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Archive for July, 2007
Ixquick a Metasearch engine with a great privacy policy
Posted in Blogroll on 31, July, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
Another rebuttal of the Great Global Warming Swindle
Posted in Climate Chaos, Psychology of Environmental Denial on 29, July, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
The Climate Institute in Australia responded to this criminally misleading piece of pseudo-science earlier this month. It’s a short PDF file with good links to genuine science information sources.
Having been a climate change educator since 1988, it is a real concern to see such garbage given air time at all. I had a great [...]
End of the Free Lunch -Energy Dependence & Peak Supplies – Oil, Nuclear & Coal
Posted in Catalysts for Action, Peak Energy on 28, July, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
Peak Oil is increasingly hitting the print headlines and getting media exposure, and we ignore these warnings at our peril. As with the Ozone Depletion issue, Tobacco causing death and illness, Asbestos being good for you, there are a whole stack of people with vested interests or self-delusions saying…. just don’t worry, keep consuming.
In doing [...]
Biodiversity more precious/vital/essential than previous assessments
Posted in Catalysts for Action, Sustainability Science on 14, July, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
Anyone with an environmental awareness or interest has known that biodiversity is essential, and species extinction and habitat loss are a really bad idea. Now the research is coming in that shows that our complex planet, depends on the maintenance of that biodiversity. Two scientists from the University of Zurich found that “We may [...]
The Swindle Swindle
Posted in Musings on Life, Psychology of Environmental Denial on 13, July, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
Last night, ABC TV showed the controversial film “The Great Global Warming Swindle”. I didn’t watch it last night, but I have seen it on TV Links. So I didn’t need to. But they also hosted a debate amongst some Australian scientists about the claims made in the film.
ABC Radio’s Science Show put up a [...]
Global Warming Resources
Posted in Catalysts for Action, Climate Chaos, Sustainability Science, Sustainability is Information Intensive on 4, July, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
NASA Earth Observatory
Global Warming Questions & Answers
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/GlobalWarmingQandA/
July 28, 2007
On May 11, 2007, the Earth Observatory published Global Warming, a fact sheet outlining the basic principles behind the science of global warming. This follow-up article of questions and answers is based on questions from readers and other common questions about global warming. Many scientists and writers [...]
Climate Change Denial
Posted in Blockages to Change, Psychology of Environmental Denial on 4, July, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
As an environmental educator specialising in climate change since 1988, I have always pondered at the denial existing in our global western civilisation, and particularly my bit of it, on any of the big environmental problems especially climate change.
In my community education and university lectures on climate change, I have used an analogy to get [...]
