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Solving collective action problems is what society does

Posted on January 8, 2015 by cpbl

I taught an introductory undergraduate course in environment, society, and sustainability this past term.  We look at big-picture environmental problems from a mostly-social-science perspective. Early on, we started to compile a list of collective action problems of all kinds which … Continue reading →

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Improving how scientists communicate about Climate Change

Posted on April 6, 2008 by cpbl

A great little article by Susan Joy Hassol in an issue of AGU’s EOS from last month listed a bunch of science words that should be avoided. Think about what these mean to a scientist versus in more general parlance: … Continue reading →

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