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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #23A:
Sustainability |
| Global
Footprint Network
(mission: “advancing the science of sustainability”) |
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Various Definitions
of Terms Related to Sustainability |
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“'Beginning
of the end' for fossil fuels: Global wind and solar reached record levels
in 2022, study finds” by Sophie Tanno (story from CNN, April
12 2023) |
|
Practical
Things You Can Do to Combat Climate Change ( from publichealthonline.gwu.edu
November 2019) |
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Environmental
Education Ideas for Kids by Ginger Reid (August 20 2018
contribution) |
|
Climate
Reality Project (Al Gore led group offers educational materials,
climate activist training, etc) |
|
Sustainability Now
(references, links, etc from engineering perspective) |
|
Links on Sustainable
Development |
|
International Institute for Sustainable
Development |
| The
Worldwatch Institute |
| The
Blue Carbon Initiative (group dedicated to mitigating climate
change through coastal ecosystem management) |
| The
Sustainability Institute (founded by Donella Meadows) |
| Population
Connection (non-profit organization founded as Zero Population Growth
in 1968) |
| Links
on Sustainability and Corporate Environmentalism |
| Earth
Observatory (NASA website) |
|
Renewable and Appropriate
Energy Laboratory (at UC Berkeley) |
|
Sustainability
Solutions Workshop for Business People (offered by Arizona State
University Jan 2021) |
|
Representing Global Warming
Graphically (NOAA graph, produced January 2016) |
| National
Resources Defense Council -- global warming |
| NY
Times archive of articles on global warming and climate change |
| This
is Climate Change (a photo gallery) |
| How
Climate Change is Destroying Earth (summary of the argument in
graphical/pictorial form, from learnstuff.com) |
| Pew
Center on Global Climate Change |
| The
Rocky Mountain Institute |
| The
Ethic of Zero Growth |
| Engineers
for a Sustainable World |
| Sustainable
World Coalition |
| World
Resources Institute |
| Scientists
warn that a key Atlantic current could collapse, among other climate
tipping points by Evan Bush (from
NBC News November 11 2024)
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| Scientists
knew 2023’s heat would be historic — but not by this much (climate change related story from The Washington Post January 9
2024)
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| "Is
the Collapse of a Critical Atlantic Current Really Imminent?"
by Matt Simon (from Mother Jones August 7 2023) |
| "Is
the climate crisis finally catching up with Antarctica?" by Andrew
Meijers (from The Guardian August 6 2023) |
| “Chemical
pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists” by Damian
Carrington (from The Guardian January 18 2022) |
| “India's
Population Will Start to Shrink Sooner Than Expected” (report from The
Economist December 4 2021) |
| "IPCC
steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report" by
Fiona Harvey (report from The Guardian June 23 2021) |
| The
Other Greenhouse Gas (report about methane from The Economist
April 3 2021)
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| 2020
Tied for Hottest Year on Record by Chris Mooney etal. (report from The
Washington Post January 2021) |
| Climate
Change--Winter is Not Coming
(graphical presentation of data
aided report from The
Economist March 28 2020) |
| "Humanity
under threat from perfect storm of crises – study" by Fiona Harver
(article in The Guardian Feb 6 2020) |
| “Ocean
temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates” by Damian
Carrington (report from The
Guardian Jan 13 2020) |
| “Climate
tipping points — too risky to bet against” by
Lento etal (report in Nature Nov 27 2019)
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| "Community
as an equal partner for region-based climate change vulnerability, risk,
and resilience assessments" by
M. Cains and D. Henschel
(in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainabilty August 2019)
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| "There
is more CO2 in the atmosphere today than any point since the evolution of
humans" by James Griffiths (report from CNN May 13 2019) |
| “Food:
A Meaty Planet (Bad for
Environment, Good for Many People)” (article from The Economist
May 4 2019)
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|
"Here's
a running list of all the ways climate change has altered Earth in 2019"
by Mark Kaufman (article posted on Yahoo
News March 16, 2019) |
| The
Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
by David Wallace Wells (review by David G. Haskell in The
Guardian Feb 17 2019) |
| "For
a lower climate footprint, vegetarian diet beats local"
(Oct 23 2018 Science Daily report)
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| Veganism:
The Retreat from Meat (report
from The Economist October 13 2018) |
| "One
of the most worrisome predictions about climate change may be coming true"
by Chris Mooney
(The Washington Post Apr 23 2018 report) |
| "Can
the Earth Feed Ten Billion People?"
By Charles C. Mann (from The Atlantic Jan 23 2018) |
| "New
Study Says Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey a Lot Worse" by Kevin
Drum (from Mother Jones Dec 13 2017) |
| "Strategies
for reducing vulnerability and building resilience to environmental and
natural disasters in developing countries" by Moushumi Chaudhury (World
Resources Institute May,
2017)
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| Fourth
National Climate Assessment Executive Summary (15 page summary of U.S.
Congress mandated 477 page report) |
| "Soil
Pollution in China—The Bad Earth" (article from The
Economist June 10 2017) |
| Water
Scarcity (report with global perspective from The Economist November
5 2016) |
| "Ravaged
Woodlands" (article about the future of American forests from The
Economist July 9 2016) |
| “The
Secrets in Greenland’s Ice Sheet”
by Jon Gertner (Nov. 12, 2015 article from The New York Times) |
| "Climate
Change: It's Getting Hotter" (article assesses damage already
done, in The Economist , Oct 3 2015) |
| "Water
Guzzling Agriculture" by Reed McManus
(report on the price of food in terms of water
used, Sierra magazine September 2015) |
| "California
Drought Tests History of Endless Growth" by A. Nagourney etal
(article from The New York Times April 4, 2015)
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| "Earth's
Dashboard is Flashing Red--Are Enough People Listening?" by Dennis
Dimick (report from National Geographic Feb 2 2015) |
| "It's
Official: 2014 Was Hottest Year" (news item from The
Washington Post Jan 16 2015) |
| This
Changes Everything by Naomi Klein (sounds alarm about climate change,
review by Rob Nixon of 2014 book) |
| "Climate
Change: In the Balance" (article about a new way to view
the problem based on latest IPCC report, from The Economist Apr 5
2014) |
| "Cloudy
Forecast" by Gabriel Popkin (about clouds as the biggest
uncertainty in climate modeling, article from Science News Mar 22
2014) |
| "The
Future of the Oceans: Acid Test" (article from The Economist Nov 23 2013) |
| "Human
Assault Pushes Ocean to Limit Unseen in 300 Million Years" by Jon
Queally (Oct 3 2013 article on Common Dreams website) |
| "The Next Frontier"
by Jeffrey Sachs (guest article presents his vision for sustainable
development in The Economist Sep 21 2013) |
| "Limits
to Growth: 1972 Collapse Prediction Still on Track" by The Common
Dreams staff (April 6 2012 article) |
| "Perpetual
Growth Myth Leading World to Meltdown" (Feb 2012 article re: UN
report, by Common Dreams staff) |
| Plan
B 2.0: Rescuing A Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, by
Lester R. Brown (entire book online) |
| Earth
Trends: Environmental information (includes detailed searchable
database, from World Resources Institute) |
| The
Unsustainability of Development |
| Energy
Use and Sustainable Development |
|
"Persian
Gulf may soon be too hot to support human life" (AP
story Oct 27 2015) |
| "Carbon
Dioxide Passes a Symbolic Mark" (May 10 2013 report on BBC
News website) |
| "What
the Doha Climate Talks Could Do for Sustainable Development" by
C. Schuetze (Dec 3 2012 NY Times) |
|
"With
Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on Slowing Warming" (article
Dec 2 2012 NY Times ) |
| "It's Global Warming, Stupid!"
by Paul Barrett (article from BusinessWeek November 1 2012) |
| "Public
Awakens to Limits to Growth" by Ugo Bardi (April 5 2012 post on Financial
Sense website) |
| "Melting
Arctic Link to Cold, Snowy UK Winters" by Richard Black (Feb 27
2012 BBC News report) |
| "As
Permafrost Thaws, Scientists Study the Risks" by Justin Gillis (Dec
16 2011 NY Times article) |
| "Shock
as Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice Releases Deadly Greenhouse Gas"
(Dec 2011 article in The Independent/UK) |
| "Monster
Greenhouse Gas Levels Seen" (CBS News report, November 3
2011) |
| "Climate Change: The Heat is On"
(article from The Economist October 22 2011) |
| 2010
- 2011: Earth's most extreme weather since 1816? by Jeff Masters,
meteorologist |
| "Climate
Change: It's Bad and Getting Worse" by Dahr Jamail (June 2011 Al-Jazeera
news story) |
| "State
of the Ocean: Shocking Report Warns of Mass Extinction" (news
story on Huffington Post May 2011) |
| Treasures of the Earth:
Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future by Saleem H. Ali (review
at Forbes of 2009 book) |
| "Setting
Boundaries: Ten Guidelines to Save Earth" by David Biello (in Dec
2009 Scientific American) |
| "A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030" by M. Jacobsen and M. Delucchi
(in Nov 2009 Scientific American) |
| The
Biology and Business of Biofuels: Climate and The Challenges of
Sustainable Fuels (2008 UCTV program) |
| Greenhouse
Reduction - Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide (2008 UCTV program) |
| "Is
the Future of Biofuels in Algae?" by J. Donovan and N. Stowe (Renewable
Energy World article Jun 2009) |
| The
Power of Renewables, by Matthew Wald (from March 2009 issue of Scientific
American) |
| How
Meat Contributes to Global Warming, by Nathan Fiala (from Feb 2009
issue of Scientific American) |
| "What
Does the Arab World Do When Its Water Runs Out?" by John Vidal
(from Feb 2011 The Guardian) |
| "Facing
the Freshwater Crisis" by Peter Rogers (Aug 2008
article re: sustainable use of water from Scientific American) |
| "The
Next Big Biofuel" by Tim Padgett (in Time February 9 2009) |
| "Climate
Change: The Tragedy of the Himalayas, by Bryan Walsh" (in Time
December 14 2009) |
| "Uncle
Sam Needs to Solve the Energy Crisis" by Jeffrey Sachs (in Time
June 9, 2008) |
| Earth:
The Sequel, by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn (more about this 2008 book
on treehugger website) |
| Special
Issue Scientific American Magazine: Energy Solutions for a
Sustainable World (Sep, 2006 issue) |
|
Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World
ed. Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow (from
Sierra Club Books) |
| "21st
Century Strategies for Sustainability" by Hazel Henderson (2005
article / economic focus) |
| Special
Science Magazine Series on the State of the Planet (written late
2003) |
| Climate
Ark's Sustainability Initiatives Solutions |
| "Skeptics
Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel" by Elisabeth Rosenthal
(Feb 8 2010 NY Times article) |
| Cool It and The
Skeptical Environmentalist, by Bjorn Lomborg |
| Correcting
Myths from Bjorn Lomborg |
| Manmade
Global Warming Claims--Hundreds of Scientists Dissent (2008 US Senate
Minority Report) |
| Climate
Change--2005 floor speech by Sen. James Inhofe ("greatest
hoax ever perpetrated on the American public") |
| quotes
about sustainability from the Sustainable Communities Network |