In 1992 the 'Earth Summit' in Rio gave us the Framework Convention on Climate Change. A generation later, 'the world' (cough cough) looks on to Paris for another such statement. What are the similarities and differences between the two lead-up periods? Some initial thoughts... Disclaimers- 1) this post is to fulfil a promise to a... Continue Reading →
An incomplete list of books I brought back from Australia
Incomplete because it doesn't include a couple I took with, or the ones my amazing wife kindly packed in her luggage. And yes, I have read some, and intend to read/make good use of the rest. Am applying for an increase on my word limit for my thesis blah blah blah. PhD (and some others... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady: Phase 4, the Industry
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here's a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
talktalk is jokejoke – phoned me back to hassle me?!
Lord give me strength. Talktalk is one of these useless companies that sells TV broadband, mobile and phone. I am sure they massively underpay their sales drones. And probably overpay their advertising agency. And their directors, of course. I simply phoned up to ask them to tell them to stop wasting their money and my... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady; Phase 4, the activists
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here’s a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
“So we bleat on….”, or Q &A/P&A; the pathological meetings of academics, activists etc
This article outlines the very familiar pathological pattern of meetings at which dialogue is lauded and then slaughtered, the usual attempts to fix the pathologies, and then describes why they usually fail. It closes out with what COULD be done, and why it won’t be (it’s a conspiracy!!) The pathological meeting We have all been there... Continue Reading →
DILC and the Problem Lady; Phase 3, the State
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here’s a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady; Phase 3, the industry
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here's a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
Our #climate – personal stories, global change; #excellent art on despair and hope
At its best our species does courage, creativity and trust. At its worst it excels at greed,stupidity and violence. Last night Melbourne Playback Theatre Company (MPTC) displayed enormous quantities of the former to illuminate one symptom of the latter - climate change. The event's format captured our dilemma nicely. The first half was taken up... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady; Phase 3, the activists
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here's a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
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