As the party election policy machinations gather pace the media headlines become more and more hyperbolic. One party blames the other that their respective spending plans will bankrupt the country. What do these pontifications mean to us ordinary individuals who know little about the economy? Today’s Daily Mail (10 November) will strike fear into manyContinue reading “The Money Myth”
Category Archives: Climate Change
The Hypocrisy of Academia?
Jonathan Wolff opines that University staff’s carbon use is huge and growing from their international conference travel to almost all parts of the Globe (Guardian What hypocrisy, academics think guiltily.29 October). True, but there is a bigger and more intensely worrying form of hypocrisy because the carbon footprint of the many university campuses here andContinue reading “The Hypocrisy of Academia?”
Storytelling and Climate Change
I am increasingly thinking and indeed currently reading about the myths we are telling ourselves about climate change and the Anthropocene. It’s strange that the word myth is nowadays used to convey a false belief or idea which is somewhat different today than in former times. It used to mean more weighty matters such asContinue reading “Storytelling and Climate Change”
Changing how you look at things changes how you see them!
Put another way, it is crucial that we retain and facilitate the ability to think outside the box and the frame. We need to challenge the way we think about the way we frame questions and possibilities so that we avoid the risks of diminishing our ability to understand and be creative-two key attributes whichContinue reading “Changing how you look at things changes how you see them!”
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