Welcome to Week 10
Welcome to Week 10
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Do you think government has a responsibility to care for the poor and sick, or does that just encourage laziness and irresponsible financial planning? Do you think MAGA America is the great champion of democracy or the Machiavellian evil empire? Do you think capitalism is a revolutionising force that has fuelled innovation, prosperity and can rid the world of poverty, or is it a terrible thing because it increases western hegemony and in doing so drives rampant poverty, increases inequality and implicitly leads to over-exploitation of resources and destruction of the environment. Do you see technology as a force for good transforming our lives for the better, or as an environmental disaster sucking up the planet's raw materials and polluting the worlds environment?
Surprisingly, the answer you give to these questions is a much better predictor of how severe a problem you think climate change is, than anything you know or learn about climate change itself. This because of a psychological bias in our brains called "Confirmation Bias" that prevents us from acknowledging any data that contradicts our initial firmly held beliefs about what is, and isn't, true. When reading about a topic our brain saves the data that confirms our pre-existing ideals, whereas data that conflicts with them is immediately forgotten or not even registered at all. History is littered with examples of this.
This week we conclude our HPW journey with Dr Chris Ennis looking at some of these kinds of problems that prevent us from tackling the issue of climate change. Carl then explains why the end might not be the end after all...
1. This Week's Lectures
1. This Week's Lectures
Meeting the challenge of Climate Change with Dr Chris Ennis
Meeting the challenge of Climate Change with Dr Chris Ennis
Please join Dr Chris from the University of Teeside as he reviews some of the obstacles preventing us from meeting the challenge of climate change. It's a little old (we'll get him to update it soon) but is here because Chris is a fabulous teacher who goes through a lot of the science in a way that really helped many elves, and he also goes into some of the pitfalls of climate science and policy that are as relevant today as when he recorded.
The End? With Dr Carl Palmer (ACCESS)
The End? With Dr Carl Palmer (ACCESS)
We knew this day had to come, but why now? Dr Carl tell us why this perhaps is not the end. There are things below this video, right? So it can't be the actual end.
2. This Week's Reading
2. This Week's Reading
3. Critical Eye from a Science Guy
3. Critical Eye from a Science Guy
For this section we have some misconceptions about climate change critically engaged with.
5. This week's test
5. This week's test
There are no marks available this week, and it's not a test. But you need to fill this in to complete the course, go to Mpumalanga and/or get a certificate, so.. wololo. Before completing, you must please watch the Week 8/9 Review Vid. Watch the review then click below to be tested, erm no, erm I mean quizzed.... Deadline is Wednesday 12th Nov.
Once you have watched DC's review, you may take the FINAL Quiz.
6. This Week's Cartoon
6. This Week's Cartoon
Some final arguments...
7. What's Next?
7. What's Next?
And we’ve saved the best for last, Dumisani gives a talk entitled “after HPW”
And we’ve saved the best for last, Dumisani gives a talk entitled “after HPW”
Dumisani Ndaba first joined HPW in 2010 and was an active Planeteer for many years, in which time he contributed to all aspects of the programme: training as a core lecturer, lecturing for HPW in Namibia, running the first ever GP schools outreach programme and sitting on the ACCESS Education advisory board, to name just a few. Sadly, Dumisani passed away in 2017 following a motorbike accident. The HPW excellence award is named after him. We really hope that one day one of you will win it, and now at least you know who it is named after.
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