Hi Nellie You may enjoy this skit from John Stewart of the Daily Show.
Takes the mickey out of both the climategate scientists, "warmists" and "deniers" without the “polar” outlook :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgPUpIBWGp8 On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:45 PM, NELLIE DEUTSCH < [email protected]> wrote: > Steven, > > As an educator, I would like to make a difference they only way I know how > and that is by educating people to become aware and perhaps change their > habits to that we can save what we can. > I would love to move this to WikiEducator the best platform I know and > begin the process. Steven, you are welcome to > begin adding the information that you have and I will be more than happy to > create workshops so we can engage participants > in the process of learning. > > Thank you. > > > Warm wishes, > Nellie Deutsch > Sharing is Caring! > Doctoral Student > Educational Leadership > Curriculum and Instruction > Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning (IT4ALL) > http://www.integrating-technology.com/pd > Get ready for CO10 at WiZiQ: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ > Free online workshops using WiZiQ: http://www.wikieducator.org/Workshops > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Steven Parker <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Alot of passionate opinion here, alot has been shared, to get back to >> the point I was originally making that contentious issues need a >> platform with 'Climategate' as an example for those who are still >> interested in what's happening. >> >> The Telegraph and Times have published this article on the University >> of East Anglia destroying the climate data for the past 150 years upon >> being pressed under the Freedom of Information act. Pretty shocking to >> me that this has occurred preventing other scientists to verify the >> results. >> >> Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation >> Our hopelessly compromised scientific establishment cannot be allowed >> to get away with the Climategate whitewash, says Christopher Booker. >> >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6679082/Climate-change-this-is-the-worst-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation.html >> >> Climate change data dumped >> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6936328.ece >> >> “The CRU is basically saying, ‘Trust us’. So much for settling >> questions and resolving debates with science,” he said." >> >> "(Jones) He and his colleagues say this temperature rise is >> “unequivocally” linked to greenhouse gas emissions generated by >> humans. Their findings are one of the main pieces of evidence used by >> the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which says global >> warming is a threat to humanity." >> >> Also other IPCC scientists are turning on each other. Dr. Eduardo >> Zorita writes: “CRU files: Why I think that Michael Mann (Of Hockey >> Stick debacle fame), Phil Jones and Stefan Rahmstorf should be barred >> from the IPCC process.” >> >> "These words do not mean that I think anthropogenic climate change is >> a hoax. On the contrary, it is a question which we have to be very >> well aware of. But I am also aware that in this thick atmosphere -and >> I am not speaking of greenhouse gases now- editors, reviewers and >> authors of alternative studies, analysis, interpretations,even based >> on the same data we have at our disposal, have been bullied and subtly >> blackmailed. In this atmosphere, Ph D students are often tempted to >> tweak their data so as to fit the 'politically correct picture'. Some, >> or many issues, about climate change are still not well known. Policy >> makers should be aware of the attempts to hide these uncertainties >> under a unified picture. I had the 'pleasure' to experience all this >> in my area of research." >> >> http://coast.gkss.de/staff/zorita/myview.html >> >> Doesn't surprise me. Lots more revelations to come, great resources to >> talk around the science and politics of climate change with students. >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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