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Radio EcoShock: Ravaging Tide or Renewable World?

10/11/201210/11/2012 Stephen 1 Must Read, CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING, ECOLOGY, Energy, ENVIRONMENT, global warming, News Alex Smith, cyclone, Daphne Wysham, Hurricane, New York, New York City, Radio, sandy, sea level, sea level rise, Storm surge, United States, University of Maryland, University of Maryland College Park, Washington

flooding of jersey shore — Flooding of New Jersey shoreline

Can big cities like New York or Washington protect against storm surge and rising seas?

I highly recommend this excellent weekly radio show: RADIO ECOSHOCK hosted by Alex Smith — Stephen

Nov 7 Show:

Mike Tidwell, author of “The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities.”

Professor J. Court Stevenson, University of Maryland, on city surge defenses around the world.

Daphne Wysham interviews German Green Parliamentarian Hermann Ott: leading the way to renewables before climate collapse.

Website: Radio Ecoshock 121107 1 hour

FREE DOWNLOAD: Download/listen to show in CD Quality (56 MB)

Post Climatic Stress Disorder – Climate Psychology on Radio Ecoshock

07/10/201007/10/2010 Stephen CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING, Energy, News Alex Smith, climate change, ecoshock, extreme weather, Mental health

Vancouver, Canada’s Alex Smith has an excellent podcast program on the psychology of why we are not dealing with climate change. Perhaps it is a crisis in slow motion — too slow for us to get excited about some think. Let’s hope not. – Stephen

From his Sept 29 show Alex begins:

“Friends did a month of rain that fall last night? Did rivers flood in the Fall? Did you know 214 all-time heat records were set in the U.S. September 24th? It was 30 degrees in Toronto, feeling like 37 with the humidity – the heat of the human body. And just lately, Los Angeles hit an all-time high of 113 degrees – in late September!

Worried about your kids? You might have Post Climatic Stress Disorder. PCSD is a serious condition. But don’t worry, professional help is on the way….