Comments on: Why don’t people engage climate change? Problem 1: Environmental Literacy http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/11/why-dont-people-seem-to-get-climate-change-problem-1-environmental-literacy/ Intersection of Nature and Culture Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Fries over veggies: How failure of the American diet is perceived « Global Change http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/11/why-dont-people-seem-to-get-climate-change-problem-1-environmental-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 Fries over veggies: How failure of the American diet is perceived « Global Change Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:44:42 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=804#comment-1776 [...] a fan of nutritional literacy, as I am with environmental literacy, but only as one of several approaches in a portfolio of strategies for improving the quality of [...] [...] a fan of nutritional literacy, as I am with environmental literacy, but only as one of several approaches in a portfolio of strategies for improving the quality of [...]

]]> By: A message about communicating climate science « Global Change http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/11/why-dont-people-seem-to-get-climate-change-problem-1-environmental-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-710 A message about communicating climate science « Global Change Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:40:40 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=804#comment-710 [...] too angry for their own good, at Slate today that adds another view to the ongoing discussion about environmental literacy and [...] [...] too angry for their own good, at Slate today that adds another view to the ongoing discussion about environmental literacy and [...]

]]> By: Environmental literacy in higher education—Overview « Global Change http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/11/why-dont-people-seem-to-get-climate-change-problem-1-environmental-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Environmental literacy in higher education—Overview « Global Change Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:37:32 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=804#comment-138 [...] like to continue the conversation about environmental literacy initiated in the context of why people don’t engage climate warming.  In that discussion, EL was mostly framed as a matter of knowledge about climate warming and the [...] [...] like to continue the conversation about environmental literacy initiated in the context of why people don’t engage climate warming.  In that discussion, EL was mostly framed as a matter of knowledge about climate warming and the [...]

]]> By: Breathing Earth—Watch real-time changes in emissions, population « Global Change http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/11/why-dont-people-seem-to-get-climate-change-problem-1-environmental-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Breathing Earth—Watch real-time changes in emissions, population « Global Change Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:46 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=804#comment-130 [...] Related post: Why don’t people engage climate change? Problem 1: Environmental Literacy [...] [...] Related post: Why don’t people engage climate change? Problem 1: Environmental Literacy [...]

]]> By: Olga Piece http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/11/why-dont-people-seem-to-get-climate-change-problem-1-environmental-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Olga Piece Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:25:44 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=804#comment-122 What an excellent blog, I've added your feed to my RSS reader. :-) What an excellent blog, I’ve added your feed to my RSS reader. :-)

]]> By: Why don’t people engage climate change? Part 5: A perfect storm of climate change denial « Global Change http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/11/why-dont-people-seem-to-get-climate-change-problem-1-environmental-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Why don’t people engage climate change? Part 5: A perfect storm of climate change denial « Global Change Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:16:24 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=804#comment-41 [...] Problem 1—Environmental literacy:  When people don’t know enough about climate change, they can be easily persuaded by contrarian arguments.  If the average person can’t explain (1) why modern warming is more influenced by greenhouse gases than natural causes and (2) how we know we are breaking out of natural ranges of climate variability (i.e., a clear sign that warming is anthropogenic), then climate deniers will always be able to peddle credible-sounding misinformation to the public (more on how to answer these correctly in a future post). [...] [...] Problem 1—Environmental literacy:  When people don’t know enough about climate change, they can be easily persuaded by contrarian arguments.  If the average person can’t explain (1) why modern warming is more influenced by greenhouse gases than natural causes and (2) how we know we are breaking out of natural ranges of climate variability (i.e., a clear sign that warming is anthropogenic), then climate deniers will always be able to peddle credible-sounding misinformation to the public (more on how to answer these correctly in a future post). [...]

]]> By: Why don’t people engage climate change? Problem 2: Communication « Global Change http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/11/why-dont-people-seem-to-get-climate-change-problem-1-environmental-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Why don’t people engage climate change? Problem 2: Communication « Global Change Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:23:21 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=804#comment-29 [...] Why don’t people engage climate change?  Problem 1: Environmental Literacy [...] [...] Why don’t people engage climate change?  Problem 1: Environmental Literacy [...]

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