Theme : climatechange
- The Disrupters A building services manager for a local council. A Cumbrian hill farmer. A high-end concierge service. And a Bath-based leadership coach. These are not the people who you would expect to be pioneering solutions to climate change. Yet each of them is responsible for innovations that could put us on the path to a lower-carbon society. from : mollywebb 11th July 2007
- Demos/NESTA Report and Environmental Challenge Launch The Innovation Challenges programme aims to stimulate innovation in response to major social issues. Please join us for the launch of our next challenge which will focus on climate change. We will also launch our latest report - a NESTA/Demos publication on low-carbon innovation entitled ‘The Disrupters’. The launch event will include a panel debate which will consider the role of Government, investors and the public in improving the conditions for low-carbon... from : mollywebb 6th July 2007
- Climate change, behaviour and innovation When did this happen? Is it suddenly ok to talk about the fact that people will need to change their behaviour if we want to tackle climate change? This discourse around behaviour is careful: it’s all about participation, not about prescription. It fits well with the latest media culture ethos – we’re all constantly on our mobiles, online and on facebook. Whether this will lead to an ‘I can’ politics, as David Miliband said recently, or ‘pro-social... from : mollywebb 4th June 2007
- New Statesman - Climate change: Why we don't believe it New Statesman - Climate change: Why we don't believe it from : mollywebb 24th April 2007
- Inconvenient uncertainties Finally caught the Channel 4 climate change debunking last night. Smelt bad from the start and the stink only got worse. But a fascinating deconstruction (someone French once called this "blowing up in slow motion"). It showed that the current winners ("swindlers") of the climate change debate have a fragile position. The evidence is massively in their favour, but they're just not as good at talking about uncertainty as their Exxon-funded chums, who argue through polished... from : jackstilgoe 13th March 2007
- The science of climate change | Heating up | Economist.com The science of climate change | Heating up | Economist.com from : mollywebb 5th February 2007
- BBC NEWS | Talk about Newsnight | Can pop take on global warming? BBC NEWS | Talk about Newsnight | Can pop take on global warming? from : mollywebb 31st January 2007
- Reuters AlertNet - -U.N. climate panel reports in 2007 Reuters AlertNet - -U.N. climate panel reports in 2007 from : mollywebb 30th January 2007
- FT.com / In depth - Incentives ?needed to fight climate change? FT.com / In depth - Incentives ?needed to fight climate change? from : mollywebb 25th January 2007
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Rebel with a cause
"Optimism is a political act" says Alex Steffan in the first sentence of the 'politics' section of the WorldChanging book (from the people at the worldchanging site) out late last year.
Are social movements fueled by optimism? Or rebelliousness? Eric Prydz has captured the latter mood in his re-mixed Pink Floyd's ‘Proper Education' (See the video on YouTube) from : mollywebb 9th January 2007
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