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The Current Face of Colonialism View Comments: posted by Sally Hill | Monday, January 10, 2011; Societies in the West are sitting atop a pile of riches which have come from conquests in countries all over the globe over centuries. And the progress of our companies and economies has come at the expense of other people. The inequity is today more...; Read More

Activism, Clicktivism and the limits of social media in achieving social change View Comments: posted by SimonCollister | Sunday, December 5, 2010; Article reprinted from SimonCollister.com, November 16th 2010. Last month, more...; Read More

Beyond Cancun – international climate policy outside the UN negotiations View Comments

posted by Arthur Girling | Monday, November 29, 2010

A binding climate change agreement looks increasingly remote as leaders prepare to meet in Cancun, Mexico, this week. But Cancun isn’t the only avenue for international cooperation on climate change.

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Clicktivism? Slacktivism? What’s going on with online activism? View Comments: posted by Sally Hill | Friday, November 12, 2010; When I posted this article about ‘Social Media, Democracy and Activism’ to the Call4 blog it elicited this comment: ‘Is there a risk that social networking is a distraction, more...; Read More

Could dirty coal make a comeback? View Comments: posted by Arthur Girling | Friday, October 29, 2010; Photo by Bruno D Rodrigues. This year oil companies have been the main target of environmental campaigns, following the Deepwater Horizon spill in the US. But last year's climate villain more...; Read More

Biomass Tragedy View Comments: posted by admin | Saturday, October 23, 2010; Biomass. It sounds attractive doesn’t it? Grow your fuel (absorbing carbon in the process), harvest it and burn it to deliver “carbon neutral” heat and electricity. Great stuff. And, to developing nations, investment in Biomass makes more...; Read More

Just Do It View Comments: posted by admin | Tuesday, October 12, 2010; Just Do It - a feature-length documentary film that provides a unique insight into the subversive and risky world of UK climate activists. In early 2009, filmmaker Emily James began filming the clandestine activities of several groups more...; Read More

Solar Subsidy to Fade Along with Hope for Green Government View Comments: posted by Sally Hill | Saturday, October 9, 2010; Another baffling announcement this week from the guys calling themselves the ‘greenest government ever’. The renewable energy feed-in tariff scheme more...; Read More

Devolution of Power – Kenya View Comments: posted by admin | Sunday, September 26, 2010; Access: WIND aims to help Kenyans produce their own electricity by teaching local people how to build their own wind powered generators. Electrical power distribution in Kenya is controlled by a single parastatal organisation, Kenya more...; Read More

Adopt an MP View Comments: posted by Hanna Thomas | Thursday, September 23, 2010; Since last week’s launch of the UK Youth Climate Coalition’s Adopt an MP campaign, MPs have had more to worry about than just totting up more...; Read More