Environment and Sustainability
Anitra Nelson and Ralph Horne warn that endless growth is unsustainable, advocating for degrowth through reduced overconsumption, reformed food systems, and post-growth economics to advance social justice.…Read more
On Transforming Society, Stefan Zylinski considers the neocolonial dynamics that continue to exist in flows of investment from capitalist elites to the Global South for climate mitigation measures.…Read more
Check out our curated list of must-read open access books and articles across the social sciences for your summer reading. …Read more
If the way we eat now is bad for our health, bad for animal welfare and bad for the planet, is veganism the answer? Catherine Oliver and George Miller discuss in our latest podcast.…Read more
Ragnhild Sollund and Martine Lie discuss the protection of endangered animals offered by conventions such as CITES and the Bern Convention and ask if it's purely symbolic.…Read more
Steven Griggs and David Howarth call for a radical rethinking of our attitudes to aviation.…Read more
Richard Joy seeks lessons from the COVID-19 Inquiry for climate change policy making. Let’s not let anyone say in 20 years’ time that they should have twigged much earlier. …Read more
In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Rebecca Megson-Smith speaks to Arve Hansen, Ulrikke Wethal, Sophia Efstathiou and Johannes Volden about the pressing need for us to reconsider our relationship with meat, particularly in light of its significant impact on climate change.…Read more
Noel Cass calls for a different approach to discouraging the 15% responsible for 70% of airline seat bookings. Active restraint or flight-shaming is what’s needed.…Read more
To celebrate the week and the dedicated efforts of scholarly communities to promote equitable knowledge sharing, Bristol University Press has curated a compelling collection of OA books and journal articles from our Global Social Challenges publishing program.…Read more