The poor performances of our football elite at the World Cup have been attributed to several issues - from the manger's choices, to injuries, even to the ball itself. However none of these factors are to blame - the cause of this malaise is you. En..

Election fever has officially struck and while yes I find most of the major parties overexposed, uninspiring and a bit annoying I reserve the right to be excited. That is why I am unimpressed by this gadget I found on the web today. It is a Vot..

Spotted this great example of a Sizzling piece of urban renewal the other day on Treehugger."This is the work of well known Spanish group Basurama, which has turned the ruins of an abandoned project for an electric train in Lima, Peru, into an..

I like the way this sizzling poster reframes the choice we face in a crisis. It reminds me of the oft quoted (but incorrect according to some) adage that the Chinese character for Crisis is made of the characters for Danger and Opportunity.  ..

Equity.Boy is that an important word. It’s the kind of word NGOs get out of bed for in the morning. Policy makers like to see it nestled cosily in most sentences. Technically, it sounds like a splendid idea to me too, let’s make it happ..

Wow, these guys really need a good night’s sleep, or maybe a hug. The Dark Mountain Project "starts with our sense that civilisation as we have known it is coming to an end; brought down by a rapidly changing climate, a cancerous economi..

The Doomsday Clock, which has been running since 1947 has been put back by one minute. Meaning we are now ‘seven minutes from midnight’ rather than six. The timekeepers at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have measured our proximit..

Trendwatching.com's monthly briefings always contain some great ideas. How about the Brazilian transit authority keeping motorists up to date via twitter? Or the 'Give a day, get a night' scheme run by Sage Hospitality, which asks clients to give e..

A little review of the past few decades of climate communications:1970s: Save the Earth. With the launch of Earth Day, and subsequently Earth Week, emphasis was on “saving the planet” and conservation, especially of energy. Grass­ro..

...was a child hanging from a tree screaming as a desert was flooded and a city was destroyed by a tornado. Wonderful. This video was shown to the CoP15 delegates during the opening ceremony of the negotiations. I don't know about you but i'm not f..