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Dr Katherine Hayhoe: A Climate For Change

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Dr. Katherine Hayhoe, climate scientist, communicator, educator, and CCL science advisor, spoke at Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada’s Carbon Fee Prosperity conference last month. Dr Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist and associate professor of political science at Texas Tech University, where she is director of the Climate Science Center. She is also an evangelical Christian married to a baptist minister.

In her talk, Dr Hayhoe talks about how to discuss climate change with people whose values may differ from your own. It’s very insightful and helpful.

[youtube=http://youtu.be/r7Kw0oLGrkk]

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Links:

KatherineHayhoe.com

YearsofLivingDangerously.com

 

Why We Do What We Do

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It’s TED Talk Tuesday, and today’s video is Rev. Michael Dowd’s 2012 TEDx Talk which reexamines faith traditions and what science is now revealing about human nature and instincts:

The world’s faith traditions offer conflicting beliefs about our inner and outer nature, and our challenges. Fortunately, a knowledge-based view of reality is emerging, which is inspiring and uniting people across the globe. Rev. Michael Dowd sees scientific, historic, and cross-cultural evidence as modern-day scripture. He celebrates how a meaningful and fully evidential understanding of human nature is motivating people of all backgrounds and beliefs to live in integrity and to cooperate in service of a just and thriving future for all.

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Rev. Michael Dowd: Why We Struggle.