by SCI Admin | Feb 4, 2019 | All posts, Collective action and social movements
Sustainable Consumption Institute blog Blog archive Visit our website Gilets jaunes, Extinction Rebellion and neoliberal climate policy Two protest movements erupted in the UK and France on November 17th, with apparently opposite logics. Mat Paterson argues that both...
by SCI Admin | Jan 9, 2019 | All posts, Veganism and 'more-than-human' relations
Sustainable Consumption Institute blog Blog archive Visit our website Meat-free alternatives are dull – we need exciting vegan Christmas dinner ideas Bangers and mash, toad in the hole, shepherd’s pie, Lancashire hotpot – meat is tightly interwoven with British...
by SCI Admin | Nov 26, 2018 | All posts, Events
Sustainable Consumption Institute blog Blog archive Visit our website Professor Mark Harvey – a political and intellectual trajectory In early October the SCI co-sponsored a conference to mark the retirement of Professor Mark Harvey. He is currently an Honorary...
by SCI Admin | Jul 3, 2018 | All posts, Sustainability and social inequality
Sustainable Consumption Institute blog Blog archive Visit our website To tackle inequality, we must first understand the exploitation that creates it Leicester, May 2018: textile workers are paid half the minimum wage, their actual worked hours halved to fiddle the...
by SCI Admin | May 14, 2018 | All posts, Veganism and 'more-than-human' relations
Sustainable Consumption Institute blog Blog archive Visit our website Why France banned meat names for vegetarian alternatives France recently passed an amendment to its Agriculture Bill, prohibiting any product that is largely based on non-animal ingredients from...