Will there be a long loud legal global (LLLG) signal coming out of Paris? No (two words – "US Senate"). Two linked questions; a) In the absence of a LLLG signal/deal, will there be the enormous investment in renewables, energy efficiency and 'leap frog' technology transfers that would be necessary to change humanity's energy systems?... Continue Reading →
A lively debate about the near and long-term future of western civilisation took place yesterday in central London, at the launch of the book “The Politics of Green Transformations”. The edited volume based on work of the STEPS centre, was the centrepiece of an event at the National Liberal Club, and provoked a conversation about... Continue Reading →
Barriers There's the translation problem. Namely, academics write like, well, academics. There are a finite number of activists who are both willing and able to loot the Ivory Tower and then translate information into digestible bits for other activists. And those finite activists have very finite time, energy, attention, morale and bandwidth. This, of course,... Continue Reading →
There are so many reasons we don't DO reflective learning. We live in our habits/routines/comfort zone (as as Charles Duhigg points out, habits can be Good things) Time (lack thereof) Energy (exhaustion) It's difficult to reflect. We get little or no training. It's not something we are encouraged to do in school. It's far more... Continue Reading →
It’s easy to spot when the “right” is distorting the past for the purpose of shaping the present and future. It’s easy to denounce their focus on kings and queens and Great Men, and the technologies of innovation that create a “whiggish” narrative of white power (in every sense). It’s easy to get outraged by... Continue Reading →
So, we went here for Friday lunch. Super-friendly, super cheap and cheerful. Definitely worth supporting this place, trying out everything on the menu. They also have a library of zines and books (including lots of those cool Women's Press books with the zebra spines). There's a call-out for zines about LGBT/feminist themes, and I think... Continue Reading →
Yet again I walked (flounced?). Yet again there’s communications (civil this time) with(one of) the organisers of the event. Yet again the old conscience/ego chides “well, instead of specific criticisms, why not spell out how you’ld have done it differently?” Here it is. There’s actually a couple of innovations I dreamt up today. It is... Continue Reading →
Marc Hudson has been to one too many event that describes itself as “open space”. The fightback starts here.[Update: here's how he'd have done it] The Evil Corporations and their Evil State lackeys are trying to defeat us!! They constantly steal our ideas, water them down, and then use them to sell their own very... Continue Reading →
