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Solutions to the Climate Crisis (Guardian Review, 6.3.21)

06/03/2021by Clive Lord Leave a comment

The title is a misnomer really, but Elizabeth Kolbert’s article does clarlify indirectly why my ‘basic income’ solution never caught on. The search for technological solutions is dangerous, as Ms […]

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The new Politics of Climate Change

27/02/2021by Clive Lord Leave a comment

I recommend this excellent Financial Times account(Pilita Clark, 23rd Feb)of where we are at in the struggle to save the ecosphere. But there is something still missing: Why is an […]

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Personal responsibilty – or is the system to blame?

21/02/2021by Clive Lord Leave a comment

The Moral Maze (BBC Radio 4, 17,2,2019) grapples with this in the context of CV19, but the discussion returns more than once to the choices open to the affluent, as […]

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Whether to Vaccinate?

13/02/2021by Clive Lord 2 Comments

I am 86. I have been vaccinated once. My partner, 82, opposes vaccination . She has provided me with articles in the International Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine. References […]

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Why I would vote for the Cumbrian coal mine

06/02/2021by Clive Lord Leave a comment

I have not changed sides. My motive is a devious, desperate ploy to save the ecosphere: chessplayers would call it a gambit: an apparent mistake which gains an advantage later. […]

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Why we are not solving the climate crisis

23/01/2021by Clive Lord Leave a comment

This blog post is short this week, because my source is a Financial Times Article. To try to comply with copyright rules, I have posted it on Facebook.. The gist […]

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40 Ways to save the Planet

16/01/2021by Clive Lord 2 Comments

Are readers of this blog watching 39 ways to Save the Planet on Radio 4? The risk of ecological breakdown could be kept at bay by these practical, technological products […]

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A more specific Appeal

09/01/2021by Clive Lord Leave a comment

Last week I launched an Appeal. I think I can see a way to mitigate the disaster likely to result from exceeding the ecosphere’s limits. Others have spelled this out […]

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A New Year Appeal

02/01/2021by Clive Lord 2 Comments

In 1973 Limits to Growth discussed the global threat of unfettered economic growth. How can economic activity be kept within what the ecosphere can deal with?. Technological innovations were assumed […]

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CV19: Is it war yet? (Brexit)

30/12/2020by Clive Lord Leave a comment

In 1940 Britain faced a threat so serious that bitter enemies co-operated seamlessly in government for 5 years, and everyone was guaranteed a share in whatever was available in drastically […]

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Clive Lord joined the embryonic Green Party in March 1973, 5 months after its formation. Now 83, he is the longest serving member still active, and has recently published his book 'Citizens' Income and Green Economics'. He was major contributor to the Party's first ' Manifesto for a Sustainable Society', drafting the section outlining the crucial link between social justice and preserving the planet's life support systems, He has consistently advocated the Citizens' Basic Income as having a key role, until someone thinks of a better idea (44 years and still waiting).

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