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Tag Archives: climate change

Fear, Hope, and Change
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May 14, 2019 by Jean

On Sunday, as I drove to and from the first Farmers’ Market of the season, I was listening to one …
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Category: Intellectual activity, politics, Reading | Tags: climate change, Hidden Brain, Hot, Mark Hertsgaard, NPR, science, Shankar Vedantam, social action, social media
Winter Reading
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January 13, 2019 by Jean

I am a voracious reader and have been for pretty much all my life. I remember my weekly dilemma when …
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Category: Living, politics, Reading | Tags: climate change, intellectual stimulation, Paul Hawken, political action, Project Drawdown
The Twenty Percent Challenge
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August 30, 2017 by Jean

Recently, I have been reading The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living (Island Press 2012). …
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Category: Living, politics, Reading | Tags: carbon emissions, carbon footprint, climate change, environmental action, environmental problems, Union of Concerned Scientists
Citizenship, Civic Engagement, and Politics
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November 20, 2015 by Jean

Last month, I read Danielle Allen’s book Our Declaration (W.W. Norton, 2014) for a discussion with my retirees lunch group. …
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Category: Living, Maine, Reading, Time/Activities | Tags: 350.org, citizenship, civic engagement, climate change, Danielle Allen, Our Declaration, political action, political compromise

I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

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