Commentary: Resilience could stop climate change
Living in the age of climate change means that there is little hope to be found in current events, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t try to make our own.
Living in the age of climate change means that there is little hope to be found in current events, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t try to make our own.
Local activists expressed their concerns with the expansion of the Ithaca Airport during the Tompkins County Legislature meeting Feb. 19.
The Park School and Center for Natural Sciences are are collaborating to create a symposium on media and current environmental crises.
As of Wednesday, Sept. 19, the death count has reached at least 37 people. There are at least 27 dead in North Carolina, at least six in South Carolina and one in Virginia.
And yet, only about 18% of the American public is taking action. Why so few?
Smith presented his research on sustainable development in Nicaragua. His observational research focused on the rural community of Sabana Grande.
But then Trump wouldn’t be Trump — that’s the unfortunate reality. In the meantime, however, the renewables march forges ahead.
Lake Cayuga was one of Ithaca’s ecosystems affected by the heavier than normal rainfall this summer. Harmful algae has taken root in the lake.
“Silence is deadly,” Edwards said. “Society often believes that silence is consensus. When people don’t speak up, then the majority are driven by the minority opinion.”
For Sustainability Week at the college, environmental activist Sandra Steingraber hosted a panel to present climate change and social issues.
“Hope springs eternal, and spring is coming back, and we can just start again,” Borst said.
But this apathy will only hurt the community in the end, as the effects of climate change are indifferent to whom it impacts.