http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/Global-Warming-CCAM-March-2015/
Today we are releasing results from our latest national survey, conducted in March 2015. Nearly two-thirds of the American public (63%) currently think global warming is happening, a percentage that has remained relatively stable over the past five years. Similarly, the percentage of the public who think that if global warming is happening, it is mostly human caused (52%) has also remained relatively unchanged.
For Survey results in the Yale Climate Opinion Maps:
http://environment.yale.edu/poe/v2014/
To narrow down map to CT results, double-click on CT on the map
Sunday, April 26, 2015
A World of Solutions: The U.N. Climate Sequel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5DxojGAEI
A week after the short film What's Possible opened the U.N. Climate Summit, Lyn Lear and director Louie Schwartzberg are back with a sequel that expands on their vision for climate change solutions.
Lear wrote in The Huffington Post:
Director Louie Schwartzberg and I had similar visions about the beauty and natural violence of evolution and the millions of years it took before human beings arrived on this planet. Then beginning with the Industrial Revolution, in less than two hundred years, man had almost brought this beautiful, complex creation to the brink of extinction. Inconceivable…right?
We wanted to show that we are still in peril, but more, we have the means to solve our problems in the present. There are many reasons to be optimistic and hopeful.
Part of that hope was to make a comparison of the semi-conscious mycelium root/soil system of the earth that feeds all plant life to the burgeoning Internet-connected global society we are evolving into today. If we could learn to use the Internet and mass media wisely we could be a powerful means for good and for progress.
Learn more about climate change, and take action at takepart.com/climate.
A week after the short film What's Possible opened the U.N. Climate Summit, Lyn Lear and director Louie Schwartzberg are back with a sequel that expands on their vision for climate change solutions.
Lear wrote in The Huffington Post:
Director Louie Schwartzberg and I had similar visions about the beauty and natural violence of evolution and the millions of years it took before human beings arrived on this planet. Then beginning with the Industrial Revolution, in less than two hundred years, man had almost brought this beautiful, complex creation to the brink of extinction. Inconceivable…right?
We wanted to show that we are still in peril, but more, we have the means to solve our problems in the present. There are many reasons to be optimistic and hopeful.
Part of that hope was to make a comparison of the semi-conscious mycelium root/soil system of the earth that feeds all plant life to the burgeoning Internet-connected global society we are evolving into today. If we could learn to use the Internet and mass media wisely we could be a powerful means for good and for progress.
Learn more about climate change, and take action at takepart.com/climate.
WHAT'S POSSIBLE: The U.N. Climate Summit Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vaajVtgRuI
Presented to world leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York, this short inspirational film shows that climate change is solvable. We have the technology to harness nature sustainably for a clean, prosperous energy future, but only if we act now. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, it calls on the people of the world to insist leaders get on the path of a livable climate and future for humankind.
Learn more about climate change and take action at takepart.com/climate.
WHAT'S POSSIBLE was created by a team including director Louie Schwartzberg, producer Lyn Davis Lear, writer Scott Z. Burns, Moving Art Studio, and the Lear Family Foundation.
Presented to world leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York, this short inspirational film shows that climate change is solvable. We have the technology to harness nature sustainably for a clean, prosperous energy future, but only if we act now. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, it calls on the people of the world to insist leaders get on the path of a livable climate and future for humankind.
Learn more about climate change and take action at takepart.com/climate.
WHAT'S POSSIBLE was created by a team including director Louie Schwartzberg, producer Lyn Davis Lear, writer Scott Z. Burns, Moving Art Studio, and the Lear Family Foundation.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Home, the Film
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.
The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.
For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film.
HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Is the Environment a Moral Cause?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/opinion/sunday/is-the-environment-a-moral-cause.html?_r=0
To win over more of the public, environmentalists must look beyond the arguments that they themselves have found convincing. The next wave of moral arguments for environmental reform will need to look very different from the last, if they are to be maximally effective. Such efforts to understand others’ moral perspectives might not only bring both sides in line on this important issue, but also foster the sort of sincerity and respect necessary to sustain a large-scale collective effort.
To win over more of the public, environmentalists must look beyond the arguments that they themselves have found convincing. The next wave of moral arguments for environmental reform will need to look very different from the last, if they are to be maximally effective. Such efforts to understand others’ moral perspectives might not only bring both sides in line on this important issue, but also foster the sort of sincerity and respect necessary to sustain a large-scale collective effort.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Textile Recycling Program: Bloomfield
Town of Bloomfield has 3 Collection points:
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Town Hall, 800 Bloomfield Ave
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Human Service Center, 330 Park Ave
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Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave
For list of recyclable textiles:
http://bloomfieldct.org/Resources.ashx?id=b02a55ea-d595-4de2-8073-c2d8789cbbca
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Prescription Medication Disposal : Newington
Source: http://www.newingtonct.gov/content/78/118/140/22371/default.aspx
The Newington Police Department now has a Medication Collection and Disposal Drop Box located in the lobby of the police department. This drop box allows for town residents to dispose their unused prescription drugs in the safest way possible. Please read the information provided below on how these items will be accepted.
Citizens may place their unused medications/drugs into the collection box anonymously.
Please obliterate personal identifying information on containers before depositing.
Opened containers of liquid will not be accepted.
Syringes shall not be placed into the drop box.
Commercial disposal from medical facilities, doctor/dental offices, veterinarians, etc. is prohibited and is not part of this program.
No medication or other waste shall be left outside of the drop box.
The "Drop Box" is pictured below:
The Newington Police Department now has a Medication Collection and Disposal Drop Box located in the lobby of the police department. This drop box allows for town residents to dispose their unused prescription drugs in the safest way possible. Please read the information provided below on how these items will be accepted.
Citizens may place their unused medications/drugs into the collection box anonymously.
Please obliterate personal identifying information on containers before depositing.
Opened containers of liquid will not be accepted.
Syringes shall not be placed into the drop box.
Commercial disposal from medical facilities, doctor/dental offices, veterinarians, etc. is prohibited and is not part of this program.
No medication or other waste shall be left outside of the drop box.
The "Drop Box" is pictured below:
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