Just came across this tool from Yale, the Climate Opinions Maps- 2016, and its fascinating and disturbing at the same time. Something great about the United States is that we are free to express our thoughts and ideas without fear of persecution. However, that freedom also comes with a responsibility to be informed, ask questions, …
Earth Month is just around the corner… here are some fun things lined up! ***Please invite your students, colleagues or others you may know that would be interested!*** Campus & Community Events JoeyFineRhyme is coming April 12! Taking on our collective eco-challenges requires we each embody an ethos of action. This interdisciplinary and participatory presentation …
Whenever (and it is rare) I find myself with a night of nothing to do, I always think: well, I should watch a movie! But then I am overwhelmed by my Netflix choices. Sometimes I want to be entertained and sometimes I want to learn something, a lesson, some facts, etc. Actually, this weekend I …
Students, staff and faculty frat the University of California, Santa Barabara recently participated in a 24-hour “Justice Fast”, to promote justice, solidarity, integrity and dignity, in light of humanitarian issues worldwide and other social justice concerns. Excerpts from the article, Campus Fasting Event Highlights Diverse Social Justice Movements, shed some light on the event: …the act …
The Moraine Valley library has several themed blogs, which anyone can find them on its homepage. Of particular interest to me lately is the Film Blog series posted by Moraine Valley Librarian, Sarah Ando. Sarah has been reviewing several films on food, carbon & climate change. Check it out! Or if you’re interested in personal liberty …
