Hi all, I saw this at the end of last year, and while I found the framing a little too sugary sweet for my taste, I found it a pretty compelling list! Starts w/ conservation victories, and has lots of development-related figures https://medium.com/future-crunch/99-good-news-stories-you-probably-didnt-hear-about-in-2018-cc3c65f8ebd0
Cheers, -Reed On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:00 AM Maniates, Michael Fields < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Beth and others, > > > > The following isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, though maybe it is. > I’ve used it in class to good effect. I find that it nicely highlights the > nested paradoxes within which we live, and that seem to shape Paul’s > response below. > > > > > https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-things-have-never-been-so-good-for-humanity-nor-so-dire-for-the > > > > All the best, > > Michael > > > > *Michael F MANIATES * > > Yale-NUS College | Professor of Social Sciences, Environmental Studies | > > Inaugural Head of Environmental Studies (2013-) | > > Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Studies and Science | > > http://michaelmaniates.com |Twitter: @michaelmaniates | > > Senior Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies, Oberlin College, > Oberlin, OH, 2011 – 2013 | > > Professor of Environmental Science and Political Science, Allegheny > College, Meadville, PA, 1993 – 2013 | > > BS (University of California), MA, PhD (Energy and Resources, University > of California) | > > > > *Most people are eagerly groping for some medium, some way in * > > > *which they can bridge the gap between their morals and their practices. > --Saul Alinsky* > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Paul > Wapner > *Sent:* Sunday, 7 April 2019 8:28 PM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]; 'GEP-Ed List' < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends > > > > Hi Beth, > > > > Perhaps the challenge of finding such a list rests on interpretation. > Many thinkers see good news everywhere, especially with environmental > trends. Folks like Bjorn Lomborg, Johan Norberg, Ronald Bailey, Deirdre > McCloskey, and Anders Bolling are always presenting ‘facts’ that > demonstrate environmental improvement. Their work is controversial but > persuasive to many. It is part of a broader orientation that tends to be > optimistic about humanity’s fate, seeing ‘progress’ everywhere. I would > put people like Steven Pinker, Hans Rosling, and the infamous Juliann Simon > in this category. The New York Times Book Review recently had a piece on > Pinker and Rosling > > > https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/02/07/pinker-rosling-progress-accentuate-positive/. > > > > > Aside from thinkers, there are a number of outfits that present ‘good’ > environmental news, such as > https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/environment/, although I am > unsure if they track broad trends. > > > > All the best, > > Paul > > > > > > Paul Wapner > > Professor, Global Environmental Politics > > School of International Service > > American University > > [email protected] > > -- > > > > > > *From: *Gepers <[email protected]> on behalf of " > [email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 3:14 PM > *To: *Beth DeSombre <[email protected]>, Gepers < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *RE: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends > > > > Hi Beth, > > > > I have seen, at some point in the past ten years, some sort of good news > list. I cannot remember the source though I suspect it came over the > Canadian Association of Geographers discussion list (you could post a query > here: [email protected] . However, like one of your suggestions > (better access to clean water), I remember finding at the time that the > list only hailed purely anthropocentric improvements. As far as the state > of the non-human world is concerned, I have the overwhelming sense that > things are, across the board, going from bad to worse. > > > > I’d be happy to be proven wrong and look forward to your sharing your > findings. > > > > Cheers, > > Bill > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Beth > DeSombre > *Sent:* April 6, 2019 11:31 AM > *To:* GEP-Ed List <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [gep-ed] Good environmental trends > > > > Hi folks: > > > > This seems like a no brainer, but I'm having a surprisingly difficult time > gathering a list of positive environmental trends (worldwide and over > history). Things that have -- because of human intervention -- > unquestionably improved, with some specific details to hang on them. Things > like improved access to clean water, better air quality (of various types) > in many parts of the world, etc. > > > > I'd like to not reinvent the wheel -- I could easily come up with a list > of things I think are better now environmentally than 50 (or 25) years ago > and go fetch the details of each, but I'm certain that one or more sources > has already outlined them, with specifics attached. > > > > Can someone point me towards such lists/overviews/compilations? (Happy to > share suggestions with the group afterwards). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Beth > > > > ------------------------------ > > Important: This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately; you > should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any > other person. 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