ARCHIVE: A SURVEY OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS’ MOTIVATIONS
Photo by Korie Cull We are sharing: I am part of a team at the University of St Andrews who are looking to recruit climate activists for a two-wave longitudinal study before and after next week’s Extinction Rebellion ‘The Big One’ protest. The study aims to deepen understanding of increasing engagement with the climate crisis, […]
ARCHIVE: SCIENCE MUSEUM UNDER XR SCRUTINY FOR SPONSORSHIP
On 29th March 2023, Extinction Rebellion (XR) took to the halls of The Science Museum in London during the ‘Lates’ event to protest Adani Green Energy’s sponsorship of the new Energy Revolution gallery. Adani Green Energy is a smaller branch of the parent company Adani Group, an India-based multinational industrial conglomerate reported to be heavily […]
ARCHIVE: INDIAN HEATWAVES AT THE LIMIT OF HUMAN SURVIVAL
Photo by Raghu Nayyar As temperatures approached 50°C, March 2022 saw India reach its highest temperatures since records began over 100 years ago, and 2023 may push those records even higher. The northwestern regions are the worst affected by this heat and unlike the sparsely populated Sahara and inland Arabian peninsula (the only other regions […]
ARCHIVE: EARTH HOUR
Photo by Pawel Nolbert Earth Hour is an annual event which symbolically unites people around the world and focusses attention on the urgent need to conserve energy. Will your nearest landmark buildings be turning out the lights at 8.30pm -9.30pm local time? Promoted by the World Wildlife Fund, the organisation recommends switching off devices to […]
ARCHIVE: IPCC REPORT 2023: QUANTUM LEAP NEEDED TO AVOID CLIMATE DISASTER
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s meeting in Switzerland on 20th March 2023 highlighted the urgent need for climate action in order to stick to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°c. This requires a global emission peak by 2025, a 43% emission reduction by 2030, 65% by 2035, and […]
FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN LABELLING
Chrissie Masters In-depth sustainability labelling in the food supply chain has long been awaited…now Abel and Cole in the UK are stepping up to the challenge and are introducing a grading system, reports Edie.net (Monday 20 February 2023). The “eco-labelling” will be graded and assessed in partnership with the Oxford University team that developed the nutritional […]
ARCHIVE: FRANCE IS PIONEERING THE MOVE TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY – COULD THE UK LEARN A THING OR TWO?
Image Credit – Philippe Murray-Pietsch Over recent years, France has introduced a number of sustainable development strategies and coherent policies that aim to promote a more circular economy. Chiefly, The 2020 Anti-Waste Law, also called AGEC Law, (translates to Loi relative à la lute contre le gaspillage et a l’économie circulaire) lays out a variety […]
SHOWING UP FOR COP27
Image Credit – Jordan Madec COP27 is the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and in November 2022 the 27th conference will be hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The conference takes place every year and unites around 200 countries who present their plans to reduce carbon emissions. The 2021 conference, COP26, […]
COP27 AND COCA-COLA: PR COUP OR PR DISASTER?
Image Credit – Maria Mendiola Coca-Cola is the headline sponsor of COP27. While some folks are Furious – there is a petition to remove the company as sponsor currently running on Change.org – some specialists (see LinkedIn) are pointing out that it’s better for the organisation “to have a seat at the table” – and […]
WHEN IS ‘ACTIVIST CHAOS’ ACCEPTABLE?
Image Credit – Emily Malkin Today, 17th October 2022, two members of Just Stop Oil closed the Queen Elizabeth II bridge on the M25 between Kent and Essex for 24 hours. These brave and passionate souls climbed masts that tower 84 metres over the motorway, diverting traffic through the two lane tunnel and creating chaos […]
