Category Archives: Climate/Environment

Climate Migration

Climate/Environment

I strongly recommend the following two interactive articles about the great climate migration. Part 1, “The Great Climate Migration,” shows how roughly 20% of the currently populated parts of the world will become virtually uninhabitable in about 50 years. Part 2, “How Climate Migration Will Reshape America,” explores how the climate crisis will increasingly affect migration patterns within the United States. All this raises the question, “where will these climate refugees go?” Continue reading Climate Migration →

Reflections on the (Real Possibility) of the End of the World

Climate/Environment, Existential Risk

Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit on fire 2010.jpg

Combating the fire on the Deepwater Horizon.

Over the last few weeks I’ve discussed the recent UN report on the destruction of the ecosystem, and Jared Diamond’s and Bill McKibbon’s worries about whether the human race we will survive our current crises. Continue reading Reflections on the (Real Possibility) of the End of the World →

The Basics of Bill McKibben’s, “Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?”

Climate/Environment

Bill McKibben in 2016

In my last post, I discussed some of the key themes in Jared Diamond’s new book Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis.  Today I’d like to do the same for Bill McKibben new book Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Continue reading The Basics of Bill McKibben’s, “Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?” →