…After lamenting the lack of art at COP 26 in yesterday’s letter, today I saw a video of Little Amal, a giant puppet who trekked from Syria to England to dramatize the plight of child refugees. She met the Pope, encountered warm receptions & harsh rejections in various locales & paraded through Glasgow this week….
…I just heard Giannis Antetokounmpo talking about believing in dreams, working hard & cherishing family. It’s fascinating that he can pour out his aggression on the court, stomping around with a scowl on his face, & then can be such a gentleman at the WH.
Psychological Reactance Theory …provides hope that efforts, of the groups in Myanmar who are encouraging Tatmadaw soldiers to defect, will work. By appealing to the soldiers’ innate desires for freedom to resist their leaders, groups, like People’s Embrace, are motivating military families to take the risk of deserting the Tatmadaw, which, by the way, is having trouble recruiting folks. …
…what should we do to entice the people of Africa to keep their fossil fuel in the ground? Their parents & grand-parents did not consume energy to create the anthropogenic climate change we are dealing with, so why should they forgo the economic benefits of developing their energy reserves? …
… I understand that you signed us up for the Methane Pledge. That’s great. We’ve got some folks here at UCD who focus on that. A couple of guys look at the methane produced by burping cows. Ermias Kebreab has figured out how to add seaweed to the feed of dairy cows which mitigates their methane production…
… Are you having fun with the folks at the G20? I continue to be disappointed that only 2 of the 21 leaders in the family photo are women. When ADM is gone, Ursula von der Leyen may be the only one left….
