Population Growth and Climate Change

A recent journal paper on the implications of population growth and urbanization for climate change argues that it is not the growth in populations that drives the growth in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but rather, the growth in consumers and their levels of consumption. Why should this be the case? Well, a major proportion of [...]

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The Road

A little while back I mentioned a book that I read over the summer about a future world destroyed by climate change. ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy is a gripping, stomach churning and moving read. If nothing else it will encourage you to hop on your bike and put the recycling out! The blurb from [...]

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350: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION

350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis. Their mission is to ‘inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet’. Their focus is the the number 350–as [...]

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Globalisation and Pollution in Developing Countries

I have just finished reading a cracking journal article that sought to explore ‘transnational linkages and the spillover of environment-efficiency into developing countries’. From an environmentalists perspective the intensification of globalisation has had negative environmental implications with it bringing about a ‘race-to-the-bottom’ with regard to environmental standards in developing countries. Advocates of globalisation argue that enhanced [...]

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International Year of the Natural Fibre!

These days, there seems to be a year for everything you can think of! However, the ‘International Year of the Natural Fibre’ appears to be one worthy of our attention. Why the interest in natural fibres you may ask yourself?  Well, artificial fibres, such as those derived from oil, will one day disappear. But this issue aside, [...]

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Is the Corporation a Psychopath?

The Corporation’ is a documentary film that brings together an excellent cast of researchers, business leaders, and campaigners to explore the dominant institution of our time; the corporation. Putting the corporation in the psychiatrist’s chair is certainly an interesting way to help us understand more about its actions, which are likened to those of a [...]

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