February and March have been a bit of a blur so this is just a little taking stock. Discussion group. I started one! Its aim is to get past headlines and generate some real conversations about environmental and social justice issues. I was worried it might be a bit dry but speakers get 15mins and … Continue reading »
Jul
21
Live8 and Live Aid anniversary: a belated round-up of articles
The striking thing about the last couple of hours spent looking for these articles is how few there were to find. British newspapers The Guardian, The Sun and The Telegraph decided that at least a couple of articles were called for, but there is not a word on the anniversary from the originators of the … Continue reading »
Jul
05
Kids’ tv shapes our leaders’ foreign policy?
It’s easy to blame the baby boomers for a lot of the self-regarding, politics as consumerism approach to development currently at large. It’s less comforting to think many of those development folks are my age – generation Xers. When British generation Xers were growing up, most of us watched a tv programme called Blue Peter … Continue reading »