leading the development of green thinking in the UK
Green House Think Tank
Jonathan Essex

A Green New Deal for Gatwick

Many job opportunities near Gatwick are at the airport or in associated sectors. Covid-19 brought an almost complete cessation of flying, with a slow regrowth likely to take years to return to prior levels. Contemplation of a different future for workers across the Gatwick region has become urgent



Anne Chapman

Bringing Back the Beaver, the story of one man's quest to rewild Britain's waterways.

Of all the animals that roamed these isles but have now disappeared many think that the beaver is the most important one to bring back. Like us, beavers are ecosystem engineers, modifying their habitats to suit themselves



Anne Chapman

Food and Climate Change without the hot air

Bridle shows the emissions from various components of the meals she discusses. The book gives options for things we might eat and drink for breakfast, lunch, snacks and evening meal. She highlights foods that have the greatest climate impacts and suggests how meals can be tweaked to reduce emissions



Green House Think Tank

Achieving zero carbon trade, investment and industry

At this online event some of the results from Green House's report Trade and Investment Requirements for Zero Carbon were presented, plus there were presentations by other partners in the Green European Foundation, Climate Emergency Economy project.



Green House Think Tank

Blockers and enablers for decarbonizing the Dutch energy intensive industry

This online conference follows successful events last year on Climate Jobs and a Just Transition and Climate Emergency – Raising Ambition.



Peter Sims

Trade and Investment Requirements for Zero Carbon

This report proposes a much-needed toolkit to help policy makers face up to climate reality and address the wider environmental impacts and the imbalances of power and wealth that underlie our global trade



Maya de Souza

Urban Planning Hong Kong Style: the High-Rise Way Rethinking our Vision of Sustainable Cities

The aim of this report is to encourage greater consideration of high-rise, high-density cities as a strategy for ensuring climate-resilient and low carbon living.



Rupert Read

Extinction Rebellion: Insights From The Inside

This book is written by Rupert Read, founding member and former chair of Green House Think Tank



Jonathan Essex

Absolute Zero Carbon Britain

What is the best plan for how we can transition to a Zero Carbon Britain that faces up to the climate emergency? Zero Carbon Britain and Absolute Zero. This review contrasts the zero carbon plans in Zero Carbon Britain and Absolute Carbon, bot published since the UK committed to zero carbon by 2050



Green House Think Tank

COVID-19 and Facing up to Climate Reality

Online discussion about what the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to contain it may mean for the climate and ecological crisis. With John Barry, Anne Chapman, John Foster, and Reinhard Loske.



Emma Dawnay

Another Brexit is Possible

This report considers that the option of remaining in close alignment with the EU is too politically difficult to achieve. Having made this assumption, it argues that the only viable option is building national resilience through more localisation combined with deeper global cooperation.



Anne Chapman

Dirt to Soil: one family's journey into Regenerative Agriculture

Gabe Brown discusses his principles of soil health and is useful to farmers and anyone concerned with food production and the state of farming.