September 2017

  • Externalities and Arthur Pigou

    Uncosted externalities are seen as a huge problem these days, and the issue must have been around for a long while, if not for ever.  The Economist had a series of articles last week in which externalities  were explored along...

  • More on Tbilisi's legacy

    As I scrolled down the front page of actnowforee.org/learn I was startled to come across 4 audio clips of me talking about the Tbilisi declaration – and then I remembered being interviewed one afternoon about it all.  I had quite forgotten....

  • The World We'll Leave Behind

    The World We'll Leave Behind: Grasping the Sustainability Challenge is a new book that Paul Vare and I have written for Routledge / Greenleaf. Here's the synopsis: It is now clear that human activity has influenced how the biosphere supports life on...

  • Tbilisi according to Bill Stapp – up to a point

    The actnowforee website has a 4.5 minute voiced-overed video / animation presentation that covers a number of points made by Bill Stapp in a report on the Tbilisi conference.  You can see/hear it here , and it's good to hear these...

  • actnowforee.org

    actnowforee.org is a campaign that has been developed by GEEP – the Global Environmental Education Partnership – which, you'll remember I am involved with.  Although I've not been going to meetings lately, I've done a fair bit of textual scrutiny....

  • Puerto Rico conference update

    If you're booked to go to the 2017 NAAEE conference in Puerto Rico, you can follow the latest information on the NAAEE Newsroom.  This is their bulletin updated: September 21, 2017, 5:00 PM ET Letter to conference and Research Symposium...

  • Hand-picked, just for me

    The ever-helpful Routledge sent me a list of journal articles I might like to read.  Here they are: Protective effects of bellidifolin in hypoxia-induced in pheochromocytoma cells (PC12) and underlying mechanisms - Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health; Part A Natural resources...

  • A farewell to the ENSI

    After "more than thirty years of successful collaboration with various partners from all over", the ENSI network is closing down.  The ENSI Board said that owing to the decreasing number of full member countries and the consequent lack of resources it...

  • Beyond Parody

    I had a nice email the other day from Derek Parody, the Project Director (A303 Stonehenge), assuring me that he had read my comments about the Stonehenge tunnel, and was going ahead.    It read: Thank you for your response...

  • UNESCO's WEEC Link

    This is what UNESCO had to say about its WEEC in Vancouver – in case you missed it. “To craft a more inclusive and sustainable future for all, we need greener economies, greener legislations, and most of all, we need...