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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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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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“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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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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