by sustainablesociety | Dec 17, 2021 | Climate Change
“…brutal, messianic, aggrieved, censorious, eschatological…and totalising.” Living in Jeddah has given me an opportunity and motivation to re-evaluate Saudi Arabia. Yes, we all know about the war, the executions, the human rights record and the...
by sustainablesociety | Dec 11, 2021 | Climate Change
Much is being written about disinformation, post truth, conspiracy and fake news. It think it is now common knowledge that everyone is experiencing too much information but nowhere near enough knowledge or wisdom. Some of us would like to think that we can counter the...
by sustainablesociety | Mar 7, 2021 | Climate Change
Old Paradigms – New Norms. This forms the basis for a webinar on March 10th hosted by the University of Cork. I am currently based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, working with the Saudi Ministry of Health on their hugely ambitious Transformation Plan. Because of Covid...
by sustainablesociety | Nov 3, 2020 | Climate Change
“As matters now stand, every issue is hopelessly entangled in a snarl of emotions, stereotypes and irrelevant memories and associations.” (John Dewey) I sit down with friends and we discuss matters of various triviality and seriousness. A common theme often makes its...
by sustainablesociety | Sep 26, 2020 | Climate Change
When you’ve settled yourself into the seat at the cinema, and cursed that you have sat next to a big box of crunched popcorn and a giant tub of noisily slurped Cola held by someone with the eating etiquette of a half starved hyena, you know that what you are...
by sustainablesociety | Jan 13, 2020 | Climate Change
I like a pint. On occasion, I may be found in ‘The Sloop’ in St Ives, or the ‘Pilchard Press’ in the same seaside town. I like a pasty. A proper Cornish pasty stuffed with succulent steak wrapped in short crusty pasty oozing with gravy. I am...
