Category Archives: Sociology of Climate Change
Keep the Coal in a Black Hole and the Gas up Rusbridger’s Wassname
I was idly surfing the English language TV news channels looking for reactions to the Greek crisis, and came across two science items. In the first the presenter was interviewing a science correspondent who was holding a cuddly furry toy … Continue reading
2071 Script by Duncan Macmillan and Chris Rapley
This is a transcription of the one man show at the Royal Court last month. The Royal Court usually publishes its playscripts to coincide with performances. Numerous interviews and articles have made it clear that the authors intend this piece … Continue reading
Diogenes on Robert Brulle
Last April Diogenes left a comment at https://geoffchambers.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/recursive-fury-a-summary/ which was unfortunately trapped in WordPress’s censorship machine, which is activated as soon as you make more than two links. It’s interesting, and I shall be coming back to Robert Brulle in … Continue reading
Rupert Darwall: The Age of Global Warming
If you haven’t read Rupert Darwall’s book “The Age of Global Warming: A History” please do so. There’s an excellent summary in a speech given by Darwall at the GWPF book launch on 27th March 2013 at http://www.thegwpf.org/rupert-darwall-age-global-warming/ There are … Continue reading
Prophesy from Orwell to Ehrlich
When I was a student (about half a century ago) I once hitched a lift with a lorry driver who asked me what I was studying. “Philosophy”, I said. He held out his hand and said: “Read my palm”. My … Continue reading
Development Strategies Out of the Ark: (Alex Cull)
(guest article by Alex Cull) It’s something we’ve become used to hearing from the sustainability merchants. The WWF, for instance, tell us that if everyone in the world lived as we do in the UK we’d need three planets instead … Continue reading
Ehrlich and the ur-IPCC
As I pointed out in the first part of this essay, https://geoffchambers.wordpress.com/2014/01/11/origins-of-environmentalism-1/ Ark II by Pirages and Ehrlich is a political tract, concerned with outlining the kind of political system which, according to the authors, must replace the current capitalist system, … Continue reading
Origins of Environmentalism (2)
The notion of eco-fascism is doing the rounds again, being brought up (surprisingly) by the normally mild-mannered Andrew Montford at http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2014/1/22/exploring-the-fascist-borderline.html Pointman (who I confess I don’t read as often or as closely as I should) is good on the … Continue reading
Origins of Environmentalism (1)
In 2012 I had a couple of internet conversations with Cardiff psychologist and green activist Adam Corner. The first one got a lot of publicity, eg at Bishop Hill and Judith Curry’s Climate Etc., largely because it was the first … Continue reading
Amelia Sharman: the Sociologist and the Horseleech
[Updated and slightly expanded 17-12-13 to clarify my objections to Sharman’s use of words] Paul Matthews, In a comment to my last article, mentions “… a ‘new wave’ of sociologists who are starting to study the subject with objectivity and … Continue reading
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