Tag Archives: global warming
The language of global warming
Posted in: Burning issues by Paul Allen , November 12, 2008 – 11:13 am
How susceptible are you to spin? Earlier this year, the New York Times reported on a book called Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein.
The authors argue that some new creative thinking on the part of marketers is increasingly affecting the way we behave. Salespeople - or “choice architects” as the New Yorkers like to…
The credit crunch and planet crunch
Posted in: Burning issues, In the news by Will Watt , October 10, 2008 – 10:12 am
On 15 September Evan Davis hosted a live debate on Radio 4, ‘The Credit Crunch Mess – What’s Next?’ An expert panel tackled three key questions: whether banks should be reined in, whether consumers should be spending less and saving more, and whether the era of American dominance is over.
While talk of de-leveraging, liquidity and…
Greenpeace and the Kingsnorth trial
Posted in: In the news by Lily Barclay , October 7, 2008 – 10:37 am
Environmentalists everywhere might have been pleasantly surprised by the recent acquittal of the Greenpeace activists. After all, no matter what you think of the verdict, it certainly sent out a powerful message about the public’s changing attitude to climate change.
The six climate change activists were cleared of causing more than £30,000 of damage at Kingsnorth…
Video: Waikiki - the Venice of the Pacific?
Posted in: Found on the web by Andrew Zincke , October 3, 2008 – 10:27 am
For decades Waikiki, Hawaii, has enticed travellers the world over with a dream of of lazy days spent on beautiful beaches. However, as this clip from the locally produced series ‘Go Green Hawaii’ shows, Waikiki is at risk of becoming a new ‘Venice’ or, at worst, being abandoned.
The basics of rising sea levels are covered…
