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The Decade of the Citizen

Adding to youarewhatyoubuysome of the themes explored in an earlier post on the idea of the ‘consumer citizen’, this post from guest blogger Jules Peck, over at Citizen Renaissance, argues that the mix between consumerism and citizen action for sustainable development…

Ecologically viable civilisation now hinges on the workings of the US Constitution

The signs are that expectations for the Copenhagen climate conference are being seriously downgraded. There is so much disagreement still, and so much uncertainty about when and whether the USA will make substantial commitments, that a binding global deal at…

Democracy and climate change

capitol_hillIn the US, opposition to the Climate Bill has shown just how hard it can be to get popular support for much-needed measures to put economies on track to head off the worst effects of climate change.

The US model of…