One of the main points in this post is that there is no clear answer to stop pollution, but that one of the things we can do is educate people. I firmly agree with this point. Obviously teaching people about global warming will not stop it from occurring but it may influence people to at least not further the problem… Read more »
The city of Seattle is currently experiencing the largest snowfall in seventy years. Grocery stores have been cleared out, buses have stopped running, and schools are closed. Stuck inside my apartment watching the snow accumulate, I can’t help but feel powerless. Not just powerless in my day to day life, but powerless to influence the world around me. Watching cars… Read more »
Soy can be found in many forms: as edamame, miso, tofu, soymilk, soy sauce, or as one of the many alternatives to meat. In 2018 alone over 360 million metric tons of soybeans were produced (SOPA), but the product is criticized for a spectrum of issues, from being the leading cause of destruction of tropical rainforests, to the rumor of… Read more »
Response to: https://courses.washington.edu/ps301a2019w/imagery-of-extinction/ The hell of nuclear war conjures up vivid images of mushroom clouds, vast military power, horrific death, pain, and suffering. When we imagine the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we imagine the destroyed buildings, massive death toll, and people ill from radiation poisoning. It tugs at our existential fears: life, death, suffering, control, and more. For me,… Read more »
Owen DeArmond-MacLeod Course Blog Post #2 In Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy the authors bring up some of the positive feedback loops that contribute to the exacerbation climate change. For instance: polar ice melts, the surface of the water gets warmer, and then more ice melts (21). The presence of these self-reinforcing cycles… Read more »
Not to discredit efforts to recycle and compost compatible materials, both crucial behaviors we must exhibit to combat inevitable human consumption. But, for a multitude of reasons, recycling and composting are ironically further hindering the environment that, in theory, they are supposed to be helping. First, in regards to recycling, it takes consumption to save consumption. Fuel-hungry trucks duplicate the… Read more »
In the age of the Anthropocene, humans face inescapable reminders of our species destruction to the earth. We have entered our “mirror-moment,” having viewed Earth from space (Anthropocene, 2015). Those alive today share in a time when we can readily see the devastation our species has created, as anthropogenic pollution reaches even the most remote places on Earth. The BBC… Read more »
Nowadays, the word “fast” is attached to anything with convenience as a major factor. We’ve all heard of “fast food”- a term popularized in the US in the 1950’s, used to describe mass-produced food with a sole priority placed on speed. But the term “fast fashion” is one tied to a much younger concept- that of inexpensive, rapidly mass-produced clothing… Read more »
In tarot, the Death card doesn’t symbolize rot and decay so much as it symbolizes the process of regeneration that springs forth from it. The Death card means an end to one part of life and the beginning of another. Will this transformative process be painful? Probably – letting go is often extremely difficult. But the esteemed Biddy Tarot tells… Read more »
Human consumption is a major contributor to global climate change. What we consume and how much has a direct impact on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The use of fossil fuels in the production of goods and facilitation of services has caused global carbon emissions to jump to unprecedented and alarming levels. The heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide is… Read more »