Earth's CO2 Hits 400ppm
Reblogged from Compassionate Rebel: Some of the implications of hitting 400ppm…
Author Archives: Gwendolyn Alley aka Art Predator
"If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385ppm to at most 350ppm," writes NASA's James Hansen (2008).
Reblogged from art predator: “If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385ppm to at most 350ppm,” according NASA’s James Hansen as quoted by […]
The Writer's Clock
Reblogged from art predator: Just in time for National Poetry Month, here is the perfect clock for poets and writers of all genres and stripes. Or stanzas and paragraphs… You can get a Writers Clock for yourself or the writer you love here. PS Lots of great literary readings and events going on this month […]
Join the Internet Boycott April 22, 2013 to #STOPCISPA
Dear readers, I am in support of Anonymous’s internet boycott. However, at this time I do not know how to install the code to make my site go dark; in fact, I may not be able to unless WordPress, my blogging platform, makes it available. In the meantime, I leave you this letter, I urge […]
How We Teach Our Sons To Rape
Reblogged from The Belle Jar: I have a son. He is two years old. He was born into a universe where time happens to be linear, which means that he is growing older with every passing minute. In a little over ten years’ time, he will be a teenager. When my son is a teenager, […]
How To Do Library Research: UW Librarians Go Gaga
Reblogged from The Write Alley: Library research is a necessary evil of running a business because it is unlikely your business can run on online research alone. While library research can be intimidating, it doesn’t have to be. Watch this video and you’ll see that librarians “just wanna have fun.” So next time you find […]
Chris Jordan: Melting the Ice in the Heart
Reblogged from art predator: In a talk on April 9, 2013 at Pacifica Graduate Institute, I swiftly took notes while artist Chris Jordan spoke about how to present the magnitude of trash that we produce in such a way that the scale of consumption and refuse has meaning enough to transform our individual and cultural […]
Midway: Chris Jordan's TrashTalk (Part 1)
Reblogged from art predator: Did you know that 2.4 million pieces of plastic enter our oceans every hour? That 10% of the world plastic production enters the ocean? That 70% of the plastic in ocean flows from rivers? Tuesday, April 9, 2013, artist Chris Jordan presented his work at Pacifica Graduate Institute where I am […]
Chasing Ice: Screening Now Near You
Reblogged from art predator: http://youtu.be/eIZTMVNBjc4 I wish Climate Change and the loss of polar ice was an April Fool’s joke. But it’s not. Climate change is seriously real and the new documentary Chasing Ice shows just how rapidly our planet, especially our polar regions, are changing due to anthropogenic causes. Currently screening nationwide, Chasing Ice […]
You think this class is tough? Check out Auden’s!
Think this class requires a lot of reading? Check out this syllabus from a lit class taught by poet W.H. Auden in the early 1940s! (Click on the picture to make it bigger). Imagine 6,000 pages of reading for 2 credits for 2 semesters! And that 6,000 pages probably doesn’t include the suggested readings! In […]
