“If you want to make small changes, you can change the way you DO things. If you want to make BIG Changes, you have to change the way you SEE things.”

Gabe Brown, attributed to Don Campbell.

Article Link:

Greenhouse Gases: True, but Not the Whole Truth « Journal of Sustainability Education http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/greenhouse-gases-true-but-not-the-whole-truth_2022_07/

Article Summary:

The article provides a brief history of climate science and the growing recognition of a greenhouse gas threat. But if a pot is boiling over, should you take off the lid, or turn down the stove? Likewise, reducing greenhouse gases is an incomplete solution to planetary warming.

The impact of the “sun-warmed surface” on climate has been know nearly 200 years. Scientific findings show that urbanism, water cycles, and land management practices impact climate. But the IPCC has failed to incorporate any of these perspectives into its models.

The Heat Planet paradigm addresses the actual cause of warming, providing a hopeful future, with opportunities to resolve over-heating more completely, locally, and in a matter of months, years, or maybe decades, instead of centuries.

Lastly, I discuss the necessity of paradigm change, suggest an approach and an expanded curriculum to achieve it, but acknowledge that challenges remain.

Speaker:

Christopher A. Haines AIA, is an Architect, urbanist, and educator in metro Boston. After an early career in energy efficiency, with a significant portion in Australia, he expanded into leading-edge sustainable design and urbanism. He has spent the last seven years studying natural ecology and is currently writing a book on Heat Planet