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Naomi Klein - author of [my] long-time favourite No Logo - speaks at TED Women on BP, climate change, Sarah Palin, and tar sands. The common thread? People. Our perception of limitlessness, our addiction to risk, and our constant neglect of precaution. A compelling talk. Must-watch.
Climate change. It’s been a source of cogitation in the scientific world for some years now, spurring a cacophony of media hype and ongoing debate in global politics. Though there is little unanimity about its causes and effects, the ‘greenhouse effect’ is broadly accepted to arise from human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, which over time have altered the chemical composition of our atmosphere. The environmental, social [...]
In Part 3 of this, our first diablogue, Jill Damatac interpreted the responsibility apportioned to each stakeholder in the Deepwater Horizon disaster: for BP, the formidable environmental clean-up; for other major oil companies, their expertise and technical capacity to support the task; and for the Government, regulatory oversight and quality control. A reasoned approach to the tangible impacts of [...]
The world is rapidly entering a climate change frenzy. We have overwhelming evidence of the changes occurring to baseline planetary conditions due to greenhouse gas emissions unquestionably arising from human activity. All focus is turning to mitigation. How can we reduce our climate change impact while maintaining the rates of economic growth that the industrialised world has grown so accustomed to, and which emerging economies aspire to [...]
The UK is gripped by election fever. On Thursday 6th May the country will finally have the opportunity to express its true feelings about the political controversies and uncertainties of recent years, and to make a judgement on a preferred pathway into the future. But what will that future hold? Which party will help Britain [...]
Once upon a time, there was a blog. It was most-times "eco". And, to my mind, usually "logical". It was therefore called "Eco Logical", and it did thrive and offer refuge for the idle wonderings of a curious mind.