past teaching at OLLI West & OLLI South – SPRING 2017; click here for details
– PDF-updated01: Belanger April 7th lecture
– Pptx-updated01: Belanger April 7th lecture
Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
See biochar-international.org/newsletter
“By the end of 2015, it employed a whopping 208,859 solar workers – more than tripling the 67,929 employed in coal-mining, and eclipsing the 187,200 employed in oil and gas extraction for the very first time.” via The Climate Council
In Taking the Climate Challenge participants will decide on a challenge they want to take on and then develop a plan on how to get there that has measurable results. We’re using a process called “rapid prototyping” with several facilitators helping us get there. This process is astoundingly effective and you might want to use it for completely different planning scenarios in the future. We’ll be joined by Kat Haber who also organized TEDx events.
FLYER – ClimateColorado
“Bringing the Climate Accord home” event is a nuts & bolts workshop led by Leslie Glustrom and Ken Regelson (both having spoken here before) and will help you gain the skills needed to help decarbonize your community’s electricity–the largest single step that can be taken in states like Colorado to do our part to address climate change. With a combination of inspiring speakers and hands-on trainings you will leave with the tools YOU need to do your part to bring the Paris Climate Accords to YOUR community. There’s a $30/$15 fee (includes lunch) but no one is turned away. Co-Sponsored with 350 Colorado. Clean Energy Action, and Frack Free Denver.
FLYER – CLICK HERE
– It took just three years for three U.S. cities to make the transition to 100 percent clean energy:Greensburg, KS, Burlington, VT and Aspen, CO.
-Remember there’s more at: http://energyshouldbe.org/ where Ken Regelson suggests the nation in 20 years.
all invited see EEE tab (https://denverclimatestudygroup.com/?page_id=683) for more info
SEE CCL Colorado facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/CitizensClimateLobbyDenverChapter/?fref=ts and Denver Climate Study Group facebook page https://www.facebook.com/denverclimatestudygroup/?fref=ts
CLICK HERE Denver post OPEN FORUM replies 20151213 – further down the pdf
Eight ways to save the Earth (Bloomberg/Denver Post – click here) – includes winning conservatives implementing a carbon tax. (If you’re a DP reader you’ll be discouraged to read Kaminsky/KOA post on p. 4D still claiming no temperature rise since 1997 and that we’re detached from reality – get real, eh!)
– Amendment 37+ Renewable Energy Standard to 60%?
– Million solar roofs by ’25
– Carbon Fee with dividend
– CEBOR – Colorado Energy Bill of Rights
“The slowdown in global warming is a subject of intense study. Is it a real physical effect, or a few chance cool years, or something more complex? Could it have been predicted? Can we understand it in retrospect? The following lecture and commentary from the Denial101x course attempt to summarize recent work on the subject. However it is a very fast-moving field, so this summary can only cover a small fraction of the material and will quickly become out-of-date (if it is not already so).” read on for extensive discussion
and video.
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I’m in the 3rd week (to date of the 4th week; 7 total). You can download the video, transcripts and handouts.
I encourage all to at least look at week one, An overview of the climate controversy focusing on the consensus, psychology of denial and the spread of denial – the most tedious but I think the most rewarding. The others will be most factual to counter the things that are constantly misused to confuse and deceive the public for what are clearly political and ideological reasons – NOT scientific ones! Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
2015 information:
“Earth’s Climate; past, present and future and reasons for concern” Fall 2015; click on OLLI tab above for details/links
My course description can be found here
My syllabus can be found here
Book: What we know about Climate change by Kerry Emanuel
p.75-76; comment on p. 75 to
“…we could elect and do nothing and gamble on a benign outcome. But if we are wrong we will saddle our grandchildren and their descendents (sic) with enormous problems. At the other, we could make serious economic and other tangible sacrifices that might prove unnecessary.”
e.g. curb use of fossil fuels independent of climate/GHGs issues: At what point do we encourage alternative energy sources, despite some greater cost to us now, let’s bank it for our children
which leads to this quote on p. 76:
“…costs may be high and those paying them are not likely to be serious beneficiaries of their own actions. Indeed, there are few, if any, historical examples of civilizations consciously making sacrifices on behalf of descendents (sic) two or more generations removed.”
That’s what the discount rate is about. In that regard we need a social paradigm shift
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Go to Jim Hansen’s home page for more on his thoughts and articles on reports to congress, climate, energy/contemporary issues
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