Tim Kasser
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Tim Kasser is an associate professor of psychology at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.
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Some convenient truths
Scaling back our energy-hungry lifestyles means more of what matters, not less 24
Posted 1 year, 11 months agoThe work of recent Nobel Peace Prize winners Al Gore and the IPCC, along with a veritable mountain of other evidence, clearly lays out the reality and potential costs of human-induced climate change. Most analyses have concluded that we can and must keep our economies growing while addressing the climate challenge; we need only reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases we produce. We can do this, they say, by using more efficient light bulbs, driving more fuel-efficient cars, better insulating our homes, buying windmills and solar panels, etc. While we agree that these things need to… Read More