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Sustainability for an Informed Electorate

Sustainability for an Informed Electorate. American Democracy Project, Constitution Week University College, Kennesaw State University September 16, 2013 RC Paul . Be Curious, Think Critically, & Vote. An example of a local issue: Southeast.

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Sustainability for an Informed Electorate

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  1. Sustainability for an Informed Electorate American Democracy Project, Constitution Week University College, Kennesaw State University September 16, 2013 RC Paul

  2. Be Curious, Think Critically, & Vote An example of a local issue: Southeast

  3. Alabama & Florida (& downstream areas of GA) say we use too much

  4. & this region is expected to continue to experience major droughts

  5. Solution? Build more Reservoir Dams?

  6. Invade Tennessee?

  7. Conservation

  8. Be Curious, Think Critically, & Vote An example of a major issue: Global Climate Change

  9. What educators are up against

  10. An informed public? How many of these can you identify?

  11. Possible implications of increased greenhouse gases

  12. Rising sea levels; vulnerable coastlines

  13. Ocean acidification

  14. Other issues: air quality

  15. We are drilling here & drilling deeper, sometimes with unintended consequences

  16. Alternative transportation?

  17. Voters’ opinions – influenced by politics

  18. & personal experience

  19. Voters are growing skeptical

  20. Misinformation!

  21. Where can we find reliable information? NASA

  22. Scientists?

  23. Or elsewhere?

  24. The Geneva Association (Re-Insurers)

  25. U. S. Military Admiral Samuel Locklear, Pacific Fleet - March, 2013

  26. How Science Works

  27. Peer Review

  28. Scientific Certainty

  29. Be Curious, Think Critically, & Vote(& not just for President)

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