The following articles was written by Brad Mapes-Martins, an assistant professor of political science at the UW-Stevens Point, and David Lay Williams, a former associate professor of political science and philosophy at UW-Stevens Point and a current associate professor of political science at DePaul University.
This week’s People’s Climate March draws necessary attention to the pressing problem of climate change. The consensus among scientists that climate change is occurring and largely the result of human activities is accompanied, however, by frustration that little is being done to slow its pace, much less reverse it.