by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 22 Jan 2021 | Climate change, Educators' Catalog, Environment, Human Rights
Threats to nature persist despite global efforts to save our planet. Is it time to get tough and make killing nature an international crime? Amira, a wild baby elephant, is buried after she was caught in a poacher’s trap, Sare, Aceh Besar, Indonesia, 24...
Most students, aware of the devastating effects of climate change, favor stronger protections for nature. But have they considered what course of action might be needed if “‘standard’ save-the-world activities” fail to stir change, to use author Paul Spencer Sochaczewski’s words? Spencer Sochaczewski looks at the gray areas relating to how to protect the environment. His piece encourages students to consider multiple sides to a complex issue, and invites them to consider the motivations and tactics of changemakers outside the mainstream.
by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 5 Oct 2020 | Economy, Environment
It makes potato chips crispier, soap frothier, lipstick smoother and fried foods crunchier. Consumers love palm oil — but at a cost to our environment. Environmental activists evacuate an orangutan whose habitat is threatened by oil palm plantations, rubber...
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by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 5 Jul 2019 | Discovery
This is the final installment of a six-part ghost story by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, excerpted exclusively from the author’s new book, Dead but Still Kicking. *** Rustammy brings Dewi out of the trance, and this time it seems like Farida has genuinely left....
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by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 2 Jul 2019 | Discovery
This is the fifth installment of a six-part ghost story by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, excerpted exclusively from the author’s new book, Dead but Still Kicking. In the first installment, the Geneva-based author took us to Indonesia to meet the sultan of a city...
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by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 1 Jul 2019 | Discovery
This is the fourth installment of a six-part story by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, excerpted exclusively from the author’s new book, Dead but Still Kicking. In the first installment, the Geneva-based author took us to Indonesia to meet the sultan of a city built...
