In the spring 2010 issue of the Northeast Sun, we will publish an article/compilation of interviews with 13 young NESEA members, exploring what they find valuable about NESEA, and how we can make the organization relevant to those under 40. Space constraints prevented us from publishing each interview in full, but the content from these [...]
In the previous post we have looked at the increased interest in the relationship of climate change to conflict by several recently formed groups that have involved mostly retired senior military officers as well as some high-visibility former and current politicians. At least one of these latter has been known as a climate change skeptic, [...]
The last time we looked at a landmark 2003 paper on the potential effects of abrupt climate change that was commissioned by none other than the Pentagon. Since that Schwartz and Randall paper, two additional studies of particular note have been published as well as the emergence of yet another group involved in this environmental [...]
In Part I of this series we explored the concept of environmental security in terms of its meaning, history and the implications for the environment and for national and global security. We learned that it was not a particularly new concept but could be traced back as early as the 1960’s and, indeed, was the [...]
The Transition Handbook is a whole-systems thinking, solutions-focused, inside-out approach on how communities can manage peak oil and climate change.
The preamble to the Constitution of the United States instructs Americans, among other things, to “insure domestic tranquility” and to “provide for the common defense.” In this first of the series I would like to lay out the case that can be made for the necessity of implementing what is termed “environmental security” to meet [...]
Building Cape Wind will be a symbol of our commitment to the rule of law and our commitment to a peaceful and prosperous future. Please make sure Secretary Salazar hears from you.
On a good day at NESEA I am engaged, informed, and connected. If you practice sustainability this is where you belong, having good days at NESEA with me and the thousands of others who continue to shape our “confident vision”.
The American Lung Association of New England recently selected NESEA as a recipient of its “Healthy Air Award,” which is granted “in recognition of research, education, and advocacy efforts focused on protecting and enhancing indoor and outdoor air quality.”
“The fraudulence of the Copenhagen approach – “goals” for emission reductions, “offsets” that render ironclad goals almost meaningless, the ineffectual “cap-and-trade” mechanism – must be exposed.” – James Hanson
