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Headline	Author	Published	Section
We don't need no thought control Schools should be talking about climate change solutions	Nathan Wyeth	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill
At some point in the 1980s or 1990s, environmental issues became hopelessly and depressingly politicized. By 'politicized,' I mean it stopped being acceptable to talk about environmental issues in, for instance, a high-school setting, in the same way that evolution was made into a controversial subject to talk about in many school settings. I'm not sure when I would pinpoint that this politicization really sunk in, but I'd be interested in what those who were around at ...
Topics: campus activism, climate, climate change mitigation, education, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Focus the Nation, save the planet -- now! Eban Goodstein invites you to join in the largest climate teach-in ever	Guest author	10 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay by Eban Goodstein. Goodstein is a professor of economics at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., and director of Focus the Nation. ----- 'If there's no action before 2012, that's too late. What we will do in the next two to three years will determine our future. This is the defining moment.' -- Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change If these words don't get you off your butt ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, education, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)