Midwestern farmers are taking on John Deere and Apple, for the right to repair equipment they have purchased. UN experts denounce the myth that pesticides are necessary to feed the world. Science Teachers are Teaching Climate Change, but not consistently…
Fake News and climate change: an object lesson
I scaned a page from my son’s National Geographic April 2017 about Fake News and how to spot it thought I need to rescan. I notice in the 2 biased examples I had students analyze, many were sucked in to…
Technology,Information rights and Agriculture
I believe when you buy a vehicle and assume responsibility for it, you should be able to fix it, or choose who fixes it. Unfortunately, in the case of iPhones and agricultural technology (seed and tractors – looking at you…
Academics getting political
Scientists react to political climate by running for office (CSM). Professor Smith Goes to Washington (The Atlantic). Registering professors with liberal bias (Inside Higher Ed). In my experience, faculty (or academics) are clever but independent. Organizing them can be like herding cats, but…
Social media and academic freedom.
US teacher fired for jokingly correcting spelling in a student tweet. (How credible is Daily Mail? ) Kansas Board of Regents ruled a couple years ago that faculty at KS colleges can be fired for “damaging the brand” of the…
This Week in Sustainability: Climate change, the military and politics
Donald Trump urged to ditch his climate change denial by 630 major firms who warn it ‘puts American prosperity at risk’ As Trump Denies Climate Change, These Kids Die from It. There was no global warming hiatus US Military…
Education – America’s key to democratic sustainability
The Founding Fathers believed that an informed voting electorate was crucial to sustaining democracy. As such they created public education to ensure that all social classes were mixed initially – and that this way a true meritocracy could develop –…
1.2.16 – This Week in Sustainability
Arnold Schwarzenegger: ‘Go part-time vegetarian to protect the planet’.Conservative icon and former GOP Governor speaks out for the planet. Out-going EPA chief: ‘Good luck saying climate change isn’t real’ to Americans facing storms, droughts and wildfires Smog refugees flee Chinese…
This week in Sustainability
On education and sustainability Fetish for standardized testing hurting students news coverage lesson in false equivalency. On global climate change Reddit AMA with TED talks director. Misc Hops saves bees from hive collapse syndrome Bike lanes promote health and reduce…
Climate change in the debate
Open link in new tab for embedded video from CNN at https://youtu.be/PlI5l41Hpww uploaded 26 Sept. 2016. Ties together my interests in China, the environment and sustainability. Why or how does ideology shape knowledge? What are the implications?