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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #23A:
Sustainability |
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Sustainable
Development
(from online encyclopedia) |
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Ecological
Economics
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Steady
State Economy (from online encyclopedia) |
| Climate
Change
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Stewardship
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Sustainability
Measurement (from online encyclopedia) |
| Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change
(from online encyclopedia) |
| The
Limits to Growth (from online encyclopedia, about 1972 book: lead
author Donella Meadows) |
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Various Definitions
of Terms Related to Sustainability |
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Worldview Watch #44, posted
5/19/2015: Steps Toward a Pay As You Go Economy |
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Environmental
Education Ideas for Kids by Ginger Reid (August 20 2018
contribution) |
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Climate
Reality Project (Al Gore led group offers educational materials,
climate activist training, etc) |
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Sustainability Now
(references, links, etc from engineering perspective) |
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Links on Sustainable
Development |
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International Institute for Sustainable
Development |
| The
Worldwatch Institute |
| 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) |
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Renewable and Appropriate
Energy Laboratory (at UC Berkeley) |
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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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
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"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) |
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"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) |
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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 |