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Posts in the 'Attended' Category
US Navy sinking skeptics?
Posted on August 17, 2010 in Attended
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus spoke at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco this evening. He seemed to be avoiding controversial statements, but described how the Navy is planning to patrol an Arctic Ocean that is projected to be ice-free in about 25 years and is moving to cut fossil fuel use in half by 2020.
It occurs to me that it’s hard to see how an American, at least, can maintain a skeptic’s position in the face of these plans. Mablus, a former governor, stated these plans as unexceptional. They’re reviewed, and must be approved, by congressmen and senators of both parties. If any of them believe that climate change is not real, they are seriously derelict in approving Navy budgets of many tens of billions of dollar that are based on such considerations – and in not making these actions by the Navy a campaign issue.
Stewart Brand and Climate Wars
Posted on June 27, 2010 in Attended
Stewart Brand hosts Climate Wars Q&A at The Green Arcade
A plug: The Green Arcade is the first San Francisco bookshop to sell my new book, Runaway! Buy it from them, to encourage the others.
The shirt says "Rad", not "Bad"
Climate Wars is an exciting new book by Gwynne Dyer, journalist and author. Climate Wars describes potential military conflicts as climate change “heats up” issues of water sharing, food security, and border control for countries worldwide. The book also, though, offers a snapshot of the current understanding of climate change and our future in top military, government, and scientific circles worldwide. It’s not a pretty picture.
Stewart Brand, famous for the Whole Earth Catalog in the 1960s and 70s, is head of Global Business Network (GBN) and the Long Now Foundation. Dyer provides analysis and consulting for GBN. So Brand hosted Dyer’s Q&A and book signing at The Green Arcade, the famous green and sustainability bookshop on the central part of Market Street, southwest of the Civic Center.
Ecology Emerges
Posted on March 19, 2010 in Attended
Tonight was #1 in the Ecology Emerges series
held in Oakland, led by Chris Carlsson and his SF history project, Shaping San Francisco. This is a great series; see upcoming dates here.
The theme was the Evolution of Eco-Activism, “Following the compelling shift from conservation to environmentalism to environmental/social justice over the last half-century”, with Jerry Mander (International Forum on Globalization), Karen Pickett (Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters), and Carla Pérez (Movement Generation).
Chris showed an evocative new 10-minute film, then there was a valuable panel talk. Jerry Mander said that things have gone so far that we need systemic changes and worldview changes, but that localization and sufficiency will be crucial. Karen Pickett talked about the Headwaters campaign and the importance of direct action.
