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5 ideas for a small planet

submitted by robertkamper on fri, 2009-05-29 12:28.

Frances Moore Lappe has 5 challenging ideas on how to solve the problems the world faces today. She asserts (and I obviously agree) that it is how people view their world that prevents them from seeing the solutions to their problems.tags: warming global solutions

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youtube tribute to marchall mcluhan

submitted by robertkamper on sun, 2008-06-22 15:20.

Here's a link to a link of an online comic that is syndicated to a number of paper newspapers.
I recently got a DVD of a film called McLuhan's Wake and sort of watched it on the computer while I was trying to do some other things at the same time.
Every time I see someone with a tattoo I remember his comments about how the global village and the world becoming more tribal.

tags: global internet youtube visual literacy marshall mcluhan medium message village

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climate change info...from climate scientists!

submitted by lesley on tue, 2007-06-19 15:00.

Climate change is a hot topic these days, and it seems that everyone has an opinion. The problem is that with all the opinions out there, it's hard to tell if anyone really knows what they're talking about!

Dr. Gavin Schmidt is a leading climate scientist at NASA Goddard’s Institute for Space Studies, and is one of the founders of RealClimate.org, which attempts to make some sense out of the madness surrounding global warming. To listen to him being interviewed....

tags: warming global climate change ecosystem

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scientists slam exxonmobil's global warming "disinformation"

submitted by susanjillian on thu, 2007-01-04 13:09.

Scientists Slam ExxonMobil's Global Warming "Disinformation"
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a nonprofit independent scientific organization formed in 1969, has slammed what it calls ExxonMobil's disinformation tactics in regard to climate change. The UCS has just released a report that details how ExxonMobil has adopted the tobacco industry's disinformation tactics (as well as some of the same organizations and personnel), to cloud the scientific understanding of climate change and delay action on the issue. The report claims that in the last seven years, ExxonMobil has funneled nearly $16 million to a network of 43 advocacy organizations that seek to confuse the public on global warming science.

tags: warming global non profit scientific group

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oil giant accused of funding global warming 'disinformation'

submitted by susanjillian on thu, 2007-01-04 13:04.

Oil Giant Accused of Funding Global Warming 'Disinformation'
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 04, 2007
(CNSNews.com) - Accusing ExxonMobil of funding a "disinformation campaign" against global warming, an environmental activist group said Wednesday the oil giant has been paying advocacy groups to create confusion about climate change.
The complete story can be found here

tags: warming global exxonmobil

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