In part 1, I examined how climate change mirrors the Copernican Revolution. In Part 2, I will examine more in depth the actions, politics and developments that transpired that led to the adoption of the Heliocentric view; the Earth revolves around the Sun…
In the 15th century, a mathematician and astronomer named Nicolaus Copernicus turned the world on its head by proposing that the Sun—not the Earth—was at the center of the known universe. At the time, this idea was deeply controversial, even…
Major social change rarely fails because the evidence is weak. It fails because institutions underestimate how hard it is for people and organizations to let go of old assumptions and move toward new defaults. The long arc of…
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has released their latest Global Environmental Assessment, titled A Future We Choose. It was written by 287 experts – from 82 countries with deep knowledge of the natural, social, behavioral and cultural sciences; over 800…
The scientific community is sounding the alarm, and they’re doing it LOUDLY! Sadly, still, most of us are not paying attention. But if we did pay attention – and start to act appropriately – we can turn this around!
In the last few months, four major scientific reports on…
On October 29th, this year’s State of the Climate Report (1) was published. It’s a must read. Our situation is dire, but we can do something about it. Opening with these words, “We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet’s vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of…
Our cities still measure climate progress through frameworks that overlook how food choices and land use interact. That blind spot keeps solutions fragmented and weak. PBCM exists to challenge and update those rules — showing that municipal policies can link what we eat, how we use public land, and how we…
It’s getting scary. The global warming crisis is looking more serious than we thought even just a few years ago. Worse, it appears that it may be about to accelerate. Ominously, a big part of the reason for that is that the Earth’s terrestrial carbon sink – the net absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere…
To better understand how universities are evolving toward more sustainable, plant-based meals, the Canadian University Initiative surveyed dining leaders at the 30 largest…