Apr 19, 2018Winning Quickly: Global Leadership on a Domestic Scale“When it comes to climate change, winning slowly is the same as losing”. New Zealand’s ban of new offshore oil and gas permits acknowledges this. Winning Quickly: Global Leadership on a Domestic Scale Climate change means many different things to many people. So as you'll appreciate, summing it up in just one simple…e-nvironmentalist.com Climate change means many different things to many people. So as you’ll appreciate, summing it up in just one simple phrase has defied communication specialists…Climate Change10 min read
Feb 23, 2018Review: An Inconvenient SequelRight place, right time, wrong person. It was a missed opportunity, but we didn’t miss the opportunity to share its top 10 moments. It wasn’t just David Attenborough’s measured vocals that had grown men jittery during the remarkable Blue Planet II series. Nor was it simply the journey to the…Climate Change8 min read
Feb 1, 2018There’s a Mole on My BumBluey’s been feeling blue. On the advice of the doctor, he’s taken it upon himself to visit nine specialists — all experts in their respective ‘planetary-boundaries’. Bluey wants to find out exactly what’s going on. For more context generally and a description of why we’re doing this series, check out…Climate Change5 min read
Jan 24, 2018Tackling the Perfect ProblemThis article was first published on Pure Advantage, New Zealand’s leading green growth organisation. Psychologist Daniel Kahneman, one of the world’s brightest minds, is very sorry about what he’s got to say: “I’m deeply pessimistic. I really see no path to success on climate change”. According to the guy who…Climate Change8 min read
Nov 29, 2017The Growth Stimulants Nitrogen & Phosphorus Are Causing Me Problems (Biogeochemical Flows)Bluey’s been feeling blue. On the advice of the doctor, he’s taken it upon himself to visit nine specialists — all experts in their respective ‘planetary-boundaries’. Bluey wants to find out exactly what’s going on.Environment5 min read
Nov 15, 2017Doughnut Economics (In Video)History tends to neglect revolutions incited by women. Sure, there’s Rosa Parks and Florence Nightingale but less prominent names include Madame Nwanyeruwa, Edith Abbott, Asmaa Mahfouz, Marie Curie or even my country’s Kate Sheppard. In a future where half the world’s population has almost achieved intellectual liberation, we can expect…Economics8 min read
Oct 26, 2017‘My’ Dyed Hair (Land-system Change)Bluey’s been feeling blue. On the advice of the doctor, he’s taken it upon himself to visit nine specialists — all experts in their respective ‘planetary-boundaries’. Bluey wants to find out exactly what’s going on. For more context generally and a description of why we’re doing this series, check out…Environment4 min read
Sep 22, 2017Introducing the Natural PerspectiveAn e-nvironmentalist and an environmentalist writing in tandem off the one platform? I liked it. But me, an environmentalist? I didn’t like that. Let me explain quickly, with the help of Neil deGrasse Tyson. …Science4 min read
Sep 21, 2017Zero Time: NZ’s Zero Carbon Act (2017)New Zealand’s 2017 is the United Kingdom’s 2008. Here, we offer five reasons why the Zero Carbon Act’s time has come. In thirty years time the 8th of November 2016 will not be remembered as the day the political winds were blustery. It will be remembered as the day the…Climate Change10 min read
Jul 24, 2017My White Blood Cell Count is Low (Biodiversity Loss)Bluey’s been feeling blue of late. So, on the advice of his doctor, he’s taken it upon himself to visit nine specialists — all experts in their respective ‘planetary-boundaries‘ — to find out exactly what’s going on. For more context generally and a description of why we’re doing this series…Environment5 min read
