The Anthropocene, Cyclical Climate Inaction, and Individual Responsibility by Connor Ettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene A Guide to Failure on Climate Activism en-us 2020-05-06 00:13:10 UTC 2025-11-08 12:24:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f614.png "At U.N. Climate Summit, Few Commitments and U.S. Silence" connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563429711 Article]]> 2020-05-10 21:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563429711 The Anthropocene Presents Problems. connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563653939 Among them, climate change, a wicked problem, proves to be possibly the most existential of all.]]> 2020-05-11 01:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563653939 Who can and should fix the climate crisis? connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563667934 Without a doubt, governments are the only entities powerful enough to even put a dent in the climate catastrophe that has been advanced past many points of no return, and these tipping points present problems far larger than any one person could hope to tackle.. What humanity chooses to do now is up to the most powerful countries on Earth.]]> 2020-05-11 01:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563667934 Blowout connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563674014 Documentary]]> 2020-05-11 01:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563674014 Climate Change is a complex, global problem. connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563724386 Climate change is wicked in that states, those with power to curb the crisis, are complacent. This leads to a paradoxical cycle of climate inaction.]]> 2020-05-11 02:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563724386 Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563730832 Article]]> 2020-05-11 02:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563730832 Individuals are left powerless and devastated. connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563731987 Unable to enact large scale change in their own lives, individuals, specifically the poorest, are forced to shoulder the brunt of climate change.]]> 2020-05-11 02:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563731987 Climate change tops risks for world in 2020 – Davos report connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563736999 Article]]> 2020-05-11 02:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563736999 States are taking little, if any action to affect climate change. connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563740852 What's more, most efforts to do anything are either non-binding, impractical, too weak, or a combination of all three.]]> 2020-05-11 02:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563740852 Before the Flood connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563744637 Documentary]]> 2020-05-11 02:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563744637 The Paris Climate Deal Won’t Save Us – Our Future Depends on De-Growth connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563748787 Article]]> 2020-05-11 02:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563748787 What is the result? connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563752144 Inaction. Even the individuals who have the clout to petition world governments for action see little change in the end.]]> 2020-05-11 03:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563752144 This is the cyclical, wicked problem of climate change, and it speaks for the rest of the Anthropocene as well. connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563753571 Governmental inaction leads to crises of the people, yet in most cases, these people haven't the power to enact real change to save their own future.]]> 2020-05-11 03:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563753571 Introduction connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563755205 2020-05-11 03:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/563755205 "At U.N. Climate Summit, Few Commitments and U.S. Silence" connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/583876065 Article]]> 2020-05-20 02:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/583876065 Failure on Climate connorettinger https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/583879015 How did we get here?]]> 2020-05-20 02:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/connorettinger/Anthropocene/wish/583879015