Films, reading, blogs and fun
Check out the following useful links, recommended by BUST. Please add to me.
Cool Websites
- Bristol Festival of Ideas
- Centre for Alternative Technology
- Ecojam - info on the green and ethical scene in Bristol. Check out also BUST's page on ecojam!
- People and Planet
- Sustrans - join the cycling movement
- University of Bristol Sustainability Homepage
- University of Bristol Sustainability Policy and Carbon Management plan
Videos, Audio and Lectures
This page contains links to any interesting information about sustainability.
- Interview with Mike Hulme (UEA) - Here is a very interesting radio interview about the mythology of climate change and the psycological discourse surrounding it. For example, the myths of eden, and the apocolipse symbolising peoples response to climate change.
- BBC One Planet - a BBC World Service podcast. "One Planet covers environmental, development and agriculture stories, dealing with the impact of humankind on the natural world."
- Bill Mckibben speaks inspiringly about youth and climate change at Powershift 2011.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai speaks on grassroots activist movements in the Green Belt Movement.
Embedded Videos
Forum for the Future discusses how systems need to change to create a sustainable future.
Transport Infrastructure
How did the Dutch get their cycling infrastructure? This question keeps coming back because it is of course relevant to people who want what the Dutch have.
“The Netherlands’ problems were and are not unique, their solutions shouldn’t be that either.”