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William E Rees, PhD, FRSC Professor Emeritus UBC Faculty of Applied Science Human ecologist and ecological economist; co-developer of ecological footprint assessment.
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Seems we know how to fix global heating (opens the original)
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In a recent Guardian article, Eduardo Porter argues that humanity’s best bet in our defence against global heating is heavy investment in air conditioning, particularly in the most exposed low-income nations. The piece begins with a critique of the (allegedly dangerous) notion that our global climate conundrum results from overconsumption—particularly of energy—and excess population:“The greenest campaigners against climate change have long suffered from a <e
Mid-Term Recovery (opens the original)
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Potpourri—Facets of life, faith and reality (opens the original)
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I’ve been involved in a number of webinars and list-serve discussions recently in which certain questions come up repeatedly—points requiring clarification about me and how I see the world, about nature and spirituality and about reality itself. Since my personal ‘worldview’ informs both my Substack presence and how I answer such questions, I thought it might be worth laying out some of my responses here.Where we’re at“Our confidence that our conceptual mythologies are accurately mapping the rea
Potpourri—Facets of life, faith, science and reality (opens the original)
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I’ve been involved in a number of webinars and list-serve discussions recently in which certain questions come up repeatedly—points requiring clarification about me and how I see the world, about nature and spirituality and about reality itself. Since my personal ‘worldview’ informs both my Substack presence and how I answer such questions, I thought it might be worth laying out some of my responses here.My window on the worldI was educated (some would say ‘trained’) as a scientist at the Univer
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