by Andrew Simms | Dec 6, 2018 | Blog, Clearing the Air, Rapid Transition
The possibility of rapid transition comes from accepting how much we are a part of nature and its cycles argue Nick Robins and Andrew Simms and marking Smog Day is one way to reconnect On 5th December 1952, a great smog enveloped London, England, killing thousands,...
by Andrew Simms | Dec 3, 2018 | Blog, Initiatives, Rapid Transition
As scientists call for rapid, far reaching action to prevent climate breakdown, and warn that time is running out, a new, unique international initiative – the Rapid Transition Alliance – is launching to reveal the possibilities and our hidden capacities...
by Andrew Simms | Oct 25, 2018 | Blog, Rapid Transition
Lindsay Mackie writes about how a formerly poor, marginal corner of Austria made the transition to be a thriving green economy The Vorarlberg region of Austria didn’t start off with many of the advantages which have made other places rich in the modern world. No...
by Andrew Simms | Oct 22, 2018 | Blog, Weather Bombs
Bill McGuire writes that the IPCC was wrong to water down its toughest message yet on preventing climate breakdown Seeing climate change at the very top of the news agenda after publication of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C warming was immensely...
by Andrew Simms | Oct 1, 2018 | Blog, Rapid Transition
A new report says climate change is a public health crisis needing behaviour change similar to smoking, drink driving or HIV/AIDS. Efforts to change public behaviour to address climate change must learn from the great campaigns of previous decades on smoking, drink...
