Tag: climate change

Repackaging Climate Action

May 2, 2014

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mwkruse

in Environment, Human Progress, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Over recent years I've posted about the messaging we typically get on climate change. (Most recently Global Warming Scare Tactics (They Usually Backfire)) The predominant approach is to hit people with dire visions of what is happening to the world, lecture on the evils of capitalism and consumerism, and then offer a few practical solutions.…
Global Warming Scare Tactics (They Usually Backfire)

Apr 11, 2014

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Environment, Public Policy

New York Times: Global Warming Scare Tactics This article confirms what I've been arguing for some time now: … evidence that a fear-based approach backfires has grown stronger. A frequently cited 2009 study in the journal Science Communication summed up the scholarly consensus. "Although shocking, catastrophic, and large-scale representations of the impacts of climate change…
Science and Technology Links

Apr 4, 2014

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mwkruse

in Environment, Evolution, Links – Science and Technology, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Energy)

1. Christian Science Monitor: In Kenya, selling human waste could revolutionize sanitation Dealing with human waste has become a health crisis in many poor communities, but residents of a Kenyan slum have found a solution that turns poop into profit. … … Sanergy’s toilets are low-tech and low-cost, but they have a key feature: They…
Social Science and Culture Links

Mar 31, 2014

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mwkruse

in Culture, Environment, Gender and Sex, Generations, Links – Social Science and Culture, Politics, Public Policy, Race, Sociology

1. Atlantic Cities: How Different Generations of Americans Budget Their Time Example 2. Business Insider: How Women Spend Their Time Vs. How Men Spend Their Time 3. USA Today: Millennial doesn't mean liberal: Column Bad news for Democrats: It seems Millennials are special little snowflakes after all. A new report by the centrist Democratic think…
Is the Cognitive Consonance of Climate Activists Blocking Meaningful Action?

Mar 26, 2014

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mwkruse

in Environment, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology

Nick Cohen has a piece in the Guardian The climate change deniers have won. He is mourning that the "climate deniers" seem to be winning the day and explores why that might be. He writes: … Clive Hamilton, the Australian author of Requiem for a Species, made the essential point a few years ago that…
Science and Technology Links

Mar 17, 2014

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mwkruse

in Culture, Economics, Environment, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

1. PBS: Five Cook Stoves Used Around the World 2. Upworthy: It Used To Take Up 40% Of Their Daily Expenses. Then They Found A New Way To Cook. 3. Viral Forest: This is the Pallet Emergency Home. It Can Be Built in One Day With Only Basic Tools. … Developed by the creative folks…
Social Science and Culture Links

Feb 24, 2014

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mwkruse

in Business, Education, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Social Science and Culture, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Vocation

1. Two informative articles in Forbes: A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having More Money Than Your Friends and A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having Less Money Than Your Friends 2. New Yorker: Why Your Name Matters … The effects of name-signalling—what names say about ethnicity, religion, social sphere, and…
Hans Rosling: Don’t Panic — The Facts About Population

Feb 7, 2014

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

This is just fantastic! Hans Rosling pulls together many of his various presentations over recent years and melds them into a one-hour-long presentation about the astonishing way our world is improving while pointing to the challenges ahead. I know this is long, but if you watch this closely and learn, you will be well-positioned to…
Economic Development Links

Feb 4, 2014

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Economics, Environment, Gender and Sex, Human Progress, Links – Economic Development, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. EconLog: On Sweatshops: They're Better Than the Alternative – Art Carden … Here's some of what I wrote them specifically: Sweatshops are an important exercise in appreciating the difference between what we see (people in sweatshops) and what we don't see (the jobs they would have if they didn't have sweatshop opportunities). Sweatshops employ…
Science and Technology Links (Environment Edition)

Feb 2, 2014

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mwkruse

in Environment, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

I'm playing catchup with a backlog of links to be posted. This list pulls together a subsection of science and technology links dealing with the environment. 1. Bloomberg: Warring Dogmas Block Climate-Change Progress … In 1981, [Julian] Simon proposed a bet. [Paul] Ehrlich could name any five metals, and by the end of the decade,…