Warm Regards
Climate Data and Climate Activism, with Meg Ruttan Walker and Lucky Tran
This episode is all about the intersections of climate data and climate activism. Jacquelyn and Ramesh speak with two climate activists, Meg Ruttan Walker and Lucky Tran, who have come to this work from very different backgrounds, but who both realize that it takes a diversity of voices and tactics to achieve success.
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Show Notes:
Emma Marris’ Nature article about scientists getting political: https://www.nature.com/news/is-donald-trump-pushing-more-scientists-towards-political-activism-1.21130
314 Action:
https://314action.org/
New York Times article about scientists finding a political pulse: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/science/donald-trump-scientists-politics.html
Jacquelyn’s Rally for Science remarks: https://contemplativemammoth.com/2017/02/19/science-for-everyone-my-rallyforscience-remarks/
H. Holden Thorp's recent editorial, "Let's Not Overthink This":
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6519/887
Meg Ruttan Walker on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TricksyRaccoon
Material Memory Podcast:
https://material-memory.clir.org/category/podcast/
350.org:
https://350.org
More about the importance of 350ppm https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-the-world-passed-a-carbon-threshold-400ppm-and-why-it-matters
Photos of the climate protest that Ramesh’s students organized: https://photos.app.goo.gl/PKF8bPu7YVYmEuCB8
Lucky Tran's website:
https://www.luckytran.com/
Lucky Tran's 2020 talk at the American Geophysical Union, "How Activism and Movements Advance Science Policy and Social Justice":
https://youtu.be/diuud5_zT-w
March for Science:
https://marchforscience.org/
The IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C Warming, as opposed 2°C Warming: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/
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