Skip to content
New Weather Institute

New Weather Institute

  • About Us
    • About New Weather
    • Andrew Simms
    • Lindsay Mackie
    • David Boyle
    • Sarah Woods
    • Bill McGuire
    • Sarah Burns
    • Leo Murray
  • Blog
  • Projects
    • What we’re doing
      • Rapid Transition
      • Badvertising
      • Car Free Megacities
      • The Absent Corporation
      • Clearing the Air
      • Modern Folk Tales
      • Daily Climate Denial
      • The Economics Reformation
    • What we’ve done
      • ‘National Plan’ to move the UK from the politics of austerity to the age of the Green New Deal
      • Green New Deal
      • How to re-bank the UK effectively
      • The next devolution is economic
      • Redefining ultra-micro economics
      • Towards a people-powered prosperity
      • Imagining an ethical Wonga
      • Pattern for the people
      • Briefing the election candidates
  • Contact us

Modern Folk Tales

Blog Modern Folk Tales 

One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale

19th December 201719th December 2017 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale by Bill McGuire is a short, seasonal special for our project on

Read more
Blog Modern Folk Tales 

Why people long for stories

10th November 201711th November 2017 David Boyle 0 Comments

“It takes a civilized man,” said George Bernard Shaw, “to be deeply moved by statistics.” The whole edifice of Fabian

Read more
Blog Modern Folk Tales 

New: modern folk tales from top scientists, economists, ecologists & activists

31st October 201713th November 2017 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

Knock Twice: is a new collection of 25 modern folk tales for troubling times by a group of leading scientists, economists,

Read more
Blog Modern Folk Tales 

The Ogre – a modern folk tale

10th November 20161st November 2017 Andrew Simms 1 Comment

This story is an extract from our new collection of 23 modern folk tales for troubling times There was a knock

Read more
Blog Modern Folk Tales Projects 

There was a knock at the door: modern folk tales for troubling times

7th November 201613th November 2017 Andrew Simms 3 Comments

“Stories are one of the most ancient and most effective ways of making sense of the world,” wrote Philip Pullman

Read more
  • Next →

Sign up to this campaign

Search

Latest Tweets

NewWeatherInst
New Weather @NewWeatherInst
RT @AndrewSimms_uk: Poor move. Shell are bad faith actors with a track record of letting tyres down & shoving sticks in the wheels of clima…
(about 2 days ago)
NewWeatherInst
New Weather @NewWeatherInst
RT @anitaroy1000: Lovely opportunity to talk about how small, grassroots actions can snowball into landscape scale transformation! #forestg…
(about 4 days ago)
Follow @NewWeatherInst

We are pleased to work with…

Copyright © 2023 New Weather Institute. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColorMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.