It is now three years ago Pope Francis published his encyclical letter Laudato Si’, where he told the world that “highly polluting fossil fuels – especially coal, but also oil and, to a lesser degree, gas – needs to be
Category: World affairs
Our understanding of the global commons is key
“There is no space left on Earth for egoism.” ~ Naoko Ishii, environmental policy expert from Japan It can’t be said more clearly. This TED-conference presentation by Naoko Ishii – a Japanese environmental policy expert who leads the Global Environment
The things that give us new energy
Some big, scary news about the climate emergency is coming at us on a daily basis – but there is tonnes of good news to take notice of as well. Such as when the news ticked in from Montgomery County
You know the transformation has started when…
You know that humanity is making positive steps to change our behaviour – and that the business community is beginning to speed up its transition away from polluting fossil fuels and plastic to clean, green energy in a recyclable and circular
Reversing climate change: The middle gets it
“The middle gets it. The middle is happening.” ~ Paul Hawken, American author In The Sustainable Hour on 14 February 2018: • Architect Alvyn Williams from Soft Loud House Architects about passive houses and star rating systems • Councillors Susan
Welcome to the new grand story of interconnected sustainability
“As if it wasn’t already clear, 2017 provided even more evidence that we are changing our planet in dangerous ways.” ~ Heather Leibowitz, environmental advocate and lawyer “In 20 years we’ll look back on 2017 as a turning point for
Ferocious fires wake up one Australian news station
Something rare just occurred: an Australian tv news journalist made a connection between extreme weather events and climate change! Sadly and strangely, this is actually such an extremely rare event in public media in Australia that it calls for an
In the midst of it all, in the door steps The Sensible Citizen
Inaction on the climate emergency only makes sense in a shortsighted perspective. Enter The Sensible Citizen who has the capacity to think long term and to think independently, able to see straight through all the media ‘white noise’ – the fake
Renewables now cheapest of all – and at times even utterly free
We are in a dead-serious race against time when it comes to stopping our pollution of the atmosphere. Equally important is to share and spread the knowledge about how fast things are actually progressing in the right direction towards a
Change is in the air – and we don’t mean climate change
October 2017 climatic clippings – part 1 Today, in 2017, we see it on the news almost every day. We are victims of climate change. Climate change causes what the silly journalists of our mainstream media keep calling ‘natural’ disasters,