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Polar Bear Facepalm: (“analysis” of) Climate Camp #epicfail

Speechless, really. “I acknowledge the significance of post-Hardin literature on the commons whole-heartedly, but place myself in opposition to such literalizing interpretations of CfCA’s anti-authoritarian ecology, discerning in fears about the commons a certain 21st-century Hobbesianism that the mere experience … Continue reading

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Scoop (for academic groupies): Prof Frank Geels moving to Manchester

Professor Frank Geels, widely-regarded as an extremely big fish in the academic pond of “socio-technical transitions”  is to take up a place at the Sustainable Consumption Institute of the University of Manchester, MCFly has learned. Professor Geels has reportedly given … Continue reading

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