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Brave and accountable leaders who are competent on climate change are needed, but for the public to choose them reliably requires the universal early teaching and learning of ecology.
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As illustrated by the work of the philosopher Thomas Kuhn, our conceptual models, our paradigms, frame our interpretation of data. Today, it is critically important that we share an “energy convergence” view of climate change[1].Climate change is not a sedate, steady drift towards a slightly warmer planet. Rather, what we know is that – as […]
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Deep cultural features can be subtle, influential and very resistant to change, so it is important to create space for each people to find their own ways to respond to environmental threats.
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System change in a climate emergency means replacing vulnerable and polluting parts of each human system with stronger and cleaner ones, often against inertia and resistance.
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Syukuro Manabe explains how mountains affect the Earth’s climate (1972 photo, courtesy of NOAA/GFDL)
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The complex systems of life, mind and society are rich in information, and have to maintain themselves actively against entropy and chaos or be reduced to uniform ash.
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It is common to hear about about scientific studies reporting statistical associations between particular genes and diseases or characteristics such as intelligence or educational attainment. The take-home message is often that those DNA sites are ‘responsible’ for cancer, or high intelligence etc., even though what scientist have actually found is only an association between the two. This is what I have called the "associated gene" concept.
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Empowered communities can help themselves, each other and their cities and countries to resist climate chaos, and this plus realistic mitigation efforts are new priorities for all governments
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