​Week 6 (8/17), Summer 2020

Readings

Globalizing the Movement --Great Transition Initiative
  • In this piece, Athanasiou comments on climate activist Bill McKibben, who spoke at All School Meeting and a Climate Cafe this February!
At last, a climate policy platform that can unite the left--Vox

Guiding Questions

Does normalizing climate alarm actually promote inaction, especially because people may not immediately feel the effects of climate change, or does climate alarm bring climate change closer to the center of our everyday lives?
How do this week’s policy solutions and assessments fare in the context of a global pandemic? (This optional reading by David Wallace-Wells, who spoke on campus in Fall 2019, offers some insight.)
How do these solutions compare and contrast with our previous discussions on the GND and growth/degrowth?