The futureproofers

Source: Green Futures

preparing for a post-oil future

Around the country, towns are printing their own currency, turning over scraps of land to grow food and re-skilling for a future with limited fossil fuels. Is Transition Towns busting out of the eco-niche and into the mainstream?

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Paradise Found

Vicky Murray, October 6th, Forum Blog.

Was anyone else as shocked as I was to find out that ailing airline Alitalia hadn’t registered a profit since 1999? Yes – 1999! Almost ten years ago! Or how about the speed at which the 3rd largest UK tour operator XL Leisure group ...

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A very warm welcome to Thomas L. Friedman

Jonathon Porritt, October 2nd, Forum Blog.

At long last, after years of flirtatiously standing on the sidelines of the sustainability debate, he has now got properly stuck in with his new book “Hot, Flat & Crowded”. Great title: seriously good read. Friedman has always been a seriously good author. Both “The Lexus and the ...

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Will the recession be good or bad for sustainability?

Peter Madden, October 2nd, Forum Blog.

The global financial system is going through dark times. And here in the UK, gloom has settled over the housing market and consumer spending. It is clear that we face some difficult times economically. What is less sure is how the recession will play out for the sustainability agenda. Historically, concern for ...

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Putting my best foot forward with walkit.com Bristol

Susan Warren, October 1st, Forum Blog.

Today I took on the BBC in a rush-hour race to their Bristol studios. I left Temple Meads Station on foot and arrived safe, sound and full of energy 15 minutes ahead of the BBC reporter, who travelled by bus. Radio Bristol issued the challenge on the day we ...

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Car industry saves the world?

Rupert Fausset, September 26th, Forum Blog.

files/car-with-veg-sml.jpg Unlikely isn't it? But one of the most important pieces of environmental policy in the world is currently making its tortuous way through the European Parliamentary process, which if approved will result in new car CO2 emissions being reduced by nearly 40% by 2020. That's dreamy stuff for climate campaigners, a ...

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Sustainable financial markets

Alice Chapple, September 26th, Forum Blog.

"Are the financial markets sustainable?" Ask that in the City a few weeks ago and it would be assumed that the question was about social and environmental sustainability. So the response would be: "No but I'm rather busy making money right now so I haven't got time to worry about it". ...

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