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Don’t Even Think About It

March 10, 2024 by sergneri Leave a Comment

I wrapped up “Don’t Even Think About It” by George Marshall and I want to write my notes up before I go off and kill myself to do my bit to reduce our carbon debt. Yep, it’s that kind of book, I just finished chapter 37 “Degrees of Separation – How Climate Experts Live With … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about, What I Read Tagged: anthropogenic climate change, carbon, carbon debt, climate, climate change deniers, Climate Experts, Don't Even Think About It, George Marshall, the future

Loosed upon the world : the Saga anthology of climate fiction edited by John Joseph Adams.

December 9, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Comment on the genre of “climate fiction,” which now, in late 2023 is pretty well defined, this entry suggests it has been around for centuries but gained momentum around 2010. Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction) The Wikipedia entry for Climate Fiction contains this: “Technologies such as climate engineering or climate adaptation practices often feature prominently in works … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arts, Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Future of Work, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Obituaries, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, Sea Stories, the Anthropocene, Thinking about, Uncategorized, What I Read Tagged: Alan Dean Foster, Angela Penrose, apocalypse, Cat Sparks, Charlie Jane Anders, Chen Qiufan, Chris Bachelder, CLI-FI, climate, climate engineering, Climate Fiction, Craig DeLancey, fiction, Gregory Benford, Jason Gurley, Jean-Louis Trudel, Jim Shepard, Karl Schroeder, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristen Finley, Literature, Margaret Atwood, Nancy Kress, Nicole Feldringer, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ramez Naam, Robert Silverberg, Sarah K. Castle, Sean McMullen, Seanan McGuire, the future, Tobias Buckell, Tobias S. Buckell, Vandana Singh

Observer Interview: Peter Kalmus

May 21, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Interview – Peter Kalmus: ‘As a species, we’re on autopilot, not making the right decisions’ Ian Tucker May 21, 2022 The Nasa data scientist explains why inaction on the climate crisis pushed him to chain himself to an LA bank – and why trusting in the ‘people in charge’ is so dangerous: ==================================== Do you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Racism, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: civil disobedience, climate crisis, Cop26, fossil fuel, fossil fuel industry, grief, humans, madness of billionaires, money in politics, Opec, Peter Kalmus, profit, the future

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