Re: Highly relevant (not-to-be-missed) topics on Global Environmental Politics?

2009-09-29 Thread Elizabeth Chalecki
I would add the environmental security perspective: that some environmental problems have gotten to the point where they can threaten the security of a nation, a region, or the entire international system. Climate change is an excellent case in point, from the melting Arctic to changed disease vec

Re: "The Age of Stupid" Premiers

2009-09-22 Thread Elizabeth Chalecki
Yes, I went here in Boston, and the theater was packed (maybe because it was the only one accessible by public transit?). I found the film to be more than a little depressing! As far as scientific information goes, Al Gore did a better job in "An Inconvenient Truth" of explaining why climate chan