Users of the internet who share information, e.g. by participating in public discussions, may protect their identity or control the audience with whom they share information. One basic reason is that individuals act as members of various social groups (e.g. family, rugby club, church choir, colleagues from oil company,…) who have different values and social…
I have just stressed to other friends in the climate movement how important I find to control commercials 1) in terms of quantity and 2) environmental risk information to reduce consumption last week. Therefore, when I discovered George Monbiot’s article [1] on the role of advertisements and academia in society, I was very excited to…
After year 2018 is coming to its end, I would like to reflect the current ecological crisis and what action is need to make progress in year 2019 [to be continued]: The inertia in the political and economic transformation has to be reduced by pressure on political leaders and the society to reduce the distance…
I recently re-discovered this all-time classic rock song which was first published in 1979, and – just for fun – re-interpreted it in the context of our current ecological crisis. (see also poster) Highway to Hell by AC/DC Living easy, living free Convenient living with a high-level of consumerism and global neoliberalism … Season ticket…
The following list contains protest songs against the eco crisis in Swedish: Sjung för klimatet! (JUST EARTH) [DOCX] [PDF] (Svensk översättning av Staffan Lindberg (Twitter: @CO2bantaren, 2018-12-14) av den originala songen ”Sing for the Climate (Do It Now!)” from Just Earth by Paulette Meier, Jamie Fota, Len Webb and Diana Porter, URL: https://paulettemeier.bandcamp.com/track/sing-for-the-climate-do-it-now) Tänd…
I recently came across the WHO definition of child abuse which states “Child abuse or maltreatment constitutes all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship…
Some websites & blogs so good, they need mentioning (to be updated): https://350.org (The most perfect climate action website I can think of!) https://www.monbiot.com (Author Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Monbiot) http://www.timdechristopher.org (Author Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_DeChristopher)
Following current discussions on climate breakdown, our serious situation, and potential solutions, I hear a lot of talk about “hope”, and “staying positive”. However, I cannot understand this, because this rarely works for me. Instead I prefer a motto, which Eric Schmidt (Google) describes as “fail to fail” [1]. “Staying positive” may have the advantage…
A recent article in German news magazine Spiegel Online, presented a study by the German Environment Agency [2,3], which identified a climate-conscious, academic, high-salary group with paradoxically high consumption of ressources and high greenhouse gas emissions, because positive behaviors (e.g. plant based diet, cycling, public transport) are negatively overcompensated by high emissions due to large …
According to the Swedish Environment Protection Agency [¹] is Swedish transport and consumption about 10 times higher than sustainable , therefore, I wonder how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport and consumption in an effective way. Purchasing goods and services incl transport is a basic right in a liberal capitalist society, and therefore these…
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