Managing without Growth; Slower by Design, not Disaster
The book’s subtitle seemed particularly apropos given the lockdowns many of us are experiencing. These establish an enforced slowdown on the world economy - an unfortunate natural experiment to test out some of the book’s ideas.
The Invention of Sustainability; Nature and Destiny c. 1500-1870
Ray Cunningham's review of Warde's book, which examines the invention of sustainability across different time periods and with different themes
Wilding; the Return of Nature to a British Farm
Wilding raises two key issues. One is the challenge it poses to the established UK approach to nature conservation, and our approach to nature more generally. The other is whether we have more than enough food and should instead of producing food give land, such as that at Knepp over to Nature.
This is what a real emergency looks like: what the response to Coronavirus can teach us about how we can and need to respond to the planetary emergency
John Barry, a member of Green House’s advisory group, considers what the response to Coronavirus can teach us about how we can and need to respond to the planetary emergency.
From the COVID-19 Crisis to a Sustainable Economy: What progressive politics needs to do now
Loske argues the crisis is a turning point. It divides time into a "before" and an "after". It exposes so many ecologically questionable practices that consequences must and will follow. The disregard for natural boundaries has led us to more vulnerability and more dependence
Extinction, rebellion and Extinction Rebellion
John Foster's extended review of 'This Civilisation is Finished', 'Truth and its consequences' and 'Common Sense for the 21st Century' and concludes rapid action is imperative
'Optimism Over Despair' and 'Hope Without Optimism'
This green read explores hope, and considers these two books by Chomsky and Eagleton
Climate Jobs and a Just Transition: responding to our climate emergency
The final event of our Climate Jobs project for this year at which Jonathan Essex and Peter Sims will be presenting the results of our climate jobs modelling for Northern Ireland. This one day conference is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Green Foundation Ireland.
Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind
The book focuses on the development of human society. If we want to rebalance our impact on the earth it would probably help to understand how we have come to design the systems - society, the economy - that interact with it.
The Water Will Come
This book by Goodell highlights the devastating impacts of climate change due to rising sea levels, but holds out the hope that we could learn to live with water
Climate Emergency Conference- Raising Ambition
A one-day conference for those looking to act on the climate emergency. Why we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and how we can shift to a zero carbon economy. What scale of change do we need to be looking at? What would the benefits be for jobs and local economies?
Burning Up; A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption
Since 1950 we have consumed vastly more fossil fuels than in the whole of human history before that. Piriani's book is a detailed account of the history of fossil fuel consumption and how fossil fuel consumption is embedded into our economic social systems
