Don’t Worry About Trump. In his own mind he will be OK.
January 06, 2021 | No Comments
Thinking about Trump’s entrance into the Presidential Race in America in late 2015, coming down the escalator in Trump Tower with Melania at his side, sparked a flashback to a symbolic staircase scene. I have…
‘Mask-wearing’ as a Social Invention: Coping with the Covid-19 Pandemic
December 29, 2020 | 1 Comment
“A social invention is a new [concept], law, organization or procedure that changes the ways in which people relate to themselves or to each other, either individually or collectively.” The following images provide examples of…
Do they give a Nobel Prize for Bullying?
June 03, 2018 | No Comments
Update: I wrote the comments that follow 2 years ago, about half way into the Trump presidency. The US President’s proverbial Bully Pulpit had been converted by Trump’s operating style into the fact that a…
Mexico Hurricane Patricia
October 23, 2015 | No Comments
México.- protection is important to emphasize that we can not skip hydrometerological concerns. The magnitude of this phenomenon we have never seen in this country, there is a history of hurricanes we’ve had in the…
Expert Forum Video on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Antalya, Turkey 2015
June 08, 2015 | No Comments
Disasters occur when natural extremes encounter communities who are ill-prepared to cope with these forces. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies outline preventative measures to reduce the impacts of foreseeable hazardous events. Time and time…
GUEST EDITORIAL “Politicians need to get their act together on climate change“ Justus Morisse (Germany)
August 30, 2014 | No Comments
“Politicians need to get their act together on climate change.“ This quote from Chancellor Angela Merkel´s climate advisor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is almost two years old now and was originally pinpointed at the global warming…
Why Americans Don’t Riot: the Davies J-Curve Yet Again
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archvies 1 June 2006 In retrospect, the post-World War II period was, politically speaking, an exciting one: post-war reconstruction of Europe, the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organization, the…
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How About a Spare Time University for Sub-Saharan Africa?
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 15 May 2006 This idea for a “Spare Time University” may sound a bit crazy to other people, but to me it is an idea that can work. I want to develop a…
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Looking Back to Look Ahead : Using new Techniques to Assess Old Hypotheses
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 29 March 2006 Recently, I picked up an unlikely book (for me) to read entitled Literary Feuds (Arthur, 2002). It contains separate chapters about intellectual or personal feuds between well-known writers. One of…
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The Future Has Arrived Earlier Than Predicted… Take Global Warming, For Example
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 13 February 2006 Back in the Dark Age days of climate studies (before the early 1970s), there was considerable concern about the possibility of a global cooling of the atmosphere. The earth was…
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If You Don’t Pay, You Don’t Get to Play : The US and the Kyoto Process
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 21 December 2004 There’s a new club in town: the Kyoto Club. It was formed in mid-December 2004 in Argentina at a conference of governments meeting to discuss ways to reduce greenhouse gas…
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