10 Controversial Climate Change Fixes to Spark Discussion—From Wired.com

Welcome to Thrilling Heroics: a personal and career development site for college students and young professionals! If you enjoy the site, I encourage you to leave your comments and consider subscribing to future articles. Optimize your Life, Rock your Career, and Make the World your Playground!It’s been a long time since I wrote about sustainability, [...]

The Product of Working Towards A Common Cause

Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
—Margaret Mead, 1901 - 1978, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Veganism and Sustainability, Part I

Today’s guest post is authored by my sister Jaime McKibben. Jaime’s a student at Chico State, an actress, and self-described health food fanatic. She has studied nutrition and sustainability and advocates vegetarian and vegan diets. She will present a different perspective for many readers of THRILLINGheroics, however it is interesting to see her arguments for [...]

The Last Thrill

According to the Urban Monk, the blogosphere is coming to an end. If I had just one last post, what would it be? What would I say…to you guys…my audience…
I was thinking about what’s most important to me yesterday–what I’m most passionate about–”why do I spend so much time researching and writing about this stuff?” [...]

Let’s Prevent Life in a Post-Apocalyptic World

A recent article from Worldchanging makes the simple (and what should be obvious) point that what they call “climate foresight” is becoming a necessary skill to pick up. I like this article because it sums up the point that 1) the source of global warming is no longer worth arguing about because it is happening [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part II: The Threat Posed By Rising Sea Levels

This is the second in a series where I examine the effects of global warming on our world—effects which are already visible, and threats that loom on the horizon unless we change the way we live our lives. To read Part I, click here: Slow Cooker Earth Part I: How Weather Patterns Are Changing Worldwide.
Today [...]