Divestment
According to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia, “divestment is a socially responsible investing tactic to remove assets from a sector or industry based on moral objections to its business practices.”
Author: Shani Cairns, MLIS, Science Communicator
Spaceship Earth: An Introduction to Earth System Science
What is Earth System Science?
Earth System Science (ESS) is the application of systems science to the Earth sciences. It attempts to study the whole Earth as a system of many interacting parts and focus on the changes within and between systems.
The End of Big Oil
Dirty Energy and Dirty Money.
This dastardly duo has plagued mankind for centuries, but now fossil fuel subsidized dirty energy and dirty money have put the future of all life in jeopardy. Even though our ingenuity as a species has been remarkable, we have ultimately become the victims of our own progress.
Earth Challenge 2020
What is Earth Challenge 2020?Earth Challenge 2020 “is the world’s largest ever coordinated citizen science campaign. The initiative integrates existing citizen science projects and builds …
Scientists’ Warning Statement
One Earth, Not One Percent
“Both reducing climate change impacts and poverty are two of the defining issues of the 21st century in trying to achieve sustainable development; they are also intrinsically linked.”
Renewables
Renewable energy sources will be the world’s main source of power within two decades and are establishing a foothold in the global energy system faster …
Energy Sector Disruptors
“One cannot change an existing system; one must create a new system that makes the old system obsolete.” – Buckminster Fuller. Implications of Climate Change …
Geoengineering
Geoengineering: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
We were supposed to start to bring our emissions down globally at least two decades ago, but instead they have increased. Even though many groups like the Club of Rome are now calling for significant reduction of emissions by the 2020’s, it’s hard to imagine it happening by any stretch.
Direct Air Capture
This technology is still in early stages of development. Commercial applications include: enhanced oil recovery, production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuel and plastics, as well as beverage carbonation.