Lyubomirsky (2007). The How of Happiness
Lyubomirsky, Sonja (2007). The How of Happiness. London: Sphere. Based on years of research about happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky concludes that: 60% of differences in (personally experienced) happiness...
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Arctic Indicators
The Arctic can be considered the canary in the coal mine of climate change. The region around the North Pole tends to heat up much faster than the rest of the earth. This results in rapid ice melt....
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In the chaotic process of global warming, methane release from permafrost is a wildcard. The possibility of a sudden release of huge quantities of methane seems to be increasing. Russian researchers...
View ArticleOn the Psychology of Climate Change
How do people psychologically deal with knowledge of climate change? This is an excellent overview of recent research. It seems that alarming messages are counter productive. There has to be an action...
View ArticleDocumentaries on Climate/Energy
https://vimeo.com/105412070 Rather well-made film about climate change and growing grass-root movements. Leaves out some issues though, like meat consumption, fracking, but also the divestment strategy...
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Recent posts: Marshall (2014). Don't Even Think About It. Morton (2013). Hyperobjects. Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World. How to get People to Change? State of the Climate Documentaries...
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State of the Climate
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, CO2 levels have increased 40% and methane levels over 250%. Greenhouse Gas Concentrations over last 2000 years. Source: IPCC AR4. Greenhouse gasses...
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How to get People to Change?
The climate is changing, but how to get people to actually change? Chip and Dan Heath offer a highly simplified framework based on recent research. And some of their findings are surprising....
View ArticleMorton (2013). Hyperobjects. Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World.
Morton, Timothy. Hyperobjects. Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press, 2013. Summary: Global warming is fundamentally different from many other...
View ArticleMarshall (2014). Don’t Even Think About It.
Marshall (2014). Don’t Even Think About It. Why our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change. New York: Bloomsbury “the reason why people do not accept climate change is nothing to do with the...
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