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From now on I will only be blogging at Carbon Footnotes and for Earthscan. So it’s ta-tah from me at 10Ways. Bye, Rob Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about … Continue reading

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Neoliberalism vs the world – Part 3: The People vs. Neoliberalism

By Rob Plastow Neoliberalism is a powerful force for organisation, rationality and economic development. It is championed by world elites and has become the ruling ideology of globalisation and 21st Century governance. Throughout it’s implentation it has also caused much … Continue reading

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Neoliberalism vs the World – Part 2

The strength of the thought behind neoliberalism, is that it makes human behaviour understandable in economic terms through its efficient, reductionist rationality. Neoliberalism’s rationality is linked to an aspiration to reflect and construct prudent individuals who behave both as responsible … Continue reading

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Neoliberalism vs The World – Part 1

By Rob Plastow Despite their different qualities, forms and direct causes, there is an ideological concept that links the recent cuts in public spending, anthropogenic climate change and the banking crisis. It is of pressing importance to get to grips … Continue reading

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Climate change in the USA: Can you sue over global warming?

Just about every reputable climate scientist in the world will tell you that global warming is a serious problem. And almost all of them will also tell you that human activity almost certainly has a hand in causing it. Among … Continue reading

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Exporting E-Waste – The UK’s Toxic Overseas Trade

By Thomas O’Rourke While no one would dispute the progress that electrical and electronic technology has brought to Western culture, the problem of how to handle the end life of more than 50 million tonnes of e-waste created each year … Continue reading

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Mad Men, smoking and ‘selling’ climate change

By Rob Plastow Charlie Brooker said that you don’t really watch Mad Men, you just sit there and let it seep into you. I’m not the biggest TV fan, I put the TV on mute during the ad breaks and … Continue reading

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Communicating climate change – a story of uncertainty

By Rob Plastow The irony of climate change is also one of human knowledge. It is our paradoxical wont, as Douglas Adams reminds us, to demand guaranteed, rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty. Depending on whether that uncertainty is … Continue reading

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Guest post: How to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient

By Bailey Harris With the hard economic times of today’s world, everyone is trying to do something to help save themselves more money, whilst treading more lightly on the earth in the process. One way that your family can save … Continue reading

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To shop or not to shop? That is the question…

By Kieron Casey As consumers there are two ways it is possible to make a difference and vote through purchasing. The first is simple enough – “don’t”. Don’t buy the products that abstain from certain ethical criteria, boycott producers of … Continue reading

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