Daily Archives: June 28, 2013

It’s the end of the world as we know it – do I feel fine?

Posted on June 28, 2013 by cmorgan

Dr David Farrier, Department of English Intervening in the debate around GM food this month, the environment minister Owen Patterson suggested that the public should listen more to their heads than their hearts when it comes to genetically modified crops … Continue reading →

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- Sustainable materialism in practice? Notes from a workshop
  
  Elizabeth Bomberg reflects on the ‘Sustainable Materialism Workshop’, which examined emerging social movements in sustainability and the shifting nature of… Read more…
- Creating space for ‘failure’ in policy development – a look at the use of evaluation in Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme pilots
  
  Authors: Ruth Bush and Jan Webb The publication of the Scottish Government’s Draft Climate Change Plan is another stark reminder… Read more…
- Why renewables can improve the quality of our home life
  
  By Mr. John Brennan; Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art Introduction by Dr Faye Wade, Science, Technology and… Read more…
- The impact of Brexit on Scotland’s Energy Strategy
  
  Dr. Peter Zeniewski Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Edinburgh Scotland’s new Energy Strategy was drafted in the wake of momentous political… Read more…
- Retrofitting British homes to make them more energy efficient.
  
  By Niall Kerr, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Energy and Climate Policy Effectiveness), School of Social and Political Science Introduction by Faye… Read more…
- Running Public Consultation events: Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies and Regulation of District Heating
  
  Mags Tingey, Dave Hawkey, Ruth Bush and Jan Webb – Heat and the City Team researchers (University of Edinburgh), give… Read more…
- Energy systems modelling: models and the real world
  
  By Dr. Chris Dent, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh Introduction by Dr Mark Winskel, University of Edinburgh Systems modelling has played… Read more…
- The analytical and political challenges of integrated energy policy making in Scotland
  
  This is the first blog in the Energy & Society Network’s series responding to the Scottish Government’s Energy Strategy. By… Read more…
- Disruption! Rethink the system
  
  Susan McLaren, Senior Lecturer in Design & Technology, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh and Fleur Ruckley, Project Director,… Read more…
- Welcome to the Global Environment and Society Academy 2016-2017
  
  Who are we? The Global Environment and Society Academy (GESA) is a network of experts collaborating to develop innovative solutions… Read more…

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