Taking the Climate Crisis Personally. (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Geiser, Ken
• Is Part Of: New solutions. Volume 30:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 7
• Page End: 9
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: climate crisis -- civil disobedience -- environmental health -- democracy; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Government policy -- United States -- Periodicals; Industrial hygiene -- Periodicals; Industrial hygiene -- Government policy -- United States -- Periodicals; 613.62
• DOI: 10.1177/1048291120904050
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1048-2911

Abstract

The global threat of a warming planet and the increasing devastating consequences for the environment and vulnerable people throughout the world have pushed the author, a researcher and advocate for cleaner production and safer chemicals, to more dramatically express himself regarding this emergency. Understanding that the climate crisis reveals the fundamental weaknesses of our governance institutions and our production and consumption systems, in a letter to friends the author explains his recent choice to commit civil disobedience in protest for climate action and effective policies.