Robbins: Wisconsin Idea key to understanding climate change

In order to better visualize a future transformed by global climate change and to promote awareness for the problems it will cause, its impact must be scaled down to a local level to make it more accessible to local interests, according to environmental advocate Paul Robbins.

Robbins, director of Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, said in a lecture Tuesday that the vehicle for this communication is the Wisconsin Idea–the UW System’s grounding principle for outreach to the state.

For Robbins, the most effective way to help people care about the environment is to show them how they are affected by it....

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Ken Notes: With the new "head in the sand" administration, I also suggest we change the focus from global warming to the economic value of switching to a carbon neutral energy and transit systems. Focus on money, jobs, international competitiveness, economic growth, sustainability, independence, power, and world domination. If a side effect is a reduction in global warming, what the hell... Sun Tzu`s The Art of War --- Know Your Enemy...