The Story of Solutions

Here is the Story of Solutions film which came out last week. I really encourage you to watch this and other films in the Story of stuff series (www.storyofstuff.org). Critically consider the ideas.

The Story of Stuff

Welcome to my new Year 1 students. If you have never seen this short film then it is a very good opportunity to familiarise yourself with the key issues covered by Ecological Economics in 20 mins. Please do watch it and make any comments below. We will be discussing it in class

Ecocide - The 5th Crime Against Peace

Using her legal expertise Polly Higgins gives a fascinating TEDxExeter talk about the potential to eraditcate ecocide, "the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been or will be severely diminished". I really encourage you to watch it. More information can be found at: http://eradicatingecocide.com/. Thank you Siobhan for passing this on to me.

Crisis of Civilization

A past student of mine sent this film to me. The important issues covered, such as the failing policy of economic growth, are highly relevant to my Ecological Economics lectures so I recommend watching it. The Crisis of Civilization is a remix documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system.

Living Planet Report 2012

Living Planet Report 2012

This is a recent report by WWF which gives a good indication of the pressure being put on our planet. Think about this in terms of the 'throughput' we discussed in class.

The Story of Stuff

Welcome to my new Year 1 students. This 20 minute video sums up some of the key issues covered by Ecological Economics. Please do watch it and make any comments below. We will be discussing it in class.

Choking on Growth

This is a rather sobering series about the consequences of China's rapid economic growth. I recommend spending some time going through the slide shows and videos as well as articles.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/26/world/asia/choking_on_growth.html#story3