It’s an age-old dilemma; Existing industry has power, influence, lobbyists. The industries we need (solar, wind, energy efficiency etc) are smaller, weaker and as-yet-not-quite-there. So, how DO you get (enough) state bureaucrats to see and support an opportunity that isn’t there (yet)? How do you, when trying to talk about ‘green jobs,’ get the powerful... Continue Reading →
Propaganda for beginners – Australian government pre-Kyoto conference
So, at the September 1997 "South Pacific Forum" in the Cook Islands some of the locals/hosts were mildly peeved that Australia was opposing emissions reductions. Ms McDonald, who headed the greenhouse task force in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, last week took on officials from Pacific island countries who feared their low-lying atolls... Continue Reading →
Historical #climate cons –What we can learn from Big Brother and the chocolate rations
“Winston was smoking a Victory Cigarette which he held carefully horizontal. The new ration did not start till tomorrow and he had only four cigarettes left. For the moment he had shut his ears to the remoter noises and was listening to the stuff that streamed out of the telescreen. It appeared that there had... Continue Reading →
The game is the “Game” … and the “family resemblance concept”
Read a corking paper a coupla days ago, called “A dynamic conceptualization of power for sustainability research.” Definitely one that – despite being clearly written – that I will need to return to. For now, though, this quote from the first page... "… however, power is not so much an ‘essentially contested concept’ but rather... Continue Reading →
Juking the academic stats – the ivory tower game explained.
Is it possible to be cynical enough? That’s one of those questions I ask myself occasionally (daily/hourly) and usually when I begin to chide myself for corrosiveness, along comes confirmation/warning that I haven’t even got to cynicism basecamp. The latest timely warning is "Ring a Ring Roses: Quality Journals and Gamesmanship in Management Studies." This... Continue Reading →
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