Category: social commentary

New research shows that Americans have positive feelings toward nature but also detects strong undertones of longing, guilt and worry.

I would like to invite you to participate in some research with my team and me. We are conducting a study on human behavior over time. Particularly, we want to learn about people’s moral, ethical and/or spiritual beliefs and their thoughts and behaviors related to the climate and environment.

This Sierra Magazine article covers how my emerging research links climate action with spirituality. Read an excerpt here and then follow the link to the original article.

If all the knowledge in the world were represented by a giant cake, then we might say a researcher specializes in one teeny tiny crumb of that cake. It's hard to communicate why a tiny crumb matters. Generally speaking, researchers make two mistakes. First, they immediately go into the technical details of their crumb and it confuses everyone and makes them bored. Or second, they claim that without their crumb, the whole goldarned cake wouldn't exist and their crumb is single-handedly responsible for the magnificence of this baked good. Neither of these approaches is a good strategy.

World hunger has risen for a third consecutive year, according to the United Nations’ annual food security report. The total number of people who face chronic food deprivation has increased by 15 million since 2016. Some 821 million people now face food insecurity, raising numbers to the same level as almost a decade ago.