Woodhouse Colliery. The Great Carbon Carbuncle?
Ciara Shannon considers some of the carbon risks if Woodhouse Colliery were to go ahead and highlights some alternative opportunities. She ends by thinking about the area's sizeable, historical carbon debt.
A burning issue - article opposing green finance for energy from incineration
Link to article criticising efforts to use green finance to fund an incineration from waste plant in London
Beyond Consumerism Conference
Green House Think Tank involvement in upcoming 'Beyond Consumerism Conference' on 14th May.
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World: the implications of René Girard’s thought for consumer society.
Max Familioe considers the work of René Girard on desire, and it's relevant to Rethinking Demand and Facing up to Climate Relativity.
Nuclear Power and the contradictions of the UK’s Energy Security Strategy
UK's Energy Security Strategy backs nuclear over greater renewables and energy efficiency. It risks increasing prices and failing to meet future electricity demand. The tools used to make nuclear investor friendly should be used for energy efficiency instead.
Countdown
Review of Book 'Countdown - How our Modern World is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race'.
The conversation isn’t where we thought it was
XR-UK has released its 2022 strategy As the World Looks Up We Step Up expanding on its 2019 list of demands. Prashant and Peter from Green House Think Tank core group briefly reflect on it's significance.
A guide to engaging aviation workers and trade unions
Download Report [http://greenhousethinktank.org/static/2022/SG_just-transition-guide-v5.pdf]You want to win a campaign to reduce aviation or counter airport expansion? Then you‘ll need to have a good plan to counter one of the main industry arguments: jobs. This guide will help you to connect with aviation
One Hell of a Plant that Could Help Save the Planet
Ciara Shannon considers the multiple carbon opportunities of bracken including its potential as an alternative to peat, its carbon storage, its role as a feedstock for bioethanol, it being a marker of ancient woodlands and where to replace it with new woodlands.
A Guide to the Systems of Provision Approach
A review of A Guide to the Systems of Provision Approach by Kate Bayliss and Ben Fine, highlighting its relevance for greens seeking to understand consumption and demand.
Mineral extraction and the world’s self-deception
Regulation is essential to ensure global mineral extraction is politically and environmentally sustainable.. It This report argues that the only way to reduce the damage caused by mineral extraction is stronger regulation.
