Changing our habits is the way most people start learning about global warming solutions. It’s effective at reducing our carbon footprint, plus gives one a superb education while increasing our sense of personal power. And it pays to be strategic,…
Category: Z-factor: learning resources, visuals and videos, and brain candy
The 100 Things We Need To Do To Reverse Global Warming
I want to draw everyone's attention to (and recommend) the new book, "Drawdown, The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed To Reverse Global Warming." The book is the result of an extensive research project to rate the relative effectiveness of many…
“If I just explain the facts, they’ll get it – right?”
Here's another of Katherine Hayhoe's excellent video talks on global warming science and global warming solutions... in this one, she talks about recent science into the psychology of skepticism: Why simply telling folks about facts doesn't always influence them. *…
Focus on big solutions that really matter
Global warming is a devilish problem, because our greenhouse gas pollution comes mostly from fossil fuels which infect every area of our civilization. But though daunting, fossil fuels are where we must focus the big solutions, ones that really stand…
Summer release date set for An Inconvenient Sequel: Speaking Truth to Power
According to film-industry mainstay Variety, a July 28 summer release date has been set for An Inconvenient Sequel: Speaking Truth to Power. Al Gore's ten-year update of his orginal hit global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth received positive reviews at this month's…
Concise, Positive Climate Message (Tattoo it on Your Arm)
This useful summary-message is by Canadian author Guy Dauncey, from his fine resource book: "The Climate Challenge (101 Solutions to Global Warming)" Fossil fuels have been amazing. The age of fossil fuels is almost over. Climate change is the Earth's…
Change-Yourself-First Toolbox
A) The excellent short, one page list of green tips, from the Union of Concerned Scientists book "Cooler, Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living." You can get a lot of insight quickly from this one document! B) For most people,…
Great short video on Climate Weirding by Katherine Hayhoe
I can't resist turning busy readers onto powerful, concise videos... that give a solid briefing very quickly. This video is by climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University... her talks are lively, short and pack a lot of scientific…
Just the facts… the RealClimate website is an excellent learning source
As I said, most busy people visiting our site already know that global warming is a huge, emerging and long-lived problem... But for those who want more background, here is a concise look at the unvarnished science, a link to…
Elon Musk’s Unbelievably Simple Killer Break Down on Climate Change
Normally, people who come to Global Warming for Busy People aready KNOW the magnitude of our risk and are here seeking solutions... "Ok, I get it. What are the most efficient ways I can get results?" But just in case…
Why create Global Warming for Busy People? (part 2)
Fine, so our first blog post posed problem and mission statements... scary stuff, but big and true stuff -probably the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. But we're about solutions here, and that's where the excitement, community, and deep brain…
Why create “Global Warming for Busy People?” (part 1)
PROBLEM STATEMENT: Human population (“the economy”) will surpass our planet’s carrying capacity, and human-caused climate change stress-points are already starting to show. This is the kind of thing that ends civilizations… the stress-point emerging first and most urgently is global…
