by Evan Dwan | Sep 8, 2021 | News |
Bertrand Russel, the philosopher, argued that most discussions of politics take insufficient account of psychology. What, then, are the psychological roots of the climate crisis? Psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe argues that capital E ‘Exceptionalism’ lies at the root of...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 8, 2021 | News |
Why is it that often well-intentioned policies produce the opposite to what they set out to do? Asks David peter Stroh. Failed social policies often have similar features: They address symptoms not the underlying cause They appear obvious and often succeed in the...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 7, 2021 | News |
In 1977, scientist James Black delivered a presentation to Exxon executives called ‘the greenhouse effect’. Black gave evidence that the carbon dioxide released during the burning of fossil fuels was warming the planet. This warming, he revealed, will eventually pose...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 3, 2021 | News |
Facing the challenge of the climate crisis fundamentally involves creating not just change but transformation. We are going to need to change the way we eat, farm, travel and how we power and heat our homes. However, a lot of damage has already been done and so the...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 3, 2021 | News |
A project called ‘Framing climate justice’ describes the ‘story’ of climate justice as follows. Climate change is real and is already happening; the cause of climate change is exploitative systems like capitalism and colonialism; the changing climate increases the...
