The Current Political Climate – limited opportunities
One of the most valuable principles to have emerged from the 130-year history of sociology as an academic discipline concerns a causal...
Is our land in good hands?
Some survey findings should really make politicians sit back and take note – particularly when they concern farmers’ observations and...
Why unknown unknowns may save us yet
Donald Rumsfeld, when he was US Secretary of State for Defence, once famously stated: ‘There are known knowns. There are things we know...
Breaking news on climate change
What a relief to see ‘Four Corners’ interview a wide range of business people talking about the realities of climate change...
I Told You So
One of the reasons I like Kim Stanley Robinson’s novels is he so often confirms my worst expectations of humanity. Take his latest novel,...
Migration and climate change
Migration and climate change are connected in ways that politicians and journalists seem reluctant to acknowledge.
The Hidden Life of Trees
It is easy to suppose that mammals and other animals have feelings, emotions and intelligence. At the risk of projecting our humanness,...
Post Trump Climate Change
There is little doubt that Donald Trump’s election poses great danger to global warming and the environment. At present we only have his...
What Can Spiders Hear?
It is astounding to read that scientists are able to implant electrodes in the brains of spiders to show that their neurons respond to...
If Insects had Emotions
Would it make a difference if humans developed a greater affinity for the non-human world? That is, can human self-interest become more...
