In a 2005 paper published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, authors F. Stephan Mayer and Cynthia MacPherson Franz of Oberlin College argue that the more connection a person (or presumably a culture) feels to nature, the more likely they are to live sustainably and to support political policy that sustains our planetary habitat. They […]
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Saving myself by saving the world
In my my last post, I suggested that readers, as a personal experiment, try getting actively involved in our democracy by calling their Congressional representative just to see how it felt. The results were amazing and I’m not talking numbers of people who made the call. What I’m talking about is how, pretty much to […]
We changed the world! We made a difference! We did this! Let’s do more!
I’m going to ask you to take what may well be your first political action at the end of this post. THIS MEANS YOU, TOO, MOM!!! It’s going to mean a phone call. It’s going to take less than two minutes. And then I’m going to ask that you come back here to the blog […]
What will it take to save the world?
This is a guest post by Leslie Berliant, blogger and editor at Celsias.com. Let’s give her a big No Impact Man welcome with lots of comments. Do you agree with the scenarios she imagines? Would you be willing to deal with them? Or do you imagine happier possibilities? “The most recent science tells us that […]
When citizens roar
This is a photo, courtesy of the New York Times, of 100,000 South Koreans demonstrating in the streets of Seoul on Tuesday. What is so important to them that they turn out in such vast numbers? Impending war? No. Massive unemployment? No. Rising energy prices? Not even. They demonstrated over the safety of their hamburgers. […]
Should God have faith in us?
One privilege bestowed on me by writing this blog is the number of emails I get from all over the world, in general, and from people of different religions, in particular. I have a faith of a certain kind and I enjoy talking about the dependence of human health, happiness and security on the well-being […]
No Impact Man writes a climate bill for the House of Representatives
OK. Not really. Or maybe I am. Who knows what will happen? But I’ve had enough interest from bloggers and other people for the “sense of the House” resolution I asked Congressman Nadler to introduce (see here and here) to take it a little further. If you haven’t been following, the idea is to establish […]
My new hero Congressman Jerrold Nadler
But listen: I walk into Nadler’s office and I sit down and I start by explaining where I’m coming from. I say that thanks to the visitors and commenters on this blog, I know that thousands of Americans are voting to do something dramatic about climate change, not just in the voting booth but with […]