This week, I get to relax a little for the ASIC course, since Allen will now take the reins and look at some of the social and humanistic perspectives that surround the issue of climate change (this should be really good stuff!).
Still, I’m curious about how my take on the “science [...]
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(From the Chan Shun Concert Hall, Chan Centre, University of British Columbia)
Delivered in November 8th, 2006, Wade Davis’ talk will take you on a journey [...]
On Wednesday, Industry Canada confirmed that national science adviser Arthur Carty would be retiring on March 31, and that the position and office would be phased out[...]
[...]“Having someone in a position to advise the prime minister or a cabinet minister gave me more confidence in the process,” Smol said. “There’s [...]
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Jessica in class is interested in whether you know any good “globally relevant” pick up lines (i.e. climate change themed for example). She has a few to get the ball rolling.
“Is it just climate change, or is it hot in here?”
“Did you hear about the Ward [...]
O.K. like I was so not ready for the above question the other night, where the concept of light and its dual nature came up. Looking back, I’m still having a hard time thinking about the best way to talk about it. Partly because I’m still not convinced that it’s one of those things that [...]
…one step at a time. Speaking of clothes dryers, no longer do the laundry room lights remain on all night and day. What’s interesting is, it took a simple gesture by one of my building-mates:
I first noticed the sticker about 3-4 months ago, and since then every time I go [...]
How much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can be attributed to human respiration?
[source]
Well, assuming Wiki is correct, the average person exhales roughly 900 grams of CO2 every day, or around 330kg per year. Multiply this by the roughly 6 billion people on the planet, and you get [...]
[a server farm...please refrain from server tipping - source]
“The internet is the fastest growing source of CO2 to the atmosphere…it doubled from 2002 to 2006.”
This is an excellent interview (12.5mins) with Bill St. Arnaud from CBC The Spark’s Nora Young. Bill is the director of CANARIE, [...]
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The 1950′s Called To Say I Told You So – or – “How Experts Think We’ll Live in 2000 AD”
Hat tip – Paleofuture
The AP ran an article in 1950 titled, “How Experts Think We’ll Live in 2000AD”, covering a number of Terry*ish topics, including:
Economics: New Living Standards Population: Growth Will Slow World Affairs: Price of Peace
An interesting read – I recommend it.