I consider myself someone who definitely understands the importance of feminism and the role of women in societal and environmental movements. Even so, I have recently realized that there has been a whole host of information that I have been overlooking! Women are absolutely essential to combating climate change. Last Read more…
This week, I visited Agnes Scott College’s Dalton Gallery to view its current exhibition: “Weatherwise/Otherwise: Artists Respond to Climate Change.” Climate change is an issue that will ultimately affect everyone, and as such, we need to find ways of communicating it to everyone. This means that we must use various Read more…
What could zombies and climate change possibly have in common? According to Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, a University of Georgia (UGA) Athletic Association Professor of Geography and the Director of UGA’s Atmospheric Sciences Program, the answer is quite a lot. Shepherd delivered a lecture entitled “Zombies, Sports, and Cola: Implications Read more…
When most people think about greenhouse gases, they usually imagine cars and factories burning fossil fuels for energy. And this makes sense; after all, fossil fuels used for industry, transportation, and electricity/heat contribute to over 50% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Read more…
In spite of a scientific consensus that climate change exists, public perception of the problem is ambivalent; almost half of all Americans refute the idea of global warming completely, while many others disregard it as a pressing issue. Ilissa Ocko and Mason Fried’s article for the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Read more…
