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Are Human Beings Hard-Wired to Ignore the Threat of Catastrophic Climate Change?

By Lisa Bennett, Greater Good. Posted November 14, 2008.


Climate scientists wonder why people don't do more about global warming. Social scientists have some troubling answers.

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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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