Date Archives August 2019

Why Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are bad for the climate

Why Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are bad for the climate – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Earlier this year, the video-sharing website YouTube updated its systems “to begin reducing recommendations of borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways”-for example, videos claiming the Earth is flat.

 

Shaming people into fighting climate change won’t work, says scientist

Shaming people into fighting climate change won’t work, says scientist | CBC Radio

As Greta Thunberg sails across the Atlantic to highlight the climate impact of flying, we’re asking whether the “flight shame” movement helps – or hurts – climate activism. One expert says inspiring people is a more effective way to create change.

 

Talking Climate with Alan Alda

Katharine Hayhoe on How to Talk About Climate Change | Alda Communication Training – Relating is Everything™

Katharine Hayhoe I’m Alan Alda, and this is C+V, conversations about connecting and communicating. Katherine: Every new study that comes out, it seems like is telling us that climate is changing faster or to a greater extent or impacting us in ways that we didn’t know about.