by Doreen Hosking | 23, Mar, 2026 | Blog
How do our choices relate to the climate, and to the mess humanity is in? I have recently begun an online course on the history of the modern world. In the course’s opening statement they described history as a study of: what happened and why did it happen. That Why...
by Doreen Hosking | 9, Mar, 2026 | Blog
We live in very confusing times. The world we inhabit is changing rapidly. Sometimes the goalposts move so rapidly that none of us knows from one day to the next what is happening to us. And yet, there is always more of the same – more war, more inequality, more...
by Doreen Hosking | 21, Feb, 2026 | Blog
How can we produce enough nourishing food for all without destroying the planet’s health? We all have to eat. The fact that there are now 8.3 billion of us on the planet makes that a serious challenge. Unfortunately, the intensive agriculture that we are now...
by Doreen Hosking | 7, Feb, 2026 | Blog
“When the well is dry, we will know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin Not so long ago I wrote a blog on the importance of water called “Our Most Precious Resource” (If you want to be reminded just how important water is to us or why we need to take care of it,...
by Doreen Hosking | 23, Jan, 2026 | Blog
Are Our Leaders Able to Deal with the Complex Challenges We Face? I have just finished re-reading Mark Carney’s (Prime Minister of Canada) speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Re-reading it because it is a very long time indeed since I have been so impressed...
by Doreen Hosking | 13, Jan, 2026 | Blog
How Time Flies I have been writing my blog since July 2021. That seems a long time to be thinking about the problems of the world and Climate Change in particular. I have enjoyed doing it, although it would be wrong to say that I have never had days without hope of a...
