Tag Archives: Brooklyn College

Midterm Elections 2018: A Victory for the Constitution

Posted on November 13, 2018 by climatechangefork

I posted early last week so I could emphasize the importance of voting to my students before Tuesday’s election. As of today, some states are still counting votes and some are proceeding to recounts because of the narrow margins. The … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, law, politics | Tagged Balance, blue, Brett Kavanaugh, Brooklyn College, census, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Congress, congressperson, constitution, democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, electoral college, electoral vote, Florida, founding fathers, ginsburg, Government, governor, house, house of representatives, I voted, Indiana, judiciary, Kavanaugh, land, midterm, midterm election, Missouri, nonvoter, North Dakota, NYC, participation, people, politics, popular vote, Population, Race, red, representation, representative, republic, Republican, ruth bader ginsburg, Science, senate, senator, stability, State, Supreme Court, system, Trump, US, US population, vote, voter, voter registration, voter turnout | Leave a comment

Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

Posted on September 4, 2018 by climatechangefork

In the July 31st blog and several of the ones following it, I focused on an effort by four Republican senators to investigate federal grant making as it pertains to climate change: “Research designed to sway individuals of a various … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged a/c, Adaptation, air conditioner, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, Brooklyn College, business as usual, carbon dioxide, censorship, China, Chinese hoax, Climate Change, climate change denier, consensus, coverage, Debate, denier, deniers, Economy, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, fake news, false equivalence, Future, Google, heat, heat wave, hoax, John Holdren, mccain, Media, Meteorologist, Mitigation, NCA4, Obama, Power, probability, projection, propaganda, risk, Science, science adviser, Sustainability, Sustainable, Trump, Twitter, USGCRP, worst-case | 1 Comment

Referencing vs. Plagiarism

Posted on May 22, 2018 by climatechangefork

The semester is about over (only some finals and the graduation ceremony remain). In a few days I’ll be celebrating my birthday – time for a selfie reflecting the integrity of my writing. I addressed some aspects of the ethics … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, politics, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Antarctic, antarctic ice, Antarctica, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, audience, Beatles, blog, Brooklyn College, citation, cite, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Congress, copy, CUNY, Data, Donald Trump, edit, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, ethics, Fossil Fuels, Foucault, George Harrison, Geraldine DeLuca, Global Warming, Google, governance, Government, house of representatives, ice, integrity, lawmaker, method, methodology, mitigate, Mitigation, Mo Brooks, NASA, permission, plagiarism, plagiarize, plagiarizing, Popperian, public, reference, Republican, Richard Owen, Science, scientific method, sea level, Sea-Level Rise, selfie, Social Media, source, subconscious plagiarism, subscription, Sustainability, target, Technology, Trump, US | 1 Comment

Audience Assessment: End of Year Test

Posted on December 20, 2016 by climatechangefork

2016 is about to end. It was a very challenging year around the world. Certain factions gained ground internationally, winning significant majorities in publicly elected government. In some senses, globalization has become a curse – when it gives rise to … Continue reading →

Posted in assessment, Climate Change | Tagged Anthropocene, assessment, audience, Brooklyn College, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, CUNY, Donald Trump, Earth, Earth Day, EIA, Election, elections, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, exam, fake news, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, GDP, Global Warming, globalization, goal, greenhouse gas, IEA, India, institution, nationalism, Natural Gas, News, Paris Agreement, petroleum, Population, Power, Power Plants, reader, Science, student, Sustainability, teach, teacher, Technology, test, Trump, US, vote, voter, Water, World, World Bank, xenophobia | Leave a comment

Global Family Vacation Part 3: Israel: Palestinian and Jewish Refugees, Resettlement, and the Right of Return

Posted on August 30, 2016 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – A map of refugee camps in the Middle East Successful resettlement is probably the most important aspect of the global refugee issue. Resettled refugees can make major positive contributions to their host societies. We have seen this … Continue reading →

Posted in immigration | Tagged annex, Arab, arab league, Arabist, attitude, Australia, bias, Brooklyn College, camp, choice, Citizen, Citizenship, Civil War, CUNY, document, Egypt, emigrant, emigration, Family, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Holocaust, home, homeland, Human Rights, identity, immigrant, immigration, Iraq, Iraqi, ISIS, Islam, Israel, Israeli, Jew, Jewish, Kuwait, land, Lebanon, middle east, migrant, migration, muslim, opinion, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian National Authority, partition, political, politics, privilege, property, pull factor, push factor, refugee, religion, resettlement, return, right, right of return, Saudi Arabia, security, settlement, Suez, Syria, teach, teacher, treaty, Turkey, UDHR, UN, UNRWA, US, War, west bank, Yemen | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Immigration

Posted on July 12, 2016 by climatechangefork

“You broke the ocean in half to be here. Only to meet nothing that wants you.” – Nayyirah Waheed, Immigrant Dear Reader, I am writing this blog post at a critical transitional point in my life. I have just graduated … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education, immigration | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Adaptation, Afghanistan, Angrez, anti-immigrant, Arab, Arabic, Australia, bigot, bigotry, BREXIT, Britain, British, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Canada, Chaush, Clash of Civilizations, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Fork, Climate Skeptics, colonial, colonialism, compassion, conflict, CUNY, Dekhani, Dell, demagogue, demagoguery, democracy, Democrat, Democratization, diaspora, displace, displaced, displacement, doctor, Dominion of India, Donald Trump, Dubai, Economics, Education, Electricity, emigrant, emigrate, emigration, Emissions, Energy, England, Environment, equity, ethics, Faluknama Palace, France, genome valley, ghazal, Global Warming, Golkanda, Guest Blog, Gulf States, Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Hannah Arendt, heritage, Hindustani Musalmans, History, Holland, Hyderabad, Hyderabadi Muslim, identity, illiberal, immigrant, immigration, India, Indian, Indo-Persian, Iran, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic state, Jews, Jordan, justice, Lebanon, liberal, Marathi, Marine Le Pen, medicine, MetaSUB, microbiome, Midwood, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Mughal, muhajir, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, muslim, Muslims, Nayyirah Waheed, NYU Tandon, old city, Pakistan, Pakistani, partition, physician, Physics, Policy, political science, Population, populism, populist, pre-med, Prince Muffakham Jah, princely state, Princess Durru Shehvar, Race, racism, referendum, refugee, religion, salwar kameez, Samuel Huntington, Saudi Arabia, Science, Siasat, Siddi, Sindh, social climate, social justice, Sofia Ahsanuddin, Sustainability, Syria, Telegu, theocentric, tradition, Trump, Turkey, Turks, UK, Urdu, US, Uttar Pradesh, Weill Cornell Medicine, World Population, xenophobia, Yemen, Yemeni | Leave a comment

Immigration: My Migration History

Posted on July 5, 2016 by climatechangefork

This is what remained of my family’s house in Warsaw after WWII. There is no longer any trace of it. I gave a brief summation of my early life when I wrote my first blog (April 22, 2012). I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, immigration | Tagged Adaptation, Afghanistan, Bergen-Belsen, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Fork, Climate Skeptics, concentration camp, conflict, CUNY, displace, displaced, displacement, Education, emigrant, emigrate, emigration, Environment, Genocide, German, Germany, ghetto, Global Warming, Hebrew, Hebrew University, Hillersleben, History, Holocaust, immigrant, immigration, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Agency, Jordan, Lebanon, Magdeburg, Mercy Corps, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Nazi, Of Bombs and Mice, Palestine, Physics, Poland, prisoner, professor, refugee, Sofia Ahsanuddin, Sustainability, Syria, Theresienstadt, Turkey, US, Warsaw, WWII, Yemen | Leave a comment

Educating for the Anthropocene: the Local View

Posted on May 24, 2016 by climatechangefork

The Anthropocene (April 26, 2016 blog) is a proposed epoch beginning when human activities started to have a significant global impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems. Regardless of what we call our time period, if we want to successfully manage … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bilingual, bilingualism, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, college, common core, CUNY, decision, Democratization, ecology, Economics, ecosystem, Education, educational, employment, Environment, environmental studies, Fossil Fuels, gen ed, general education, geology, Global, Global Population, Global Warming, globalization, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, initiative, institution, Interdisciplinary, job, K-12, literacy, major, Military, Mitigation, pew, pew research, Physical Environment, Policy, poll, Population, prerequisite, quantitative, quantitative reasoning, Science, scientist, skill, skillset, Social Science, standards, statistic, Sustainability, Technology, training, Transition, UN, university, US, vote, Voting, World Population | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Jake Levin: Study Abroad in Havana, Cuba

Posted on February 16, 2016 by climatechangefork

Hello! This is guest blogger Jake Levin. By way of background, I’m a senior Macaulay Honors College student studying political science and philosophy at Brooklyn College, and I recently returned from a month spent studying abroad in Havana, Cuba. I … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: My 4 Hours of the 4 Day Forum on Sustainable Energy 4 All

Posted on May 26, 2015 by climatechangefork

I got involved in the second annual SE4All (Sustainable Energy For All) forum through an email from Brooklyn College’s Magner Center. The United Nations staff needed interns for the event so they asked for volunteers. Of course I agreed because … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, America, Angola, Asia Pacific, Bahrain, Barbados, Biofuel, biomass, Brazil, Brooklyn College, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Caribbean, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, Conference, Congo, Economic Growth, Economics, Economy, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Europe, Expo 2017, Fiji, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, green energy, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kasakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Magner Center, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mitigation, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nuclear, Pacific Island, Philippines, Population, Poverty, Power, Power Plants, Romania, Science, SE4All, Sierra Leone, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Sudan, Sustainability, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Technology, Turkey, UAE, UK, UN, United Nations, US, Wind, World, World Bank, World Population | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Brooklyn College

Midterm Elections 2018: A Victory for the Constitution

Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

Audience Assessment: End of Year Test

Global Family Vacation Part 3: Israel: Palestinian and Jewish Refugees, Resettlement, and the Right of Return

Immigration: My Migration History

Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: My 4 Hours of the 4 Day Forum on Sustainable Energy 4 All

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