In 1921 the German philosopher Walter Benjamin purchased an oil transfer drawing in Munich for the sum of 1,000 marks. The drawing was by the artist Paul Klee and was entitled Angelus Novus. He subsequently hung it on the wall of his apartment. Over time, this image became something of …
Do you ever have an uneasy feeling that maybe something could be missing, or maybe that something more needs to be said? I do. I have worked as a psychologist for nearly 30 years. This has included time in the Prison Service, an NHS practice and with a medical charity. …
Many people are perplexed when I say what I do for a living: managing gas on landfill sites. They often had no idea of the need for such a role. For me, my work helps to tackle climate change, with the major constituent of landfill gas, methane, being over 34 …
Nature is connected and complex, but at the same time surprisingly simple if you are looking at it in the right way. This might sound like a contradiction, but let me try to explain why I like to argue this is not a contradiction. A hot topic at the moment …
JRI is pleased to announce the publication of Briefing Paper number 38 – ‘Space: Exploration, Environments and Earth’ by Dr. Robert S. Dutch. This paper looks at the benefits gained from space, the risks of space exploration, weather, debris and near-Earth objects, and considers how assessing these requires ethical consideration, …
The degradation of our environment and the disastrous consequences of the extraction of natural resources, on one hand, and the awareness of several groups of people about these issues – such as the incredible Child and Youth Strikes for Climate -, on the other, force us to question the importance …
