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Tag Archives: Democratization
Immigration: The Physics
Next week I will leave for my summer break. This time we are taking a complicated tour, starting in England a week after the Brexit referendum. Next we will spend a few days in Israel before continuing to Poland, Malta, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Berlusconi, BREXIT, Britain, candidate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Fork, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, conservation, Democratization, disorder, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, emigration, Emissions, Energy, England, Entropy, Environment, Europe, France, Global Population, Global Warming, Hungary, immigration, interrupt, Israel, Jacques Chirac, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Pen, Lionel Jospin, Malta, Marine Le Pen, Mexico, migration, Mitigation, National Front, Nazi, neo-Nazi, nominee, obstacle, order, Physics, politician, politics, Population, Power, president, refugee, Republican, safe haven, Science, Silvio Berlusconi, Slovakia, social entropy, society, sovereign, Sovereign State, State, Thermodynamics, Trump, US, Vacation, Victor Orban, wall, Water, World Population
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Educating for the Anthropocene: Learning Science in an Informal Environment
Political decisions in the Anthropocene require an understanding of the interactions between humans and the physical environment, as well as how to make them sustainable for future generations. These decisions cannot be limited to a small group of scientist advisors; … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, Education, Sustainability
Tagged AAAS, Adaptation, advisor, Algebra, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, anti-science, belief, big bang, Bilingual, bilingualism, budget, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Conference, creation, decision, Democratization, DNNer, DOE, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy, Environment, evolution, evolve, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, Global Warming, informal learning, intelligent creation, Karl Popper, knowledge, language, learn, learning, logarithm, Math, National Academies, opinion, perception, pew, pew research, poll, Popperian, public, recommendation, religion, School, Science, scientific method, scientist, setting, space, Sustainability, teach, Teaching, Technology, theory, understanding, university, US, vote, voter, World Population
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Educating for the Anthropocene: The Global Picture
Just as the Anthropocene is global, so its governance must be as well. Of course, this is easier said than done; countries are the only sovereign entities we have, meaning that any such global governance can only be attained through … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, assessment, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, common core, country, Democratization, Economics, Education, education index, EI, Emissions, Energy, England, Environment, EYS, France, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, Hong Kong, immigration, index, India, Indonesia, international ranking, Israel, Japan, Macao, Malta, migration, Mitigation, MYS, Nigeria, OECD, Pakistan, PISA, Poland, Policy, poll, Population, rank, refugee, Russia, School, schooling, Science, security, Shanghai, Singapore, survey, Sustainability, Syria, Taipei, teacher, Teaching, Technology, TERCE, test, TIMSS, US, World Population
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Educating for the Anthropocene: Trying to Climb Over the Obstacles
In previous blogs I have tried to summarize the transformation of the international educational system that is needed to accommodate the coming global shift to the Anthropocene (May 3, 2016): The real point is that governing has reached a greater … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bilingual, bilingualism, blog, Brookln College, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, CUNY, Democratization, Economics, Education, educational, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy transition, engagement, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, International, internet, later, long term, metrics, Mitigation, Now, NYC, obstacle, Population, Power, Power Plants, priority, readers, Science, scientist, short term, Social Media, statistics, student, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, teacher, Technology, Transition, US, viewers, World Population
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Educating for the Anthropocene: the Local View
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
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The Politics of the Anthropocene Part 2: The Data
Back to trying to politicize the Anthropocene. The key, as I see it (May 3, 2016), is that all of us must learn how to speak and listen in the same “language” (within English, Spanish, French, etc.). To do so … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education
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Climate Change and the Election: What is at Stake?
I started writing this blog on Wednesday, April 13. On that day, 71 years ago, I was liberated by American Army soldiers while on my way from Bergen-Belsen to Theresienstadt (Terezin). This blog will be posted on Tuesday, April 19 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 5: Can Psychology Help with a U-Turn?
A week from the posting of this blog, primaries will take place in NY State. It is the first time I can remember when the presidential primary will have such a large impact on both the Democratic and the Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, ads, allegiance, altruism, American, Anthropogenic, Balance, battle, behavioral science, benefit, Bernie Sanders, campaign, candidate, caucus, census, Christian, Citizen, Citizens United, Citizenship, civic duty, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, compulsory voting, constitution, Cost, country, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, Distribution, Donald Trump, Draft, duty, Economics, Economy, Education, effort, Election, election day, electoral college, electoral system, electorate, eligible, elite, email, Enos, expressive voting, Facebook, flawed democracy, formula, founding fathers, full democracy, game theory, Global Warming, gratification, green card, Hillary Clinton, holiday, household, immigrant, immigration, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, Inequality, influence, Iowa, Jew, Jewish, John Kasich, justice, justification, justify, Koch brothers, Marco Rubio, Mitigation, money, motivation, motivator, muslim, nation, non-voter, nonvoter, NYC, Obama, oligarch, oligarchy, Palestine, participation, partisan, personal sacrifice, political, political party, political psychology, politician, politics, polls, presidential election, probability, psychology, register, registered voter, Republican, retiree, Science, settlement, shame, shaming, skirmish, Social Media, social obligation, sovereign, Sovereign State, soviet union, spy, strategy, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Ted Cruz, Time, turnout, TV, Twitter, US, value, vote, voter, voter registration, Voting, voting age, Wealth, World Population, worth, worth it
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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 4: Money of the Few Can Be Balanced By the Will of the Many
I am back here with the title that started this series (March 15); this time, I’ll attempt to emphasize the second part of the phrase: how to reverse direction from the constant march toward oligarchy back to a constitutional democracy … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, ads, allegiance, altruism, American, Anthropogenic, APA, Army, Balance, battle, benefit, Bernie Sanders, British, candidate, Citizen, Citizens United, Citizenship, civic duty, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, compulsory voting, Connecticut, constitution, continental army, Cost, country, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, dictator game, die, Distribution, Donald Trump, Draft, duty, Economics, Economy, Education, effort, Election, election day, electoral college, electoral system, electorate, eligible, elite, Enos, expressive voting, Facebook, flawed democracy, formula, founding fathers, Fowler, full democracy, game theory, Global Warming, gratification, green card, Hillary Clinton, holiday, household, immigrant, immigration, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, Inequality, influence, Israel, Jew, Jewish, Joseph Trumpeldor, Judaism, justice, justification, justify, Koch brothers, Marco Rubio, Military, Mitigation, money, motivation, motivator, Nathan Hale, nation, NYC, Obama, oligarch, oligarchy, Ordeshook, Palestine, participation, partisan, personal sacrifice, political, political party, political psychology, politician, politics, presidential election, probability, psychology, register, registered voter, Republican, retiree, Riker, Science, settlement, skirmish, Social Media, social obligation, soldier, sovereign, Sovereign State, soviet union, spy, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Ted Cruz, Tel-Hai, Time, turnout, TV, Twitter, US, value, vote, voter, voter registration, Voting, voting age, Wealth, World Population, worth, worth it
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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 3: Who Shows Up?
(March 22, 2016): Close to half of the country – mostly that in the low income end of the financial spectrum – does not participate in choosing our government. The courts have amplified this inequality by allowing an unlimited use … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, age, America, Anthropogenic, attendance, Bernie Sanders, black, campaign, candidate, census, Citizens United, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, college, constitution, contribution, couple, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, Distribution, Donald Trump, donation, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electoral system, electorate, eligible, Family, finance, financial, flawed democracy, founding fathers, full democracy, fund, GDP, Gender, Global Warming, graduate school, high school, Hillary Clinton, hispanic, household, Income, income distribution, Inequality, Koch, Koch brothers, median, midterm, Mitigation, money, New York, Obama, OECD, oligarch, oligarchy, PAC, participation, pew, political, political party, politician, politics, Politifact, Population, post-grad, presidential election, Race, registered voter, registration, Republican, restriction, Science, statistics, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Ted Cruz, Thomas Piketty, turnout, US, vote, voter, voter restriction, voter turnout, Voting, voting age, Wealth, white, World Population
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