Why Humanity Needs to Behave Like Grass to Overcome The Climate Crisis
Adaption is key to survival in the natural world After a few months without rain, grass transforms from a vivid green to a murky brown, and it appears lifeless as it stops…
3 Reasons a Return to Capitalism’s Golden Age Could Solve the Climate Crisis
A belief in deregulation is having destructive consequences The former UK prime minister Boris Johnson bowed out of Parliament with some words of advice; ‘deregulate wherever you can’. It’s no surprise…
Why Are There So Few Leaders Fighting to Save Us From the Climate Crisis?
We’re facing a wicked problem unlike any other Systemic social problems are rarely simple to solve, yet most have been defined by heroic leadership. Martin Luther King was the face of the…
Why Sustainable Development is a Product of Cognitive Dissonance
Humanity collectively has its head in the sand For a while now, there’s been a belief that sustainable development can allow three crucial prongs to be dealt with simultaneously. Reduce the worst…
The Climate Crisis Won’t Kill People, Consumption Will
Consumption and sustainability are incompatible The climate crisis is framed as a problem we must ‘solve’, assuming that technological innovation will allow us to overcome the challenge. But the climate crisis…
How Hot Does It Need to Get For People to Wake up to the Climate Emergency?
We’re living in a climate emergency, yet people behave as if nothing is happening There were forest fires in London this week. Not two words you’d usually put together, but 40°C…