Environment

Attitutes To Climate Change Using A Person-Centered Framework

The EPA published a fascinating review of climate attitudes conducted by researchers at DCU. The work reviewed 4610 studies on climate attitudes, which were then filtered down to 66 studies that were analysed using the Bronfenbrenner person-centred bioecological systems model. The results show that trust in institutions and the beliefs of one's social circle influence one's attitudes to climate change.

John Gibbons Puts The Valencia Floods In Context

John Gibbons wrote an excellent but sobering piece in The Journal about the floods in Valencia, and how political will is what is needed for us to limit the coming damage. "The system that is churning out more and more flying, more SUVs, more throwaway consumerism and ever more meat-rich diets is the very system that is accelerating humanity and much of the natural world towards the climate abyss."

Cloud-milking

The Life Nieblas project in the Canary Islands uses a plastic mesh to imitate how pine needles trap water, and is used to milk the clouds of fog on the islands for water. The captured water is used to irrigate reforested tree saplings until they are big enough to capture water from the air themselves. The system is also used in Chile to provide drinking water and water for irrigation.

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