Last week I was invited to do a workshop with the South Australian branch of Citizens Climate Lobby. This blog post goes into some of the detail (tmi, in fact). I wrote it so I'd have something to refer to if/when I get the opportunity to do more, and as a way of forcing myself... Continue Reading →
The emotional dynamics of ego-fodder
I've written plenty about ego fodder since I invented the term almost ten years ago. I have even managed to slide it into various things I have written elsewhere (e.g. here). What I haven't described - or if I have haven't done recently - is the emotional dynamics within this notion of ego fodder. These... Continue Reading →
Debate speech: XR has done more harm than good
Here's the text I prepared and delivered for what was, in the end, a deeply unsatisfactory debate held recently. I am Dr Marc Hudson. Speaking as editor of Manchester Climate Monthly, I put the case “that Extinction Rebellion has done more harm than good to the movement towards climate action.” I will stick to XR... Continue Reading →
Of abuse, derailing, and a fundamental lack of intellectual courage and perhaps capacity…
Rule of thumb - If someone commenting on your blog post starts with an attack on you (as opposed to your arguments), then you’ve hit a nerve and - whether they know it or not, whether they can even admit it to themselves or anyone else when it is pointed out - they are trying... Continue Reading →
Getting lost: Turnbull, Flannery, #auspol and #climate – precisely no belling of the cats
This afternoon, with 2300 other punters, I watched a Get Up (1) webinar/discussion between Tim "The Weathermakers" Flannery and Malcolm "I will not lead a party that is not as committed to climate change as I am" Turnbull. Below are some random thoughts/not rising to the level of theses (though I will say that these... Continue Reading →
The Age of Consequences – of lies, comforting myths and what is (still) to be done
"We" are in the early years of the age of consequences now. Other species have been living with the consequences of our depravity for hella long time. Our own species has been pretty grotesque to its own members for millennia, with that getting dialled up to eleven after European "explorers" and adventurers took their guns,... Continue Reading →
Eight top tips for how to destroy your group’s morale
State budgets are going to take a massive hit thanks to Covid. Education? Kids can watch youtube, that'll do! Health budgets? It starts with one nurse between two, it ends up suicide pills a la On The Beach. With regards to what used to be called, unironically “Public Safety” well, while there’ll always be money... Continue Reading →
Guest post: In (partial) defence of Extinction Rebellion
A few days ago I published something under the title "XR- useful, useless or worse than useless?" Given that I wrote it, there were of course no tpyos, no sweeping generalisations and no inflammatory denunciations whatsoever.Someone I know slightly kindly wrote an email, and I encouraged them to turn it into a longer comment. Originally... Continue Reading →
XR- useful, useless, worse than useless?
So there is a debate coming up - "this house believes that XR has done more harm than good for the movement towards climate action." An organisation I am part of has been invited to participate, and I may or may not be speaking on its behalf. That's the impetus for putting fingers to keyboard... Continue Reading →
Losing friends and failing to influence people #392: “Activism as a Ponzi scheme”
Here’s another post destined to lose me friends/supporters/followers/ears. Perhaps. (IDGAF) It came to me recently, at a [description removed on advice of career coach]. Most of the “activism” I see is a Ponzi Scheme. In case you don’t know it, a Ponzi scheme is named after an Italian conman, Ponzi. He advertised a glorious future... Continue Reading →
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