{"id":8307,"date":"2020-02-25T08:55:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T13:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/?p=8307"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:24:06","slug":"our-warming-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/our-warming-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Warming Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last September, millions of people took part in global demonstrations to demand that action be taken to address climate change. In November, more than 11,000 scientists from around the world issued a joint public statement in the journal BioScience<\/em> warning of the \u201cuntold suffering\u201d humanity will face if inaction regarding climate change continues. Shortly thereafter, Italy became the first country in the world to announce that it will require climate change studies be taught in classrooms as part of a student\u2019s compulsory education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are but a few of the recent mile markers dotting our journey through the Anthropocene, the proposed name for our current epoch, suggested in part to indicate the impact human activity is having on our climate and environment. And while opinions vary on what should be considered the actual starting point of the Anthropocene, the vast majority of scientists do agree that, in recent decades, the impact humans are having on the climate and environment is irrefutably harmful\u2014and could soon be irreversible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within this context, Monmouth University\u2019s faculty organized a Climate Crisis Teach-in<\/a> last fall. The daylong symposium featured experts from across the disciplines examining what the United Nations has called \u201cthe defining issue of our time.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In sometimes stark terms, they explained how climate change is already impacting everything from international law and cultural beliefs to our own physical, mental, and emotional well-being. They also shared insights on what the average person can do to help prevent further damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, with permission, we highlight a few of their talks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part I: Our Love Affair With Capitalism Is Killing The Planet <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part II: The Art of Sowing Doubt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part III: Law and World Order<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part IV: Practical Implications <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part V: Lay of the Land <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part VI: Coping With Change <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part VII: The Ripple Effect <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monmouth faculty weigh in on the defining issue of our time: climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":8321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"image_focus":"{\"x\":61,\"y\":56}","hide_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"thumbnail":"\"\"","catString":"Features","issue":"Spring 2020","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8307"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21403,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8307\/revisions\/21403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}