It’s been out for a while, but I just got around to watching No Impact Man over the weekend. (Thank you Dogwoof sale*) If you haven’t come across it, Colin Beavan runs one of the world’s better environmental blogs at No Impact Man. It began a few years back to track a bold personal project [...]
Archive | February, 2011
If you see Luton in the news this weekend…
You may see Luton in the news again this weekend, for all the wrong reasons. Marching under the banner of ‘back to where it all began’, the English Defence League are currently marching through Luton town centre. Right wing groups have flown in from France and Germany to join them. In response, Unite Against Fascism [...]
The Mystery of Capital, by Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto is a name that crops up regularly in my reading about development. He caught my eye partly because he is a world-renowned economist who isn’t from the English-speaking world, but also because his work is recognised by both sides of the political spectrum. He is the originator of what is, quite simply, [...]
A landscape of global risk
This morning I’ve been browsing some of the outputs from the World Economic Forum, and among the reports is one on global risks. It attempts to map the risks facing us in the next decade, and draw the connections between them. You can explore it online here in more detail, or here’s a rough overview. [...]
Ten reasons to give up your car
I recently found myself explaining to a friend why I don’t have a driving licence, and have no intention of getting one any time soon. I claimed I could give them ten good reasons not to drive. I was making the point rhetorically, but then I thought I should actually try it… 1. Climate change [...]
Japan: the world’s first post-growth economy
One of the problems with post-growth economics is that it can appear theoretical and untried. But what if we did actually have a working example of a post-growth society, albeit an accidental one?
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