Climate Change
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Can you imagine a future of eternal winter like in Snowpiercer?
I first heard about solar geoengineering from one of the futures scenarios at the Urgent Optimists, where we were tasked to imagine waking up to a future where every day is winter after some governing body implemented a solar geoengineering program. Then, I read about it from The Ministry of the Future (a climate fiction Read more
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Understanding arguments against climate action
A study on discourses of climate delay identified common arguments used to delay climate change action. Unlike outright climate change denial, these “discourses of delay” acknowledge climate change but offer reasons to avoid or postpone climate action. The researchers grouped the discourses of climate delay into four: The researchers argue that these discourses of delay Read more
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What kind of world do you want to live in?
How we relate to our environment today dictates what kind of planet we will live on in the future because we are all interconnected. Living in a fragmented or disrupted biodiversity could also spell collapse. Yes, just like the movie Avatar. Our concerns with climate change, desertification, and biodiversity loss are so intertwined that we Read more
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It’s getting hot in here
When I visited the digital public square (in my case, Facebook) in the last couple of weeks, I kept seeing posts about heat index infographics and people complaining about how hot the days were turning. The heat index is the “feels-like” temperature, telling us how the combination of heat and humidity makes things hotter than the actual Read more
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Letter no. 40
Dear reader from the future, Can you remember a world where it is still bearable to go outside on a sunny day? I can only look back to how cool afternoons were when I was five, the trees shading our house from the tolerable outdoor heat. I can recall the memories in tinted blues and Read more
jessa 