Tag Archives: Garrett Hardin

From the Treaty of Rome to the Tragedy of the Commons

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

This post has been prompted by recent comments on an old post on another blog. That blog is Learning from Dogs, and the old post – dating from December 2011 – was about the financial crisis in Greece… Yes, it … Continue reading →

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Wonderous Stories from Greenpeace (let us hope for more)

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPdONfPts-4 Hi Rick, We’ve done it again – more good news! European politicians voted overwhelmingly in favour of radical, progressive reform of our fishing laws. A “victory for citizen power” is how Roger Harrabin, the BBC’s environment analyst, described it. … Continue reading →

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When in hole keep digging?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

To mark the occasion of our World leaders converging on Rio de Janeiro this week, the BBC’s Science Editor, David Shukman, has visited the World’s largest iron ore mine, Carajas, in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. See: Forests and caves … Continue reading →

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Not sustainable going forward

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

I have something important I want, on behalf of Bill McKibbin’s 350.org, to ask you to do today: The idea is that for a 24 hour period—starting at 8AM UTC/GMT today, folks around the world create a Twitterstorm by sending … Continue reading →

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When will we have enough Supermarkets?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

On the day after it was announced that unemployment has reached a 17-year high in the UK, I hesitate to complain about the fact that Morrisons has promised to open 25 new supermarkets in the UK next year and create … Continue reading →

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UNFCCC 1, Planet 0

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

And so the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Durban have ended with yet another decision to put-off necessary decisions for anything up to 8 years. This is yet another vindication of Clive Hamilton’s 2010 description … Continue reading →

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A gross case of intergenerational injustice

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

On page 248 of Storms of my Grandchildren, James Hansen describes the actions of our current generation – and the political and business elites who claim to act in the best interests of society in general (when in fact their … Continue reading →

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Sammy Wilson MP – an ex-Environment Minister

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Apart from Graham Stinger (a former chemist) – and Classics graduate Lord Monckton (who has turned climate change scepticism into an art form) – all sceptical UK politicians have a background in economics and/or business. As it is the economic … Continue reading →

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The ecological challenge for Socialism

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

A Review of ‘Socialism’ by Mary Mellor, in Dobson, A. and Eckersley, R. (2006), Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge (pp.35-50), Cambridge: CUP. In the first two chapters of Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge, the contributing authors, Roger Scruton … Continue reading →

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Can modernisation be “ecological”? – Part 3

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

This is the third and final part of my mini-critique of the school of environmental thought known as Ecological Modernisation. The first two parts having been published on 24 September and 25 September respectively. ——————- Newsflash: Today is Earth Overshoot … Continue reading →

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