The Surest Way to Fail is Not to Try

The Surest Way to Fail is Not to Try

“The future belongs to those that believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt The challenges we are facing in our world right now seem overwhelming. In fact there are days when many of us want to go back to bed and pull the duvet over our head. But for...
Bread and Circuses

Bread and Circuses

Our positive values seem to be disappearing into a black hole. When I picture humanity as we are now, I feel somehow that our kindness, compassion and empathy have disappeared into a black hole. Our caring for our neighbours, the less fortunate and those “not like us”...
The Climate Cost of War

The Climate Cost of War

The environmental cost of fighting wars is enormous. In addition the impact of militarisation starts long before the wars themselves do. CEOBS shows that building and sustaining military forces consumes vast quantities of resources, for example in training. Also...
Climate Silence

Climate Silence

89% of the global population want stronger action on Climate Change. I recently wrote a blog discussing an article in the Guardian newspaper. It was about a survey that showed 89% of the global population want stronger action on Climate Change. It seems, strangely,...
Are We Willing to Change?

Are We Willing to Change?

It’s Time to Wake Up! It is clear to me that our way of life is not working. It seems obvious, given the evidence. And yet we are not in the streets demanding change. Why not? The signs of collapse are everywhere: Recent surveys have shown that most people in the...