by Andrew Simms | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog
A global rise in temperature of just 2°C would be enough to threaten life as we know it. But leading climate scientists think even this universally agreed target will be missed. Could dramatic action help? The New Weather Institute teamed up with The Guardian to take...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
In a rolling Utopian ‘Think Tank’, hosted by Utopia 2016 Artistic Advisor and co-founder of bread, print & roses, Ruth Potts, and Andrew Simms from co-operative think-tank, the New Weather Institute, at Somerset House in London, the only rule is that...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 3, 2017 | Blog
Each year the Financial Times conducts a survey of leading economists on the UK’s upcoming prospects. The New Weather Institute is part of that survey and predicts a bumpy ride. Here are the answers we gave on issues ranging from economic growth to Brexit, monetary...
by Andrew Simms | Nov 10, 2016 | Blog, Creative Thinking
This story is an extract from our new collection of 23 modern folk tales for troubling times There was a knock at the door… which is available now in print and as an e-book: Direct from The Real Press: There was a knock at the door… And from major online...
by Andrew Simms | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog, Creative Thinking, Initiatives
“Stories are one of the most ancient and most effective ways of making sense of the world,” wrote Philip Pullman in his foreword to There was a knock at the door… our collection of 23 modern folk tales for troubling times. It launched our initiative to promote...
