Julie’s Bicycle, a leading international NGO that mobilises the arts and culture to act on the climate crisis, has found that governments around the world have failed to adapt their culture policies to reflect the environmental emergency and commitments to the 2015 Paris climate agreement. In recent research, Julie's Bicycle set out to understand the … Continue reading Julie’s Bicycle finds the missing link in environment policy: culture
Category: behaviour/attitudes
Better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the large majority of home buyers in UK
With increasing energy prices, awareness of climate risks and better understanding of the many benefits of better energy performance, for the majority of buyers in Britain, better energy efficiency is not a key issue. A news item in the Estate Agent Today website discusses the findings. Is this true in your country? Energy Efficiency … Continue reading Better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the large majority of home buyers in UK
“Listening to a composition is an active experience, not just a passive one. It can make climate change feel more personal and inspire people to take action.”
Scientists and artists hope the emotional power of music will help move people to act on the climate crisis. Knvul Sheikh discusses the power of music in an article from 2019 on the New York Times website. This Is What Climate Change Sounds Like Earth’s climate is changing around us. From the frequent wildfires … Continue reading “Listening to a composition is an active experience, not just a passive one. It can make climate change feel more personal and inspire people to take action.”
A variety of media offer images on the effects of climate change may help people be motivated to solve them
On a daily basis, a variety of media offer images that depict the effects of climate change to help us understand the extent of environmental damage. Carmela Cucuzzella, Professor Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal explains in an article on The Conversation website that through these experiences, people move a step closer … Continue reading A variety of media offer images on the effects of climate change may help people be motivated to solve them
Classical music is one of the greatest joys on our planet and that we need to make changes in order to keep it that way
Classical concerts consume energy in several ways: patrons traveling to the venue, the concert hall's lighting and heating costs, and the artist traveling via plane, car or bus to venues across the country or even the globe. While environmental activism and support is shown by performers and composers, there are ways in which music appreciators … Continue reading Classical music is one of the greatest joys on our planet and that we need to make changes in order to keep it that way
For business, fighting climate change effectively requires a new mindset to prioritise sustainability over profit
Raz Godelnik, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design & Management at The New School writes on The Conversation website about how integrating climate change concerns is requiring changes by business. It is requiring an entirely new mindset from past practice. How the climate crisis is transforming the meaning of ‘sustainability’ in business In his 2021 letter … Continue reading For business, fighting climate change effectively requires a new mindset to prioritise sustainability over profit
The power of storytelling: climate fiction – or “cli-fi” – has quickly become a recognised genre in recent years
Authors of science fiction are consulted by organisations and governments to help us think about the risks and challenges of the future in ways inaccessible to other discipline. Chris Pak, Lecturer in English Literature at Swansea University in an article on The Conversation website, discusses the role of science fiction as we try to address … Continue reading The power of storytelling: climate fiction – or “cli-fi” – has quickly become a recognised genre in recent years
Focusing solely on technical solutions will fail to solve the climate crisis
The University of Utah provided details of a new study on the Science Daily website that examined the comparative effectiveness of energy efficiency improvement and renewable energy production in the United States. For the past 150 years, humans have pumped extraordinary amounts of greenhouse gasses, such as CO2, into the atmosphere and warmed the planet … Continue reading Focusing solely on technical solutions will fail to solve the climate crisis
Rupert Murdoch eases climate change scepticism ahead of COP26
The media mogul Rupert Murdoch hopes to become the ‘hero of COP26’ by performing an about-turn over climate change, as advertisers pile on the pressure. Adam Sherwin explains in an article on the inews website. Rupert Murdoch’s Australian media empire begins to ease decades-long climate change scepticism Rupert Murdoch has bowed to political and … Continue reading Rupert Murdoch eases climate change scepticism ahead of COP26
New EEA briefing on the importance of innovation for sustainability
Innovation is a political priority across Europe that can deliver many benefits for society but also generate costs that are often unaccounted for. A European Environment Agency briefing, published this week, looks at how innovation can respond to sustainability challenges and how Europe needs to look for solutions beyond technological innovation. Innovating for sustainability … Continue reading New EEA briefing on the importance of innovation for sustainability
