FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Environmentalism and climate change

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: August 17, 2010 9:43:48 AM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion Group Discussion Group <hidisc [at] 
> humanistinstitute.org>
> 
> 
> The humanist track record for promoting personal and societal changes in the 
> light of new knowledge -- and realistic political awareness -- is pretty 
> good. Be radical, seek the deeper and more basic causes, don't expect any 
> supernatural help, know that our best knowledge comes from the sciences (and 
> is thus hard to convey).
> 
> David Roberts contrasts environmental movements with the much bigger/deeper 
> issue of climate change. Even he (well, it's a short essay) omits the role 
> played by sharp population increase.
> 
> But it is a good reminder. With our few resources, focus on central issues -- 
> however tough and unpopular.
> 
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> http://www.grist.org/article/2010-08-09-environmentalism-can-never-address-climate-change
> 
> Bob
>