by Shaun Chamberlin | Sep 27, 2008 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, Politics, Reviews and recommendations, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)
https://dark2024.mikerezl.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Radio4.mp3 The “You and Yours” programme on BBC Radio 4 this week held a studio discussion on Peak Oil, with energy investment banker Matt Simmons, peak oil educator Richard Heinberg and the...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Sep 22, 2008 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Reviews and recommendations
An ingeniously clear and engaging 11 minute animation explaining why the next few years are the most important humanity has ever faced, or will ever face. We who are lucky enough to be alive now are effectively the most powerful people who will ever live, and future...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Sep 22, 2008 | All Posts, Uncategorized
Superstruct is a new massively-multiplayer online game in which players like you will invent the future of our world. In 2019 the Global Extinction Awareness System (GEAS) has just reported that humanity may face extinction by the year 2042 and people around the world...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Sep 11, 2008 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Reviews and recommendations
A very watchable 9 minute video outlining the mass extinction taking place on our planet right now – an event with substantially more significance for our lives than the infamous tragedy that took place seven years ago today. Lest we forget, humanity is...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Sep 3, 2008 | All Posts, Climate Change, Favourite posts, The Transition Timeline, Transition Movement
We are all familiar with the concept of climate change, and the need for reduced carbon emissions, but really getting a handle on the scale of the problem can be difficult, thanks to all the confusing terminology. I looked all over the web for a straightforward...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Aug 17, 2008 | All Posts, Climate Change, Peak Oil, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)
Last month I attended an Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) meeting called to announce their latest research into personal carbon allowances. Polly Toynbee was invited to chair the meeting, and was clearly impressed with what she heard as she has now written...
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