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  • Indicator is an initiative of the EfS programme at London South Bank University. The EfS programme has some 12 years experience in debating and delivering EfS across the global regions.

    This online journal provides a forum for programme students, alumni and others to publish material that does not fit within the usual formal, 'stuffy' criteria that academic publications generally require. It is freely accessible and downloadable content will be archived to build a valuable resource over time.

  • Indicator is hosted on servers using 100% of their electricity from certified green renewable energy sources.

  • The word 'indicator' has a number of different meanings. Indeed, it has a particular use in the fields of environment and sustainability to refer to biophysical or statistical measures that can be used to gauge the health of a system or a progression to achieving a certain goal. However, the particular meaning that we would like to evoke with this e-journal is that of

    a person or thing that signals an intended change of direction

    Whether you believe achieving the goals of sustainability are going to require a change to the core of our being, a paradigm shift, a change in our worldview or the way we look at our place in relation to the world we live in, or more directly, just a change in the way we do things without any fundamental shift in our thinking; or some of all of the above – this e-journal is a medium for signalling the change.

Perspectives - Oct 3, 2008 22:07 - 0 Comments

December 2016 – the deadliest ‘deadline’ ever!

“Time is fast running out to stop irreversible climate change, a group of global warming experts warns today. We have only 100 months to avoid disaster…,” cautions an article titled ‘The final countdown’ in The Guardian of 1 August 2008. It’s written by Andrew Simms, Policy Director and head of the Climate Change programme, New Economics Foundation.

In the following comment, based on the above article and the accompanying Technical Note available on the One Hundred Months website, Asitha Jayawardena attempts to describe the science behind this deadline and its significance for life on Earth. Continue…

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Regular, Ruth's Rants - Jun 11, 2008 1:17 - 0 Comments

RUTH’S RANT - More than a mere inconvenient truth?

In the first of what we hope is a regular spot for her, Ruth Sutton reflects on the state of the world.

We asked Ruth what she wanted to her column to be called and she her tongue was firmly in cheek when she offered “Ruth’s Rant”. But in lieu of anything better will just have to do for now! Careful Ruth or it may stick. I am sure many readers will be able to share your frustrations.

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Global warming, pollution, carbon offsetting, wars, refugees, poverty etcetera etcetera blah blah.

We can hardly fail to have noticed that the planet and humankind is in a mess-being continually bombarded with dire warnings and preaching about the state of the earth and the condition of most of its inhabitants.

We know the facts….. so why do we still do so little about it? Continue…

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News & Events - Jun 11, 2008 2:55 - 0 Comments

Biofuels vs. Food Crisis Underscores Need for New Climate Change Strategy

Please follow this link for a recent opinion piece that takes the recent biofuels debate beyond the immediate impacts on food prices and availability.

Addressing climate change and development issues, Bob Doppelt examines the root cause of this quick fix solution – the predominant ‘take-make-waste’ mindset.

This article is based on the forthcoming book The Power of Sustainable Thinking: How To Create a Positive Future for the Climate, The Planet, Your Organization and Your Life.

Bob Doppelt is director of the Climate Leadership Initiative in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon.

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