We Don’t Have To Grow Until We Drop
Near the end of her career, Helen Keller was asked by a student if there was anything worse than losing her sight. She replied,...
Oil Sector Propaganda Invades The Classroom
Just when you think you've seen it all when it comes to the disinformation and outright deception coming from the oil sector propaganda machine,...
Human And Environmental Health Go Hand In Hand
A recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the University of California shows that climate change is affecting our health and...
Plastic = Climate Change
Some of you will remember The Graduate (1967) starring Dustin Hoffman who played the character Ben, a young graduate attending a party. When asked...
Parents In The Age of Climate Change
“Climate change offers a unique parenting challenge: a steadily-rolling disaster to which we all contribute, punctuated by periodic events and mounting scientific evidence. It...
Limiting Beliefs Damage Our Environment, Health and Future
When I jog in my neighborhood and see the little knoll ahead, I often think This is going to be hard. Running begins to feel like...
Psychology Lessons On How To Inspire Climate Action
We all know that the first step to solving a problem is understanding it. But when it comes to climate change, what happens when understanding...
Meat Taxes Are Highly Probable In The Near Future
Emissions from livestock account for 14.5% of human-caused GHGs (greenhouse gases) according to a UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) study – total of...
A World With Ten Billion People Does Not Turn Out Well
The problems of overpopulation, overdevelopment and overshoot continue to be largely ignored by the climate movement. As a 'book champion', 'campaign activist' and 'campaign friend' of the Global...
Tracking The Climate Impact of A Hamburger
We are pleased to welcome Caroline Jones as a guest contributor to Below2°C. Caroline is a researcher at the Climate and Development Lab at Brown...