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The Culture of Climate Change

The Culture of Climate Change. Tanya Baker JRN 473. The Public Mood. Ambivalence 2010 Survey, Stanford University 74% believe climate change is probably happening 76% believe the government should legislate to stop GHG emissions YET… 78% opposed any increase in electricity prices

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The Culture of Climate Change

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  1. The Culture of ClimateChange Tanya Baker JRN 473

  2. The Public Mood Ambivalence • 2010 Survey, Stanford University • 74% believe climate change is probably happening • 76% believe the government should legislate to stop GHG emissions YET… • 78% opposed any increase in electricity prices • 71% opposed any increase in taxes on gas

  3. If It’s the Apocalypse, People Will Care… Right? • “Two-track thinking” • The apocalypse • ‘Business as usual’ • Expect a collapse, yet no desire to change conduct to prevent it

  4. Climate Change as a Cultural Issue • Cigarette Smoking • “Social facts” • Slavery Abolition • Dependency on slavery vs. dependency on fossil fuels • Need to think of climate change as detrimental to society as that of slavery and smoking

  5. The Power of the Polar Bear • 2007 – one of the most powerful and effective images of climate change hits the internet

  6. Are We All Doomed? Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC says: No, I’m very optimistic. I believe we have the inherent wisdom and good sense to change in time. But we have very little time to bring about change, and if we don’t change, we will suffer catastrophes in this world.

  7. Questions? Sources • Elmhirst, S. “We need a massive, grass-roots movement to solve climate change”. New Statesman. 7 Dec. 2009: ABI/INFORM Global, Pro Quest. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. • Hoffman, Andrew J. “Climate change as cultural and behavioral issue: Addressing barriers and implementing solutions.” Organizational Dynamics (2010) 39, 295-305. Elsevier. Web. 5 Dec. 2010. <http://www.elsevier.com>. • Leahy, Terry, Bowden, Vanessa and Threadgold, Steven. “Stumbling towards collapse: coming to terms with the climate crisis”. Environmental Politics, 19:6, 851-868. • Molnar, Joseph J. “Climate Change and Societal Response: Livelihoods, Communities, and the Envrionment*”. Rural Sociology 75. 1 (2010): 1-16. Wiley Online Library. Web. 5 Dec. 2010. <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1549-0931.2010.0001.x/abstract>. • O’Neil, S., M. Hulme, J. Turnpenny, and J. Screen. “Disciplines, Geography, and Gender in the Framing of Climate Change”. Bulletin on the American Meteorological Society 91.8 (2010): 997-1002. Research Library, Pro Quest. Web. 5 Dec. 2010. • Ziser, Michael and Sze, Julie. “Climate Change, Environmental Aesthetics, and Global Environmental Justice Cultural Studies”. Discourse 29. 2-3 (2007): 384-410. Project MUSE. Michigan State University Library, East Lansing, MI. 17 Aug. 2010 <http://muse.jhu.edu.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/>.

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