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Tag Archives: Self Inflicted Genocide
Governance in the Anthropocene
(Source: Vecteezy) In last week’s blog, I returned to the definition of the Anthropocene, the name for our proposed new epoch. The dominant proposal for Anthropocene is an “epoch that begins when human activities started to have a significant global … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change
Tagged accretion, Anthropocene, Biden, cosmology, Davos, dispersive, Economy, Environment, epochdemographics, Genocide, Hiroshima, Holocaust, Nagasaki, Nazi, nuclear age, Nuclear Energy, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, pandemic, Population, Putin, Russia, Self Inflicted Genocide, Timothy Snyder, Ukraine
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The Holocaust and Climate Change – Past Meets Future in Hillersleben
I have often reflected here upon my past experiences as a Holocaust survivor and have likened climate change to a self-inflicted genocide. One of my main objectives in this summer’s globetrotting trip was to look at the intersection between my … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Holocaust, Sustainability, Water
Tagged Adaptation, Berlin, Berlin wall, biogas, cemetery, East Germany, Fresh Water, Genocide, Germany, Greta Thunberg, Hillersleben, Holocaust, Jew, Jewish, Magdeburg, Mitigation, Nazi, renewables, Self Inflicted Genocide, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, solar power, Sustainability, Sustainable, topography of terror, Wastewater, Water, windmill
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D-Day Anniversary: 75 Years Later and What I Mean by Self-Inflicted Genocide
A photo from a meeting of WWII liberators and survivors (I am in the middle of the back row) The 75th anniversary of D-Day was on Thursday. The celebration was not about me. It was about the soldiers that took … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Holocaust, Sustainability, Trump, US
Tagged Adaptation, America, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bergen-Belsen, Britain, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, D Day, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Farsleben, FDR, free rider, Future, game theory, Genocide, German, Germany, ghetto, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, History, Holocaust, institution, International, Jew, Jewish, liberation, liberator, Magdeburg, Mitigation, Nazi, Normandy, Paris 2015, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Peace, Poland, Potsdam, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Renewable, renewable energy, Roosevelt, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, self-inflicted, Solar, survivor, Sustainability, UK, US, Warsaw, Wind, WWII
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Climate Skepticism and Schools?
A few days ago, my wife emailed me a piece from PBS about the state of climate change education in K-12 classes: Dueling Books Compete to Educate Kids on Climate Change: The group that mailed books and DVDs arguing that … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptability, Adaptation, American Meteorological Society, AMS, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Brooklyn College, clilmate change deniers, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate science, Climate Skeptics, CUNY, Data, database, Debate, denier, DeVos, Education, eligible voter, Emissions, Environment, false debate, Future, Global Warming, Heartland, human caused, ignorance, K-12, k12, Meteorology, misinformation, Mitigation, multidisciplinary, NASA, Policy, political, politician, politics, prevention, professor, School, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sustainability, teach, teacher, teacher training, Teaching, voter, Voting
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Election Day – Think Big!
I usually publish this blog on Tuesdays but this time I have asked my editor to put up the week’s post today so that I can address everyone – including my Monday class of 150 students – a day before … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump
Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, America, America First, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Charles Lindbergh, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Data, denier, Donald Trump, Drought, Election, Extreme Weather, farm, farming, Future, Genocide, Georgia, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, Hurricane, hurricane michael, Insurance, Lindbergh, millennial, nationalism, president, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Self Inflicted Genocide, skeptic, suicide, Trump, unilateralism, unilateralist, US, vote, voter, Weather, weather patterns, xenophobia
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The Domino Effect
Last week’s title was resolutely optimistic, drawing inspiration from the game of bridge and summing up the philosophy behind my teaching. After this summer, however, this attitude is a bit difficult to maintain. One thing I am constantly learning from … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability
Tagged 3 shades, Adaptation, amazon, Antarctic, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arctic, Australia, Australian National University, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate skeptic, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Collective Suicide, committed warming, copy, copyright, court, denial, denier, domino, domino effect, doomsday, Earth, EU, European Union, fatalist, feedback, Future, gaia, Genocide, Global Temperature, Global Warming, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, hothouse, Hothouse Earth, inhabitable, internet, IPCC, Jai Pei, optimism, PNAS, positive feedback, Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Potsdam Institute, ruling, sea ice, Self Inflicted Genocide, self-inflicted, skeptic, Stockholm Resilience Centre, suicide, Temperature, tipping element, Tipping Point, uninhabitable, Will Steffen
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Laboratory Observations of Collective Suicide
Rafik, a young, dear, French relative of mine, was born in Algeria. He still has family there that he visits often, occasionally going with some of them to tour the Sahara desert. We discussed his trips and the history of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Holocaust, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, antibiotics, bacteria, brain, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, consciousness, delibrate, ecological suicide, Emissions, Environment, experiment, Fossil Fuels, Genocide, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, latrine, microbe, ocean acidification, pH, Pollution, Population, resource, sanitary, sanitation, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, suicide, Sustainability, toilet, waste, World Population
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Vulnerabilities: Global Environmental Refugees
I am not the only one to predict (February 3, 2015 and October 3, 2017) that continuing our practices in a business as usual scenario will lead to destruction of the physical environment as we know it – as well … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Afghanistan, analysis, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, asylum, Bangladesh, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, Colombia, conflict, Congo, Dhaka, displaced, earthquake, EERC, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, extinction, Flood, Fossil Fuels, Fresh Water, Future, Germany, Global Population, Global Warming, goldilocks, greenhouse gas, immigrant, intelligence, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, migrant, Mitigation, Nigeria, nile, Pakistan, Policy, Power, refugee, Research, resource, Salinity, Science, Sea-Level Rise, security, Self Inflicted Genocide, sixth extinction, South Sudan, storm, stuttering transition, Sudan, Sustainability, Syria, Technology, Transition, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, US, Volcano, Water, Water Cycle, water distribution, Water Scarcity, wildfire, World Population
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Invasive Species, Collective Suicide, and Self-Inflicted Genocide
Recently, the NYT published some answers to questions posed by readers: “Are We an Invasive Species? Plus, Other Burning Climate Questions.” One of these questions was whether or not humans count as an invasive species: Are we an invasive species? … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, alien, Anthropocene, Astrobiology, Biology, cassini, catastrophe, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Collective Suicide, contaminate, cosmology, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental, environmentalist, evolution, extraterrestrial, foreign, Fossil Fuels, Future, Genocide, Global Population, global suicide, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Health, Hiroshima, homo sapien, human, human environment, human-centric, invade, invader, invasive, IUCN, life, Mars, meteorite, microbial life, NASA, native, non-native, Nuclear Winter, saturn, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Smithsonian, species, Sustainability, World Population
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Back to “Self-Inflicted Genocide”: Roger Hallam & the Holocaust
My original plan was to follow up on last week’s blog and look into the recurring complexities of the California fires. In light of the major power outages, some residents have gone so far as to claim that California has … Continue reading →