Author Archives: Green Alliance blog
Design guru says it’s not enough to do less harm, products must do more good
This post is by US journalist Jim Witkin, based on an interview with William McDonough, co-author of a seminal book on the circular economy, Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things. Green Alliance hosted its UK launch in 2009. … Continue reading
How making a game of climate change could help save the planet
This guest post is by energy and climate change consultant Paula Owen. It first appeared on GreenBiz.com Behaviour change interventions have so far had surprisingly limited success in motivating wider society into taking positive environmental action. Despite constant bombardment of messages regarding … Continue reading
What’s the link between the rising tide of populist politics and climate denial?
This post is by Matthew Lockwood, senior research fellow at the University of Exeter. Last week I blogged on how UKIP’s rise has been mirrored by a rise in the proportion of people saying that they do not think the world … Continue reading
We can’t make poverty history without environmental resilience
This post is by Christine Allen, director of policy and public affairs at Christian Aid. At Christian Aid we strongly believe that, unless development is also environmentally resilient, we can’t end poverty. The UN High-level panel on the post-2015 development … Continue reading
Greens should keep their powder dry: Brussels doesn’t always know best
This post is by Matthew Farrow, director of policy at the Environmental Services Association, writing in a personal capacity. I recently attended a judicial review hearing for the first time. The subject was Defra’s interpretation of certain parts of the … Continue reading
Climate scepticism and UKIP trends – more than a coincidence?
This post is by Matthew Lockwood and first appeared on Political Climate. I’ve blogged before on my ideas about the importance of seeing climate scepticism as a political phenomenon related to populism. With yesterday’s county council election results now showing … Continue reading
What can green innovators learn from ‘frugal’ innovation in India?
This post is by Ian Thornton, deputy director at the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences. He is former research associate at Nesta, where he researched and wrote Our frugal future: lessons from India’s innovation system with Kirsten Bound. India is developing … Continue reading
Gas from Norway, coal from Russia: eight graphs on the UK energy system
This post by Robin Webster was first published on The Carbon Brief The UK’s dependence on energy imports has increased to its highest level since 1976, according to statistics released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Here’s … Continue reading
Will City Deals promote sustainable transport?
This post is by Stephen Joseph, CEO of the Campaign for Better Transport. Launched to some fanfare last July by Nick Clegg, the City Deal programme is supposed to free larger urban areas from the dead hand of Whitehall, allowing … Continue reading
Communicating sustainability: lessons from public health
This post by Steven Johnson, founder of Collaborative Change, first appeared on Guardian Sustainable Business. Consumer behaviour change is the challenge of our time. As governments and brands are beginning to realise, upstream improvements are relatively easy to make compared with the … Continue reading
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