Now that everyone has headed home following the Paris climate talks, it's time to analyze, discuss and figure out next steps. As Bill McKibben wrote, "This agreement won't save the planet. It may have saved the chance to save the planet (if we all fight like hell in the years ahead)."
Although a group of 195 nations agreed to a landmark climate agreement, it's up to all of us to ensure that governments uphold their stated goal of allowing the earth's temperatures to rise no more than 2 degrees Celsius.
No Easy Decision
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Monday, November 16, 2015
Earlier this month, after years of debate and discussion, President Obama has said no to the Keystone XL pipeline. For us here at Radius, this decision brought a sigh of relief. When examined closely, the project had little long-term value, either economically or environmentally. As the President said, “Ultimately, if we’re going to prevent large parts of this earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we’re going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them and release more dangerous pollution into the sky.”
Re:Making Life at the MIT Museum
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Thea Keith-Lucas
Monday, October 5, 2015
Last Wednesday the MIT Museum kicked off "Re:Making Life", a series of four conversations about synthetic biology. How are scientists using innovative techniques to modify organisms, and for what purposes?
Climate Countdown!!
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Sunday, September 27, 2015
On April 28, Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky spoke at a Radius event, Science at MIT: From the Cold War to the Climate Crisis. Concluding his remarks, Professsor Chomsky ended by commenting on MIT's possible divestiture from fossil fuels. A
Change Ahead
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Friday, June 19, 2015
This past Monday, MIT's Climate Change Conversation Committee released their findingsfollowing a ten-month effort to engage the MIT community in dialogue about climate change. The "conversation" leadership team, headed by Maria Zuber, VP for Research, will review the report and make formal recommendations to President Reif.
The Right Side of History
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Sunday, May 31, 2015
This past Saturday, over 220 young people, ages 13-18, took over the Stata "Street" and lecture halls as we hosted the 9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change. It was a beautiful sight! It has been an honor and a pleasure working with the Boston Latin School's Youth Climate Action Network, the organizer of the summit, for almost a decade.
Speak Up!!
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Monday, April 20, 2015
Awareness has been building around the issue of fossil fuel divestment. Not only here in Cambridge, at MIT and Harvard, but across the country and the globe. According to GoFossilFree, universities and colleges, religious institutions and other organizations are examining the way their funds are being invested and are calling for divestment from fossil fuels.
Heating Up!
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Monday, April 6, 2015
Today I had the opportunity to attend a panel featuring faculty from the MIT Energy Initiative, hosted by the MIT's MISTI program. The speakers (Francis O'Sullivan, Howard Herzog, Jacobo Buongiorno, and Ignacio Perez-Arriaga) presented on various energy options and developments that can help mitigate the effects of CO2 in our atmosphere (i.e.--global climate change).
Revolving
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Thea Keith-Lucas
Monday, February 16, 2015
For the members of our community who are physically able to push the revolving door, it only takes a few extra seconds. But those extra seconds are the real point of it.
A Little More Vegan
Posted by:
Thea Keith-Lucas
Monday, January 26, 2015
Even organic, more-humane dairy operations have negative effects. But I’d rather make my own compromise and stick with it than become another ex-vegan.