It could lead to some difficult conversations with our employers! As a boss, I have a responsibility but this is a question that each of us in employment need to ask. How bad for the environment is air travel? What are the downsides of greater efficiencies in technology? What is the problem with eating meat? I feel better informed having read this book and am accordingly looking to make adjustments to my lifestyle.Īs I have walked this journey personally, I have looked at ways I can change my behaviour at work too, and the writer has an interesting chapter on People and work and asks the question ‘When is a job a good thing?’ to which the answer is when it is useful, fulfilling and appropriately paid. It also helps us to prioritise how we live our lives so that we can make informed choices. If you, like me, feel the need to know and do more, can I recommend this excellent book which is crammed full of statistics and helpful ways that we can play our part. If ‘There is no Planet B’ what should we be doing for the welfare of this planet and its citiizens? The event is not ticketed, so places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.I wonder how you feel about Global warming? The whole business of sustainability, climate change, recycling, Greta, it’s pretty hard to avoid. Professor Sam Fankhauser, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
He co-ordinates the Global Futures event series which are freely open to all and explore big global challenges in multidisciplinary ways. He is a professor at Lancaster University’s Institute for Social Futures, where his research includes sustainable food systems and carbon metrics. He is also author of How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything and The Burning Question. Mike Berners-Lee is founder of Small World Consulting, which advises both small and large companies on sustainability. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Should we all become vegetarian? Can we continue to fly? Should we allow fracking? How can we control technology? Does it all come down to population growth? Berners-Lee argues that there are things we can do, and he offers some practical advice and inspiring ideas for what we can all do to help humanity thrive.Ĭopies of Mike Berners-Lee’s new book There is no Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years are available for sale from the publisher. Sustainability expert Mike Berners-Lee looks at the big environmental challenges facing Earth and offers some guidance on what we can all do to help humanity thrive on our only planet.įeeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics – the list of concerns seems endless. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Department of Geography and Environment present a talk by Mike Berners-Lee.
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