Technology with a human face is a beautiful notion and it seems to be a matter of ordinary prudence to keep this currently marginal idea going.
(Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute)
When I was working in developmental assistance in South America and the Caribbean many years ago, a man by the name of E.F. Schumacher, a British economist, was the hero to many of us involved in the field of international development.
Dr. Stephen Schneider, climatologist, explains climate impacts and how the various assessments are determined. Yes, to repeat once again, the human connection to climate change is quite real, regardless of how desperately some try to deny it. Go to Climate Change.
Now the next step will be to train the American media.
Climate change is not merely an intellectual abstraction to more and more of the world's poor and most vulnerable. See Geetu's Story.
I guess I would call my reaction sardonic when I learned a few days ago that Bush had classified satellite images of the shrinking summer ice cover in the Arctic.
I also wondered at the same time if we could throw half the U.S. Congress into federal prison for aiding and abetting George's war crimes.
But “those” crimes would pale in comparison if the 8 years we lost in addressing climate change during the Bush years proved to be the tipping point. I know, difficult to determine precisely in a court of law. And would a court, any court, make any difference at that point.
This film about climate change goes global this coming September.
One of the countries now being impacted by climate change is the Maldives. Go to Islands.
