It seems that every year of the last 10 has been a collection of new weather records. The sort you don’t want. More extremes. Two months rain in two hours, more droughts, mudslides, higher night time temperatures. The World Meteorological Organisation has just released a quick and disturbing summary. Disturbing in that this is the [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Already another year of extreme weather events
Posted in Blogroll on 8, August, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
Environmental Surprise – or why good and bad things happen faster than you anticipate
Posted in Blogroll, Catalysts for Action, Sustainability Science on 8, August, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
The Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2000, Chapter 2 on Environmental Surprise is essential reading for anyone thinking about Future Proofing or Sustainable Futures.
Can you remember back to a lazy summer day at school or uni. You’re thinking of the weekend, not paying too much attention to the person droning on, and [...]
