I was in the process of writing this post when a new paper by Paul and Anne Ehrlich was published on-line by Proceedings of the Royal Society. The Ehrlichs, of Stanford University, have been making the case for the need… Read More »The True Cost of BAU — Why confronting the environmental crisis is going to be difficult.
We are at the beginning of a year, a time for reflection and for anticipation, a time to consider where we are and where we might be going. Mainly though, I want to discuss the structure of the world economy,… Read More »Climate, the economy and the future — some thoughts on 1st January
“The oceans are the planet’s last great living wilderness, man’s only remaining frontier on Earth, and perhaps his last chance to prove himself a rational species.” ― John L. Culliney, author of Islands in a Far Sea. Nature and Man… Read More »Requiem for a Fish? The Atlantic Bluefin Tuna