Category Archives: Uncategorized

Book Review of The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy, Michael McCarthy, pub John Murray, May 2015 (reviewer: Chris Rose) “it’s the loss of abundance itself I mourn … people over the age of fifty can remember springtime lapwings crying and … Continue reading →

Got a big idea that should change the world ? That’s ok if you can make a better mouse trap but if it’s an idea not a marketable thing, and if it requires collaboration and cooperation, then it’s more difficult … Continue reading →

The honest truth is that I don’t really have a ‘theory of change’, indeed I try to avoid the term. This is for the same reason that I try to avoid ‘message’: a debate about which is the right ‘message’, … Continue reading →

Lots of UK campaigners, who tend not to be Conservatives, will no doubt be feeling deflated and dispirited at the way the UK General Election turned out. So if you are running a campaigning NGO, what should you do ? … Continue reading →

A Campaign Strategy Paper Climate Change: Surveys From Fifteen Countries presents data from surveys conducted for Greenpeace in 15 countries from 2011-2015, using values-based segmentation.  It concludes: There is no evidence that ‘climate change disbelief’ or scepticism is a significant … Continue reading →

Here’s a collection of stuff from my website and blogs on climate change on values and mostly on both.  Reports, newsletters and blogs.  Hope it is useful to those interested in such things. Broadening the Appeal of Environmental Action through … Continue reading →

Today England is bathed in a soup of health-damaging smog but there is very little public reaction. Some of the press is more interested in the possibility that Saharan red dust might fall on Britain: “‘Blood rain’ to fall on … Continue reading →

I’ve been doing a bit of work with Richard Elsner from MORE (see later), looking at the potential impact of TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). It is a classic case of where campaigning is tricky because the subject is … Continue reading →

  The Friends of the Earth (FoE) ‘bottle dump’ in London, 1971. This became a famous image and helped establish FoE as a leading campaign group of the time. I am not alone in advising anyone starting out in campaigns, … Continue reading →

Or what happens when (a) you bring up your children eating wholesome organic stuff, and (b) mum goes on a low fat low sugar diet, and (c) they finally snap.   This mysteriously appeared overnight on our family ‘messages’ board for … Continue reading →