The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planett Rico Verde

Science has never been more crucial to deciding the political issues facing the country. Yet science and scientists have less influence with the federal government than at any time in modern history. Despite that the marvels of scientific progress that has improved our lives immensely, some well-funded groups whose positions fly in the face of overwhelming scientific consensus fiercely fight to protect their profits.Federal science agencies, once fiercely independent under both Republica...

Can shaming help mitigate the climate crisis? As the climate crisis has worsened, experts have put forth numerous solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and stop rising temperatures. Could shaming be one of them?Recently, celebrities like Kylie Jenner, Taylor Swift and Drake have been getting flack on social media for how often they fly their private jets. But criticism of these individuals for their jet use is not enough.Climate scientists have long contended that highlighting indiv...

Most people are not climate deniers. It is an unreasonable and frankly, a stupid position to take. Recent polling shows that the majority (73%) of Americans strongly believe that climate change is happening and that it is caused by humans. You would think that with that much agreement, we would vote in politicians with similar convictions. But we don't. Why? Could Everyday Denial, the denial that virtually every one of us engages in multiple times a day, be even a grea...

SHOW NOTESUPDATED INFORMATION: In this acclaimed classical rebroadcast we take the news-media to task for its appalling lack of coverage in this critical time of climate and ecological breakdown. We need to hold the media accountable for their miserable record of reporting on our fossil fuel-driven climate emergency.The news media is powerful, influential and should be a substantial and reliable source in our increasingly unlivable world.This episode’s webpage (linked below) includes upd...

UPDATED INFORMATION: In this acclaimed classical rebroadcast we take the news-media to task for its appalling lack of coverage in this critical time of climate and ecological breakdown. We need to hold the media accountable for their miserable record of reporting on our fossil fuel-driven climate emergency.The news media is powerful, influential and should be a substantial and reliable source in our increasingly unlivable world.This episode’s webpage (linked below) includes updated infor...

In this episode we revisit the complicated human emotion of FEAR. In our last episode we argued that fear could be the driving motivational factor for inciting eco-action. We took another look human psychology of fear, and found out, even though we’re living through an unprecedented climate and ecological disaster, it is shocking that most Americans and global citizens aren’t cowering in fear every day about the future of their loved ones and our planet.You would think that the prospect ...