Category Archives: Education

Publishers

Posted on March 18, 2014 by climatechangefork

My book, Climate Change: The Fork at the End of Now was published in the early summer of 2011. I wrote it as a textbook for the general public, and it was used mainly for general education – both in … Continue reading →

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Climate Change, Hiroshima and Nuclear Winter.

Posted on July 9, 2013 by climatechangefork

The power of analogy can just as easily be used productively or be abused. I was accused of the latter when I compared the general populace’s inactivity in the 1930s to prevent the Nazis’ early efforts at ethnic cleansing (which … Continue reading →

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July in Southern Africa – Mauritius

Posted on July 2, 2013 by climatechangefork

In July, I am going to attend the Fifth International Conference on Climate: Impacts and Responses, to be held in the island of Mauritius. This is the same meeting that was held last year in Seattle Washington, which I described … Continue reading →

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Warning Signs and Tipping Points

Posted on May 28, 2013 by climatechangefork

Erica Goode’s recent article in the New York Times (NYT – March 15, 2013), “Focusing on Violence Before It Happens,” describes a growing effort to identify and prevent major catastrophic events such as school violence. Two paragraphs from the article … Continue reading →

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Education and Authority: Where do We Learn to Think?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by climatechangefork

In the previous blog (February 25, 2013), I focused on K-12 school standards. I emphasized the difficulty in using such standards to ensure that graduates are able to understand and exercise their vote on issues that require collective action, such … Continue reading →

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First Post

Posted on April 22, 2012 by climatechangefork

It’s with excitement and some trepidation that I write my very first blog post today. As a trained scientist, it really isn’t in my nature to write short blips about weighty subjects like climate change. But I’ve taken up this … Continue reading →

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