Category Archives: Environment, society, politics and economics
Guest post: Climate change and toilet roll
This is the first guest post on the Bustard. It is from Anarchiman, a climate revolutionary living inside an architect living in London. Climate change is like toilet roll You start with a massive pack. Seemingly endless sheets tempt you … Continue reading
The aviation industry and climate change
Here is the aviation industry blasting the hell out of the EU ETS while it ignores a greater danger looming up behind it: climate change. Increased turbulence will put off customers, more extreme weather events will increase the cost of … Continue reading
The unbearable fragility of climate regulations
Someone who loves nature can only be angry at this. In June of last year the President Obama called for international lending institutions to stop funding coal-fired plants overseas. The World Bank and the US Export-Import bank both agreed not … Continue reading
Kleider machen Leute and the corporate cocoon
There is a scene in Bertolt Brecht’s play, The Life of Galileo, where the Pope is getting dressed. While he is still in his underwear he is sympathetically disposed to Galileo; by the time he has his papal robes on, … Continue reading
Property rights and loving nature
It is often said that property rights play a vital role in protecting the environment. The classic case is when you get a piece of land that no-one owns, then everyone plunders it. This is the tragedy of the commons. … Continue reading