September 2010
Low Carbon Communities: imaginative approaches to combating climate change locally. Community action is a vital strategy in the fight against climate change and has increasingly informed government policy, academic inquiry and grassroots action over the last decade. This timely and engaging volume explores both the promise of community based action in tackling climate change and some of its limitations. Bringing together theoretical and practical perspectives on community action Low Carbon Communities considers the opportunities and challenges through a diverse range of models and case studies. Fresh conceptual insights are provided and new light is shed on the policy implications and practical ramifications of establishing effective community engagement in efforts to combat climate change locally.
Click to find more details about the book launch.
April 2010
Congratulations to Tim Jackson on winning a Best of Green award. Click to read more.
March 2010
The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) is the UK Government's official advisory body on sustainability, reporting formally to the Prime Minister. Professor Tim Jackson, of the University of Surrey, was initially appointed as Economics Commissioner on the SDC in March 2004 and has already served two three-year terms, contributing to the UK SD Strategy and the Sustainable Consumption Round Table during the first term and leading the Commission's work on Redefining Prosperity during the second.
This work culminated in him writing the Commission’s controversial and groundbreaking study, which was later revised and updated for publication as Prosperity without Growth - economics for a finite planet (Earthscan 2009).
February 2010
Long Horizons is a collection of personal reflections about art, artists and climate change. Commissioned by the British Council working with Julie’s Bicycle the piece includes contributions from Antony Gormley, Jay Griffiths, Tim Jackson, Diana Liverman and KT Tunstall. Click to read more.
November 2009
David Uzzell recently edited (with Gabriel Moser (Paris-Descartes)) a special issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology which focusses on the future of environmental psychology. Click to read more.
November 2009
The Sustainable Development Commission invited guests to a debate about the demands of transforming our economies to meet the challenge of climate change, and to celebrate the launch of Tim Jackson's new book 'Prosperity Without Growth.' The event took place on the 2nd November at Central Hall Westminster. Click to read more.
November 2009
In Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet, published by Earthscan, Professor Tim Jackson raises fundamental questions about the economics needed to tackle climate change. Jackson argues that, faced with the limits imposed by carbon sinks and the scale of ‘de-carbonization’ of the world’s economy required to stay within them, continued economic growth in the already affluent world does not offer the solution; it represents the problem. Click to read more about what was said at the London Review Bookshop launch on 12th November.
November 2009
Tim Jackson's END lecture titled Economics for a finite planet, the lecture made a compelling case for remodelling the economic system of developed countries, to shift the focus away from growth and ever-increasing consumption towards sustainability and living within ecological limits. Click to read more.
November 2009
Tim Jackson was invited to participate in a panel on “Green Growth and Sustainable Development” held at the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 26 October 2009 at the United Nations Headquaters in New York. Click her to see the presentation.
October 2009
Catherine BotrillI participated in a series called 'How Science Works', which has used the hook of the music industry's carbon footprint to teach key stage 3 pupils (12-14 years old) about energy use and carbon emissions. The programme is 15 mins long and is available from their website. On 30th November the programme will begin airing on Teachers TV. Click to see more or visit Catherine's profile page by clicking on 'The Team' tab above.
October 2009
In Prosperity Without Growth, Tim Jackson demonstrates that it is necessary—and possible—to have increased and widespread prosperity without economic growth. Due for publication November 2nd 2009, the book is a substantially revised and updated version of the report that kick-started the growth debate. Click to read more.
August 2009
Resolve's Third Year Annual Report released – Click for PDF.
June 2009
RESOLVE Conference:
Further presentations, photographs and audio coming soon.
A unique one day event was hosted by the ESRC Research group on Lifestyles Values and Environment (RESOLVE), featuring cutting edge research, high profile keynote speakers and policy relevant panel discussions.
The event was an important milestone on the Road to Copenhagen, as Government, NGOs and business gear up for a new international agreement on climate change in Copenhagen in December.
Abstracts
Speaker Biographies
Conference Programme
Birgitta Gatersleben presentation
Nora Räthzel presentation
Mona Chitnis presentation
Scott Milne presentation
Nick Eyre presentation
Jo Hamilton presentation
Thomas Henfrey presentation
Emma White presentation
Louise Reid presentation
David Evans presentation
Angela Druckman presentation
Steve Sorrell presentation
Simon Roberts presentation
Shane Fudge presentation
Mathew Forstater presentation
Pat Devine presentation
Peter Brown presentation
Kate Soper presentation and accompanying text
Further presentations, photographs and audio coming soon.
February 2009
David Uzzell has written a paper with Alexa Spence and Nick Pidgeon which will be published in February's issue of The Psychologist- 'Climate Change – Psychology’s Contribution’
December 2008
Newly published RESOLVE working paper 'The Surrey Environmental Lifestyle Mapping (SELMA)
Framework: Development and Key Results to Date' -Click for PDF or click on Publications (above) to be taken to the Publications page.
November 2008
Tim Jackson of RESOLVE, University of Surrey has been appointed to the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of his contribution to social science and sustainability. Click to read more.
November 2008
Lester Hunt was one of the Lead Experts for the UK Government Office for Science Foresight study 'Powering Our Lives: Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment', the final report has been published. Click to read more.
November 2008
Angela Druckman was invited to speak at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre event to mark the launch of Jack Challoner's book "Desirable Future? Consumer Electronics in Tomorrow's World". Angela’s role was to present and discuss the environmental aspects of electronic gadgets. In her talk, entitled “Gadgets up the Gum Tree? The Unintended Consequences of Electronic Gadgetry”, Angela questioned whether our consumer habits are compatible with a sustainable future. Click to read more.
October 2008
Michael Peters recently participated in and presented a paper at the 10th Conference on Environmental Education in Europe, held at the University of Malta 15th – 18th October 2008. It was organised by the European Foundation for Education & Sustainable Development (European ESD-net) and was entitled ‘Thinking and acting outside the box – a European contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development’. Michael presented his paper entitled ‘Educational community-based climate change initiatives in the UK: the role of local government and the experience of participants’ and contributed to the development of a manifesto for environmental education in Europe, presented to the Maltese Government’s Minister of Resources and Rural Affairs, the Hon George Pullicino, during the final day of the conference. Click to read more.
October 2008
Michael Peters, Senior Research Fellow, Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and the Environment (RESOLVE): - Invited to give a one-hour lecture to ~100 school pupils age 11-13 on climate change and lifestyles, Wednesday 8th October, 6:30-7:30pm Edgeborough Co-educational Preparatory School, Farnham, Surrey. Click to read more.
October 2008
Tim Jackson's recently published article, "Special report: Why politicians dare not limit economic growth".
SCRATCH the surface of free-market capitalism and you discover something close to visceral fear. Recent events provide a good example: the US treasury's extraordinary $800 billion rescue package was an enormous comfort blanket designed to restore confidence in the ailing financial markets. By forcing the taxpayer to pick up the "toxic debts" that plunged the system into crisis, it aims to protect our ability to go on behaving similarly in the future. This is a short-term and deeply regressive solution, but economic growth must be protected at all costs.
As economics commissioner on the UK's Sustainable Development Commission, I found this response depressingly familiar, click to read more.
April 2008
Newly published RESOLVE Working Paper 'Motivating Individual Carbon Reduction Through Local Government-Led Community Initiatives in the UK: The Role of Local Government as an Agent of Social Change' - Click for PDF or click on Publications (above) to be taken to the Publications page.
