Tag: Environment
Stay Tuned for News on the Vatican’s April 28 Interfaith Summit on Climate Change
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/15/3647548/vatican-announces-major-summit-climate-change/ Showing that, no matter how delayed, religion can still be a force for spreading justice. Continue reading Stay Tuned for News on the Vatican’s April 28 Interfaith Summit on Climate Change
Climate Story #2: Health and Environment Intertwine in Borneo
This post provided by Lauren Herbert, my dear mother, who spent the month of April working as a volunteer physician at ASRI in Borneo. Updated to reflect corrections about HIH and ASRI’s collaborative relationship and plans for the future. It is hard to make out the objects in this photo. Two children of the forest … Continue reading Climate Story #2: Health and Environment Intertwine in Borneo
It’s Earth Day: Get Involved for a Brighter Future
I don’t need to tell you why this is important. Our prosperity, our children’s ability to freely pursue happiness, the future of life on this planet, will be fundamentally altered by our actions over the next few years. Choose the side of action, of reaction, for a brighter future, and get involved today: Find local … Continue reading It’s Earth Day: Get Involved for a Brighter Future
The Former US General that Declared War on Pollution
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Updates from the Day: Leadership and Storytelling
I’m about 1/4 of the way through America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy, by Gustave Spethe (trying to take good notes, so I’m going a little slow), and this quote from a section on altering national culture struck me: Whether they are heads of a nation or senior officials of the United Nations, leaders…have … Continue reading Updates from the Day: Leadership and Storytelling
None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use, and A way to sustainably bring power to the world’s poor
http://grist.org/business-technology/none-of-the-worlds-top-industries-would-be-profitable-if-they-paid-for-the-natural-capital-they-use/ http://grist.org/climate-energy/a-way-to-get-power-to-the-worlds-poor-without-making-climate-change-worse/ Continue reading None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use, and A way to sustainably bring power to the world’s poor
The Start of Planning and the Merchants of Doubt
We’ve just passed the 6th week of a 16-week semester, and the ground–or should I say road?–is coming up fast. There are too many things to read, write, and study. Can I put off grading for a few hours to read these travelogues and this treatise on new economic models? Will I really find the time to study my Chinese … Continue reading The Start of Planning and the Merchants of Doubt
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