Wednesday, September 19, 2012

"Bridge at the Edge" Q&A


  • Is Speth's assessment that "all we have to do to destroy the planet's climate and biota" is keep on doing what we're doing now too bleak? (x)
  • What sort of "civic unreasonableness" do you think is now appropriate or necessary? (xiii)
  • Is the Golden Rule + Aldo Leopold all the environmental ethic we need? (xvi)
  • Is Martin Rees too pessimistic? (5-6)
  • What's wrong with "maiinstream environmentalism"? (9)
  • Are education and poverty (etc.) environmental issues? ((13)
  • Are we closer to a "tipping point" with respect to public opinion regarding climate? (26)
  • How can a "concerted international response" be achieved? (28)
  • Why is the loss of biodiversity bad in itself, apart from disruptions to the ecosystem of which human civilization is a part? (36)
  • If humans are "a new force of nature," does that fact contain a silver lining? (39)
  • Are you a "solutionist"? Or what? (42)
  • Do you participate in the "secular religion" (47) of rapid, never-ending economic growth?
  • Why don't Americans demand "shorter workweeks, longer vacations" etc.? (48)
  • What would be an "appropriate price" for a sustainable environment, in market terms? (52-3)
  • How do we create sighted markets (instead of the "blind" ones operant today)? (54)
  • (Your suggestions...)
And some factual questions:

  • What 1980 report was prescient? (18)
  • What was the predominant nature of the environmental challenges that spurred the first Earth Day?
  • CO2 is at its highest level since how long ago? (21)
  • Sea level rises attributable to the melting Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets can be traced to at least what year? (22)
  • What are some of the leading health problems associated with climate change? (23)
  • 20% of the world has contributed to how much of the world's present emissions? (28)
  • [Leaving the rest of ch1 to you guys]
  • What's our "secular religion"? (47)

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