What would sustainable luxury look like for everyone? “Could raising our collective ambition for public luxury offer a better quality of life for us all?” Good questions from the Our Lives, Our Planet podcast.
Despite some high profile examples, just 2% of philanthropy is directed to climate change, according to a study by Climate Works.
Did you know you can encourage sustainability in your area by adding relevant information to Google Maps – things like recycling points, walking routes, etc?
For all the enthusiasm for rewilding at local level, it’s an approach that works best when done on a large scale. So it’s good to hear that Northumberland National Park is looking at it.
A reader asked this week if I’d written anything about the situation in Israel and Palestine. I haven’t. Like Ukraine, I don’t really know what I can contribute as a website about sustainability. But here’s one small thing I can echo. Over 4,000 children have been killed in Gaza so far, and the British government opposes any talk of ceasefire – going so far as to sack a minister for suggesting it. This week Christian Aid projected the image above onto the side of Parliament, followed by the words ‘How many killed is too many?’
Highlights from this week
Do citizens even understand GDP?
Every serious politician loves GDP. If you don’t clap like a seal at rising GDP, you won’t get anywhere near senior leadership. Every Prime Minister since Gordon Brown has at some point declared growth to be their most important priority. So will Keir Starmer. In fact, he’s more blunt about it than most. “We’ve put…
Ocean farming in community sea gardens
As you will know if you’re a regular reader, I’m an advocate of ocean farming. The big challenge for growing ‘sea vegetables’ is getting it to scale and proving it can make a significant contribution. But what about the other end of the scale – having a go yourself, on a DIY basis? I wouldn’t…
What if we left gold in the ground?
‘Leave it in the ground’ is a rallying cry among climate activists, demanding that fossil fuel reserves remain untapped. Occasionally a government listens. Usually they don’t. In the UK, the Conservatives even made maximum extraction of fossil fuels a legal duty. It would be breaking the law to stop if there was more to burn.…
The Earthbound Report 