Category Archives: Climate Change

We Need to Do Some Serious Work if We Want to Democratize Climate Change Decisions.

Posted on July 9, 2012 by climatechangefork

A survey that was published in a recent OECD report has found that only 5% of American students expect to pursue a career in the sciences by age 30. We are in good company – countries such as Brazil, UK, … Continue reading →

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Climate Change and the Tragedy of the Commons.

Posted on July 2, 2012 by climatechangefork

Garrett Hardin was a professor of Biology in Santa Barbara, California. In June 1968 he delivered a presidential address before the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The lecture was on the future of … Continue reading →

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Climate Change and the Nature of Science: The Carbon “Tipping Point” is Coming

Posted on June 25, 2012 by climatechangefork

The two attached pictures are schematic diagrams of the circulation of carbon on Earth (IPAA Report (2001) – the Carbon Cycle).  If I Google “Carbon Cycle Diagram” in the image mode, I get close to a million entries.  Most of … Continue reading →

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Democratization and Decision Making: My Four Climate Change Challenges

Posted on June 18, 2012 by climatechangefork

In the following set of blogs, I will try to outline four major challenges to the democratization of the decision making process that, in my view, are needed to address the challenges that anthropogenic changes in the chemistry of the … Continue reading →

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Turning Holocaust “Paper Clips” Into Environmental “Paper Clips”

Posted on June 11, 2012 by climatechangefork

The story of the Holocaust “Paper Clips” project (read the last blog post) not only moved me, but inspired me to action. The book that I wrote – “Climate Change: the Fork at the End of Now” – Momentum Press … Continue reading →

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Holocaust “Paper Clips”- A Possible Guide for Democratization of Climate Change?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by climatechangefork

(Continued from last time) Whitwell, Tennessee is a small town (approx. 1600) in the Sequatchie Valley, a short drive from Chattanooga.  The Principal of the local middle school, Linda Hopper and David Smith, the Vice Principal at the time (now … Continue reading →

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Vacation Notice

Posted on May 28, 2012 by climatechangefork

I’m on a short vacation, so there will be no new post today.  Please do come back next Monday, when I promise to continue our discussion.

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Climate Change: How Do We Democratize the Process?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by climatechangefork

Before I start this post, I’d like to thank all the people who have commented on my previous entries. I started blogging in order to join the climate change conversation, and I feel like I’ve landed smack in the middle … Continue reading →

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“Why Am I ‘Dragging’ the Holocaust into the Climate Change Debate?”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by climatechangefork

I had originally planned to make my next post a continuation of the last one, and call it “Proof, Part 2.”  However, my last blog post stirred up a lot of debate and reaction, including recognition from New York Times … Continue reading →

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Proof: Part 1

Posted on May 7, 2012 by climatechangefork

The figure above is the first exhibit in a new memorial to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where I spent two years between 1943 and 1945 (see my previous blog for relevance). It shows the superimposition of two aerial photographs, showing … Continue reading →

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