I’m back from PowerShift, and I had a fantastic time. I attended many workshops – including one on paleoclimatology from Dr Michael Pisaric, in which I had the joys of learning about pack rat middens – but also had time to do a lot of touring and walking. Ontario in the autumn is absolutely beautiful; [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Activists and Scientists
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged canada, climate change, global warming, politics, science, Stephen Harper, youth on October 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Weather is Weird
Posted in News and Reports, tagged canada, climate change, global warming, science on October 21, 2009 | 12 Comments »
For the entire 2009 spring and summer, central North America was cooler than normal. I certainly noticed it. I also noticed when September was suddenly extremely warm. It felt like July. I went swimming on Labour Day weekend, which is pretty much unprecedented in Prairie weather. I noticed that September was warm, and expected this [...]
Observations
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged climate change, credibility, debate, global warming, media, politics, science, youth on October 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’ve given my presentation to several different classes at school this week. As I spend so much time corresponding with people who are very knowledgeable about climate change, it’s fascinating to step back and see what average students know, and what they don’t yet understand. The most interesting was definitely the credibility game – when [...]
Coby Beck gets Philosophical
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged agreement, climate change, debate, global warming, science, statements on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Coby Beck has a fantastic post on the nature of consensus and its role in science. Fits right in with the topic of this blog.
Credibility in a Bewildered World
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged agreement, al gore, canada, climate change, credibility, debate, denial, global warming, IPCC, media, politics, risk management, science, statements, youth on October 12, 2009 | 56 Comments »
My apologies that I’ve been so quiet the past few weeks. I’ve been hard at work at a presentation I’ll be making at PowerShift Canada, a youth climate change conference in Ottawa from October 23-26. A big thank you to Steve Easterbrook, a regular reader here, who has contacts at PowerShift and basically got me [...]
A Pretty Typical Story
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged agreement, al gore, climate change, credibility, debate, denial, global warming, media, politics, science, skeptic on October 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It looks like Peter Sinclair has finished fixing the audio on his previous videos, and is now coming out with some new material. Check out this video, which tells a story that is infuriatingly typical.
Bill Maher on Climate Change
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged climate change, copenhagen, debate, denial, global warming, media, politics on October 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Start watching at about 2:00 and enjoy a good laugh. I envy Maher’s ability to communicate complex political subjects in a concise and public-friendly way. Does anyone know if Inhofe is actually coming to Copenhagen with Obama? I haven’t read that anywhere else, and I remember hearing something about each government only being allowed two [...]
Hooray for the Yes Men
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged climate change, global warming, media, science on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Possibly the greatest tactic ever. Watch for when the newspaper editor calls the random cyclist an environmentalist.
Essays CAN be Enjoyable!
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged agreement, climate change, credibility, debate, global warming, ice age, media, science on October 4, 2009 | 22 Comments »
I’ve been working on two different essays for school this past week. One is about the Grapes of Wrath. Bleccch. The other, however, was much more enjoyable. Compare three journalism texts on the same topic, see how they differ, and why. I chose to cover the publication of the Kaufman et al study, with articles [...]
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