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Catastrophic human ignorance Isn’t climate change catastrophic enough? 27. October 2012 MSc. REBE – Module 1.1 Kari-Marie H. Holmstrøm 1 (Conin, 2005)

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Catastrophic human ignorance

Isn’t climate change catastrophic enough?

27. October 2012 MSc. REBE – Module 1.1 Kari-Marie H. Holmstrøm 1

(Conin, 2005)

Content

•Human selfishness and the EGO vs ECO way of living

•Consequences of global warming and climate change

•The climate change message – sugarcoated or exaggerated?

•Responsibility and action – who’s job is it?

•Conclusion and picturing the facts

•References

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(FUTURITY, 2011)

Homo Sapiens («Wise human»)

- The ONE species to rule them all!

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Species extinction

Desperation

Extreme weather

Disease

(Skylab Culture, 2012)

Resource scarcity

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Fresh air

Clean water

Biodiversity

Stability

WE the PEOPLE

Well-being

Sustainability

Beauty Peace

Death War

Destruction

(Twentieth Century Fox, 2004)

- Isn’t mere climate change serious enough to be worthy of attention?

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…and then there’s the IGNORANCE!

Ignorance is bliss, isn’t that what they say?!

(FCIT, 2012)

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(QuotationsBook, no date).

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“A reasonable society should be willing to undertake fairly significant precautions to avoid catastrophic events. Over the past few decades, however, social and cognitive psychologists studying human judgment and choice have learned that reasonable people sometimes fail to make reasonable choices.”

(Rachlinski, 2000, Siwanowicz, 2011).

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(PolitiComments, no date).

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What anybody CAN do:

Recycle ) (Care2, 2008)

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Reduce…

Water

Fuel Paper Electricity

Plastic bags, bottles… Chemicals Materialism

Waste Meat consumption Consumption in general….

(DMSTAGRAM, no date).

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Planet Earth is in serious trouble! The selfishness of some is the

misery of others! The species of the Earth are many, but

more and more become endangered

every year!

Climate change is a complex issue, and

so is putting the message

constructively forward!

Climate change is catastrophic enough as it is, and deserve more attention and

ACTION!

We need to start living up to the WISE humans

we named ourself to be!

We need to shift from an EGO, to a

more ECO, lifestyle!

Conclusion

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Picturing the facts with some screenshots: - Catastrophic or not, feel free to get affected!

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References Bryant, M. (2011) ‘How to make cameras auto-focus like eyes’, Futurity, 3 October 2011. Available at: http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/how-to-make-cameras-auto-focus-like-eyes/ (Accessed: 22 October 2012). Care2 (2008), ‘Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Your Way to Lower Overhead’, Available at: http://www.care2.com/news/member/359900140/848497 (Accessed: 23 October 2012). Conin, (2005) Ignorance [Online]. Available at: http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs7/i/2005/162/e/c/ignorance_____by_Conin.jpg (Accessed: 26 October 2012). DMSTAGRAM (no date), ‘Remember: someone is happy with less than you have’ Available at: http://dm.stagram.com/p/200273381734119461_25543741 (Accessed: 23 October 2012). FCIT, (2012) ‘Three Wise Monkeys’, [Online]. Available at: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/22000/22027/monkeys_22027.htm (Accessed: 22 October 2012). Homeproject (2009) ‘HOME’ Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand [Film] France: EuropaCorp. [Online]. Available at: http://www.homethemovie.org/en and http://youtu.be/jqxENMKaeCU (Accessed 24 October 2012). PolitiComments, (no date), ‘I don’t see any borders, do you?’, Available at: http://ct.politicomments.com/ol/pc/sw/i52/5/8/14/pc_fe54612316ebffdaa75275a5b2bb4e82.jpg (Accessed 23 October 2012). QuotationsBook.com, Available at: http://quotationsbook.com/quote/43076/ (no date) (Accessed 22 October 2012). Rachlinski, J.J. (2000) ‘The psychology of global climate change’, Symposium: Innovations in Environmental Policy, 2000, 1, University of Illinois Law Review, [Online]. Available at: http://env.chass.utoronto.ca/env200y/ESSAY2001/globwarm.pdf (Accessed: 22 October 2012) Siwanowicz, I. (2011) ‘Baby chameleons’. Available at: http://www.egodialogues.com/2011/action-photography/ (Accessed: 23 October 2012). Skylab Clothing Culture TM (2012) ‘Ego vs. Eco’. Available at: http://skylabculture.com/blog/2012/05/26/ego-vs-eco/ (Accessed: 22 October 2012). The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Directed by Roland Emmerich [Film]. USA, Twentieth Century Fox.

Questions?

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