Rhodes Scholars are connecting with each other on social,
environmental, and climate-related issues through
Rhodes-Scholars.TV*
* Nota bene: Rhodes-Scholars.TV is an informal communication network of Rhodes Scholars interested in sharing stories, studies, news and comments about the transition to a just and sustainable future in a climate-changed world. However, Rhodes-Scholars.TV is not a part or affiliate of the Rhodes Trust or the Rhodes Scholarship Programme, and any information, material or views published by or available via Rhodes-Scholars.TV do not represent the views or values of the Rhodes Trust, the Rhodes Scholarship Programme or the Rhodes Scholar community as a whole.
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For the most recent and official platform sponsored by The Rhodes Trust for connecting among Rhodes Scholars see the following message from The Warden of Rhodes House, Dr. Elizabeth Kiss.
- Welcome to Rhodes Connect for Alumni June 15, 2021
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For some past contributions from Rhodes Scholars see:
- Kumi Naidoo at COP26: Will Rich Countries Deliver Pledged Billions for South Africa to Get Off Coal? (South Africa-at-Large & Magdalen 1987)
- Gus Speth & George Woodwell on Carbon Use and the Human Prospect – Thames TV 1981 (South Carolina & Balliol 1964)
- They Knew: The US Federal Governments Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis (South Carolina & Balliol 1964)
- The “Overview Effect” & Transition Studies: Working for Sustainable Human Survival in a Finite Ecosystem – T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire and Balliol, ’69)
- New Reporting Shows White House Role In Directing Trump Mob To Capitol – Rachel Maddow (California and Lincoln ’95)
- CORY BOOKER: Amazing Conspiracy of Love | English Speech | English Speech with Subtitles Cory Booker (New Jersey and Queen’s ’92)
- The Sedition That Nobody’s Talking About | Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Drip, Drip, Drip…. An Outline Chronology of Events, Reports and News Releases T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- A “Letter from America…” T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Remembering Why Black Lives Matter T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- There Must Be #NoHoneymoon for Joe Biden Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Kumi Naidoo (South Africa-at-Large & Magdalen 1987)
- Kumi Naidoo | What Could Possibly Go Right? (South Africa-at-Large & Magdalen 1987)
- “Frightening Moment”: On Earth Day, Kumi Naidoo on Africa’s Twin Pandemics of Coronavirus & Hunger (South Africa-at-Large & Magdalen 1987)
- A Chapter in an Ongoing Crisis | Tim Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- The Sad and Sobering Reality: There Will Be No Post-Coronavirus Moment Ahead (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- The Social Impact of COVID-19 (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- What must we learn to survive as a species? (The Case of Agriculture and Oxford’s PPE Degree) T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Rachel Maddow On Corruption In the Oil And Gas Industry | All In | MSNBC
- Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth: Rachel Maddow
- Amnesty Head: Kumi Naidoo -Climate Crisis Is a “Death Penalty” for Humanity. Leaders Need Politic al Will to Act
- Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Receives Amnesty International Award from Kumi Naidoo
- Kumi Naidoo (South Africa-at-Large & Magdalen 1987)
- Living For A Cause #1 – Kumi Naidoo
- “Only Our Youth Can Save the Planet” – Kumi Naidoo | Inter Press Service
- Kumi Naidoo: United Nations Shouldn’t “Pander to Madness That Comes Out of the T rump Administration”
- “Climate Apartheid”: South African Climate Activist Kumi Naidoo Slams Inequality at U.N. Summit
- Spy Cables: Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo Targeted by Intelligence Agencies as “Security” Threat
- Kumi Naidoo: As Africa Burns, Why Is U.S. Refusing to Help Stop Catastrophic Climate Change?
- Global Divestment Mobilisation live broadcast with Bill McKibben, Kumi Naidoo & other Guests
- Before All the World the Youth Challenge the Fatal Myopia, Greed & Childishness of the Trump Generation T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Rhodes House Warden on Livestream
- Boston Climate & Sea-Level Update
- Climate Boston – a YouTube Channel – & related course on “Climate Vulnerability,” T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- When You Give Tax Breaks To Rich Folks Because ‘They Will Make Jobs!’ What Really Happens Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- “THIS IS A GIGANTIC HOAX!!!” Robert Reich DESTROYS Trump Lackey Stephen Moore on Trump’s Tax Bill Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Saving Capitalism with Robert Reich Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Saving Capitalism and Democracy with Robert Reich — In the Living Room with Henry E. Brady Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How Get Out of It I Robert Reich Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- “Only Our Youth Can Save the Planet” – Kumi Naidoo | Inter Press Service (South Africa-at-Large & Magdalen 1987)
- China and Humanity’s “Transition:” Will China Succeed Where The West Has Failed? T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Climate and Inequality Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968). And associated YouTube Channel: Inequality Media – Robert Reich
- Reflections on the Present and the Future – South African Artist: Tanisha Bhana, Charalee Graydon (Prairies & Wadham 1982)
- VOX – Voices from Oxford – Tim Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Can Humanity Survive the Anthropocene? T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Advice to Young People: Environmental Sustainability T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- 3 October 2017 – The Warden of Rhodes House, Charles Conn, has announced he will step down
- Contemporary Art “Our Changing World” – the work of Tanisha Bhana, Charalee Graydon (Prairies & Wadham 1982)
- The Tragedy is that “We treat soil like dirt” — Topsoil, Climate Change and the Collapse of Civilizations | EV & N – 255 | CCTV, T. C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Standing up for the World: Sustainability and Climate Change Panel – One panel discussion as part of the 40th Rhodes Women Anniversary September 20, 2017
- Inequality Media Civic Action, Videoblog, Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
see also - Robert Reich: The Resistance Report, Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Climate and Inequality, Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Climate Change Workshop: Welcome and Talk The Challenges of Generation 1 5C
- Truth as a Common Good with Robert Reich, Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Climate Damage Assessment: Assessing the Full Cost of 40 Years of Profits, Lies, and Deception from the Fossil-Fuel Industries | EV & N – 254 – CCTV, T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- The United States Decides to Leave the Paris Agreement — Crisis or Opportunity?, Charalee Graydon (Prairies & Wadham 1982)
- Transition-Studies.TV, Videoblog, T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Climate Change – Our Threatened World Charalee Graydon (Prairies & Wadham 1982)
- Climate Change, Soils and Humans as a Keystone Species in the Global Ecosystem, May 14, 2017, T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- The Rise and Coming Demise of “Free-Market” Fundamentalism – Viewpoints from Balliol College Over Time, May 8, 2017, T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Art and Activism – A Warrior with Care and Compassion | Rhodes Scholar Climate Workshop Charalee Graydon (Prairies & Wadham 1982)
- Generation 1.5°C : A unique intergenerational climate workshop – Rhodes House, Oxford
- Impeachment April 5, 2017 Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Inequality Media Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968) + Facebook Page
- None of Trump’s Supreme Court Picks Should be Confirmed Until Trump Comes Clean (Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Taking Stock of What’s at Stake: Petro-Militarism and the Hijacking of the American State T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Envisioning a Sustainable Future: Managing and Protecting the Environment | Harvard Extension School – T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Democrats Must Fight Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- The Clash of Civilizations? or The Crash of Civilization? What happens when the rule-breakers become the rule-makers? T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Ignorance + Arrogance = Overshoot ==> Collapse: The Accelerated Collapse of a Non-Renewable Civilization T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Winning Battles and Losing the War: Populist Politics and The War on Science T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- From “Alternative Facts” to Alternative Reality: Have Our Leaders (and the “Media” following them) Lost Their Grip on Reality? T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Are You “Climate Ready” Boston? (& New York? Philadelphia? Baltimore? Washington?…+ London? Hong Kong? Lagos? Cairo?, …etc?) T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)
- Robert Reich: Like a Tyrant, Trump Is Deploying Seven Techniques to Control the Media (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Trumps SOS Pick Rex Tillerson MOCKS U.S. Government at Russian Oil Expo – SHAMEFUL (California and Lincoln 1995)
- Robert Reich on the First 100 Day Resistance Agenda Against Trump: Protest & “Boycott Everything” (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Finally, The REAL REASON Why Trump Picked Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson AND Why He’s Taking a 99% PAY CUT (California and Lincoln 1995)
- Patrice Dechavanne, French Surrealist Artist, and Our Changing Planet – [Forwarded by: Charalee Graydon (Prairies & Wadham 1982)]
- New Poll uncovers Trump Supporters Alternate Reality – “They LITERALLY Think UP IS DOWN” Rachel Maddow (California and Lincoln 1995) from Social View
- Inequality Media Videos with Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
- Recent Videoblog Posts from the Cambridge Climate Research Associates (CCRA) – [forwarded by T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol, 1969)]
- African Oil – From the Artistic works of Barthélémy Toguo [Forwarded by: Charalee Graydon (Prairies & Wadham 1982)]
- The Prarie Climate Atlas [Forwarded by: Alana Lajoie-O’Malley (Praries & Linacre 2007)]
- Launching The New Enlightenment: The Reaffirmation of the Social Contract: Michael Jaffey [Forwarded by: Michael Jaffey (Rhodesia & St Edmund Hall 1949)]
- Charalee Graydon (Prairies & Wadham 1982) on the Arts, Climate and Environmental Justice
- The Creative Arts and Climate Change: International Indigenous Art and Culture
For related events in Oxford see:
- Oxford Climate Society Facebook Page
- Oxford Climate Policy – OCP
and - OCS Week 1 events …. plus further weekly listings from Michaelmas 2016 onward.
Keep in touch and join in:
Important recent scientific studies include:
Other material from Senior Rhodes Scholars includes:
- “Temperatures Rise, and We’re Cooked” – Nicholas Kristof (Oregon & Magdalen 1981) + videoblogs.
- Rhodes Alumni on the experience of the Scholarships
- Ngaire Woods (New Zealand & Balliol 1987) on the legacy of Cecil Rhodes (+ background sources)
- Daniel Esty (Massachusetts & Balliol 1981) (+ new Sustainability Leadership Program)
- Nicholas Kristof (Oregon & Magdalen 1981) (background sources)
- Kumi Naidoo (South Africa-at-Large & Magdalen 1987) (+ background sources)
- David Quammen (Ohio & Merton 1970) (+ background sources)
- Robert Reich (New Hampshire & University 1968)
Including:- Robert Reich’s First 100 Days Resistance Agenda | Alternet
- The Baby Boomer Bomb
- Robert B. Reich »WHY WORRY ABOUT INEQUALITY« | Public Lecture 2014-4-30
- Robert Reich, Globaloney: The Dangerous Myths of Globalization
- Robert Reich – Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
- The Investments of the 158
- Why is a Wall Street Sales Tax a Good Idea?
- The Realities of Free Trade Deals – TPP
- The Student Debt Crisis
- The True Cost Of College
- Corporate Tax Desertion
- Universal Basic Income
- Robert Reich: The Oddest Presidential Election in Living Memory
- Gus Speth (South Carolina & Balliol 1964)
- …. etc., etc.
Related:
- Fighting the World’s Fight: Against Poverty
- There is no “Planet B”….
- Rhodes Scholars Warn of Dramatic Transformations Required by Global Climate Crisis
- “Fighting the World’s Fight” – Rhodes Scholars in Oxford and Beyond
- The Man With A Plan… (…and his enduring challenge to Rhodes Scholars and world leaders today)
- “Sustainability and Religion: New Directions in Research and Practice” – T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol 1969)
- Some Recent Videoblog Posts – CCRA – T.C. Weiskel (New Hampshire & Balliol 1969)
and:
as well as the Rhodes Trust YouTube Channel – Rhodes Alumni Interviews:
and:
as well as the ongoing Rhodes Scholar Blog
& other visionary voices on the transitions necessary in a climate changed world ….