How do you visually portray climate change, a problem that needs action now to prevent impacts later? Here’s one way to do it. Continue reading
Author: mike shanahan
Thank God for Fox News…
Research concludes that Fox News leaves its viewers significantly misinformed about climate change, while a leaked internal memo suggests the channel has actively deceived its viewers about the subject. Continue reading
The Nazi threat and climate-change denial
Nobody wants to have to deal with the immense challenge of climate change but unless our leaders step up to fight the good fight, the war will come to us. Continue reading
Postcard from Japan: bamboo poetry in Kyoto
Here are a few photos of an amazing patch of bamboo that I encountered yesterday in Kyoto, Japan. It’s a magical place. Walking through it is like a massage for the mind. Continue reading
When maps lie (Africa gets short-changed again)
Africa is as big as the United States, China, India, Japan and all of Europe combined — so why are our maps telling us otherwise? Continue reading
If we keep on biting the hand that feeds us, it will slap us in the face
Why is the UN’s big biodiversity meeting in Japan so important? Because the environment and human wellbeing are two sides of the same coin. Continue reading
Malaysia’s million dollar question — where did the logs come from?
The 50-km long log-jam that blocked Malaysia’s biggest river shows the scale of deforestation in the highlands of Borneo and raises fresh concerns about how the state of Sarawak manages its natural resources. Continue reading
One act of stupidity and 5500 acts of reason
When celebrities come together to raise awareness of a threat to public welfare, great things are meant to happen, but when their output is vile and offensive they screw things up for everybody. It’s time to listen to tomorrow’s leaders not yesterday’s stars. Continue reading
Is it time to kill off ‘biodiversity’?
Data from Google, graffiti on Wikipedia and a phone call with my Dad all suggest that biodiversity is not the best term to use to raise public awareness of a growing threat to our wellbeing. Continue reading
The curious case of the BBC and climate change
Rumours that the British Broadcasting Corporation plans to cut its coverage of climate-change are a reminder that we need to find new and better ways to communicate about this issue. Continue reading
Under The Banyan 