Are Human Beings Hard-Wired to Ignore the Threat of Catastrophic Climate Change?
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Lisa Bennett is the communications director for the Center for Ecoliteracy, a nonprofit dedicated to education for sustainable living. She is writing a book about parenting in the age of global warming and can be reached at LisaOBennett@gmail.com.
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