Climate Fictions "Climate Music and Web Series"

Octavia Butler is an author who focuses on science fiction. It is hard for her because science fiction is a white male dominated genre and she is challenging it. In the parable of the sower, Lauren has hyper-empathy and she got it because her mom took drugs while pregnant with her. In "This Song is Composed from 133 years of Climate Data Change," by Heather Hansman in September 21,2015, a college student named Daniel Crawford at the University of Minnesota, wrote music that focuses on rising temperatures since the 1880s. Using music to encourage people to act on important issues, because it divides the bridge between logic and emotion. Through music, you can convey the data in a different way, which argues on the science of numbers and the emotional power of hearing sound. Using digital media or anything other than articles isn't new. Climate scientists have been using music and haikus since the beginning of time to create a change. The song playlist is important because it divides the bridge between logic and emotion. In the North Pole web series, I learned that the "North Pole" is the closest land in the Canadian territory.

I enjoyed these articles and playlist a lot because for one it was my discussion leader project and I actually learned a lot about the way that things are set up. One of the songs on the playlist was by Usher and I heard it before and I used to like it, but I would never have thought that this song was about climate change. This is actually where the problem kicks in. I don't believe that songs are an effective way to get people to learn about climate change because if the words are catchy we are just going to sing them. No one actually pays attention to the actual lyrics and that is where problems start. I believe that entertainment takes away from the seriousness of the issue at hand. Overall I loved everything and I would recommend these sources to other people because it's actually good to learn about how an everyday thing that surrounds us in life actually is beneficial to the community.

Keywords:  Flint water crisis-began in 2014, after the drinking water source for the city of Flint, Michigan was changed from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to a less costly source of the Flint River.

Dakota access pipeline-a 1,172-mile-long underground oil pipeline in the United States.

Climate change- when changes in Earth's climate system result in new weather patterns that last for at least a few decades, and maybe for millions of years.

Fundamentalism-a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

Embarking-begin (a course of action, especially one that is important or demanding).

Hyperempathetic-the ability to feel the emotions and feelings that someone else is experiencing and have compassion for them.

Hierarchical- an arrangement in order of rank.

Catalyze-cause (an action or process) to begin.

Intergovernmental-relating to or conducted between two or more governments.

Data visualization-graphical representation of information and data.

Arbitrary-based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

Dendrochronology- the science or technique of dating events, environmental change, and archaeological artifacts by using the characteristic patterns of annual growth rings in timber and tree trunks.