Green Jobs Activist

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

A couple of weeks ago David Letterman had as a guest Bjorn Lomburg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, and creator of the film “Cool It”. I had never heard of Bjorn Lomburg, and knew nothing of his beliefs or his work. Instantly I did not like him. I discounted everything he said as propaganda to protect the fossil fuel industry, big business, or whatever group he was schilling for. If you saw this brief encounter on Letterman, perhaps you were as uncomfortable as I was, and can relate to this first impression.

After viewing this film, I declare Bjorn not the villain I thought him to be. In fact, I now think this guy needs a public relations man. His message is important, and should be incorporated by all charged with resolving the climate change dilemma. I recommend this film, however I insist that you watch it to the end, otherwise you might just think Bjorn is a jerk who doesn’t understand urgency. See the film and tell me what you think?

Matt Damon narrates this documentary that recently aired on PBS. Watch the trailer, and you will understand just how critical it is for us all to explore the work of Lester Brown. Enjoy the trailer, locate the film, and influence change.

Here is a big idea with the potential to alter perceptions about the use of solar power. Are there any US developers and architects working on projects of this type? There should be!

Lester Brown has been consulting with governments around the world regarding climate change for many years, well before a consensus on climate change. His thinking is big… really big, as are his solutions.

He intertwines global issues / relationships that are often addressed independently; Poverty, food supply, renewable energy, tipping points for civilizations, failings states, and markets. Lester Brown should be your guru, if he is not already. Look for lots of future coverage on his teachings… and proposed solutions.
What do you think of the video?

In Brian Dumaine’s, “The Plot to Save The Planet”, published in 2008 a chapter entitled “Strange Bedfellows” speaks of the growth within the environmentalist movement to join forces with the nuclear power industry because of the increasing urgency to reduce greenhouse gases. In essence, the environmentalists of this viewpoint felt that the risks associated with nuclear were more palatable than those associated with fosil fuel power, the only practical method to deal with an increasing global thirst for energy.

Fast forward to March 2011. In light of the Japan tragedy everything has changed. Or has it? Will we opt to grow with the lessor of two evils? And if so, which is the lessor of two evils? Can anything be done to greatly reduce the risks associated with nuclear power? Can you come up with a plan for dealing with the roughly 20% of our energy needs that come from nuclear in America?