November 29, 2017
The State of American Democracy
How often have you heard something like this: ‘Well, the situation here in the UK may be dire, but things aren’t half as bad as they are in America!’ I’ve said it myself, mostly…
October 19, 2016
Social Sustainability: Tackling the Confusion
Forum for the Future has always been totally committed to the idea of ‘full spectrum’ sustainability, embracing environmental, economic, social and governance issues. Far too many…
April 26, 2016
‘Resurgence’: Sharing our Views of the World
Imagine that Resurgence didn’t exist. Imagine that you and a group of like-minded colleagues decided that the world badly needed a new publication that would have a number of…
March 15, 2016
Beware the March of the Authoritarians!
Bit by bit, the true authoritarianism of this Government is revealing itself. Way back in 2011, in what now feels like the good old days, myself and Bethan Harris (a colleague in…
February 26, 2016
Values, Global Citizenship and the EU Referendum: a Mind-Boggling Mindset Mash-up!
I don’t feel good about this, but I can’t help despising most of the people involved in the Brexit campaign: Nigel Farage, Iain Duncan Smith, Norman Tebbit, Owen Paterson, George…
November 13, 2015
The Third Industrial Revolution
Confronted with the implacable details of today’s climate science, we draw comfort as best we may from the thinnest of thin pickings.
October 13, 2015
Students Organising for Sustainability: Old and New
I nipped down to the Eden Centre on Friday last week. All these years on, it still makes such an impact – and it was brilliant to hear from the wonderful Tim Smit that the Eden…
June 6, 2014
Families, Futures and all Things Sustainable
At the heart of the notion of sustainable development lies the very big idea of justice between generations. What makes economic development either sustainable or unsustainable is…