Thursday, September 14
Agenda and Course Overview
Links, Readings and Videos
Links, Readings and Videos
- - United Nations Sustainability Goals
- - Project Drawdown Solutions by Picture or Summary with Numbers
- - Cool Visual History of Global Warming by Country in 35 seconds (Climate Central)
- - Breaking Down the Climate Message with Katharine Hayhoe and Michael Mann (3:50)
- - Quick anecdotal read about international trends: Resilient Cities 2018 (Bonn, Germany) Call for Contributions (PDF - FYI)
- - Amazing shift in dynamics portrayed by the Paris Accord 2015, Climate Voices Webinar with Senator Timothy Wirth and Paul Detchon, The UN Foundation (63 minutes)
- - Leading from the Emerging Future! MIT EdX Course starting September 14, 2017
Three Versions of "What a Wonderful World"
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- Which version do you like the most?
- Can you decide?
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For Next Week
- - Watch the 3 minute video Leading Change in Times of Disruption. This is a free MIT EdX class in U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society and Self.
- - Consider enrolling. It consists of 90 minutes of inspiring videos. You can down load the videos and keep them. You can also read and/or download the transcripts. It's free!
- Check out Project Drawdown. Explore the kinds of solutions that are suggested.
Solutions are organized by category, such as "Women & Girls," "Land Use," "Energy".
Solutions are organized by category, such as "Women & Girls," "Land Use," "Energy".
- Check out the UN's "Lazy Person's Guide to to Saving the World"
- Consider joining the Launch the Future EcoChallenge Team, sponsored by the Northwest Earth Institute.
- Peruse the readings and videos at the top of this page. The dynamic is shifting!
- Consider joining the Launch the Future EcoChallenge Team, sponsored by the Northwest Earth Institute.
- Peruse the readings and videos at the top of this page. The dynamic is shifting!
Questions to think about
-- What do you think of the Otto Shermer's U.Lab approach?
-- Does anything jump out at you from the Project Drawdown ideas?
-- How do you tend to respond to those you feel are harming the Earth?
-- Is your response productive for you, for the other, and for the Earth?
-- Does anything jump out at you from the Project Drawdown ideas?
-- How do you tend to respond to those you feel are harming the Earth?
-- Is your response productive for you, for the other, and for the Earth?