Middlebury Magazine » climate http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:47:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Welcome to the Age of Humans http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2013/02/04/welcome-to-the-age-of-humans/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2013/02/04/welcome-to-the-age-of-humans/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:46:22 +0000 Maria Theresa Stadtmueller http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=11073 Dr. Curt Stager visited Middlebury to talk about a new, long-term view of climate change. His book, Deep Future, examines the surprising shifts—and choices—we face in a human-driven era scientists are calling “the Anthropocene”: the Age of Humans.

]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2013/02/04/welcome-to-the-age-of-humans/feed/ 5 Student disrupts U.N. climate proceedings with impassioned speech http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/12/08/student-disrupts-u-n-climate-proceedings-with-impassioned-speech/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/12/08/student-disrupts-u-n-climate-proceedings-with-impassioned-speech/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:08:53 +0000 Stephen Diehl http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=6715 Middlebury junior Abigail Borah made a big impression at the U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa this week. Borah, who is attending the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a delegate of SustainUS, interrupted the proceedings with an impassioned plea to speed up the urgency and timetable for serious climate action by the United States. The incident has been widely reported, including a piece on the New York Times “Green” blog and an AP story that appeared on NPR and other news outlets. From SustainUS, here is a clip of Borah’s talk before being ejected from the conference:

 

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