Following the Greater Manchester Green Summit, Sherilyn MacGregor and Joe Blakey ask whether the vision of a ‘carbon neutral’ city-region is all that it appears.
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Greater Manchester’s Green Charter: The responsibility of whom?
In wake of Andy Burnham’s Green Summit, Julia Kasmire investigates whether the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) will take the necessary steps to take responsibility for achieving carbon neutrality.
The SCI organised a workshop on the topic of meat consumption, non-meat consumption and sustainability as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences
Whilst there is a broad consensus amongst academics and other experts that meat needs to be addressed as a social-ecological problem, the minutiae of how to do so are less certain.
Planet 50:50? Linking labour and environment this International Women’s Day
This blog by the SCI’s Sherilyn MacGregor was originally posted for International Women’s Day March 2017.
On the ‘meat edge’? Meat consumption and reduction in middle class urban China
Drawing on insights from a qualitative study of meat eating in urban China, Alison Browne, Josephine Mylan and Zhu Di suggest there is a need to re-think the dominant view on changing consumption.
Environmental feminists taking up space at Conference of Parties (COP)
SCI PhD researcher Joanna Wilson reports back, suggesting that the voices of environmental feminists remain sidelined, despite the conference being branded as ‘inclusive’ and ‘participatory’.
How to solve the ‘monster’ fatberg problem
Fatbergs – enormous solid masses of oil, grease, wet wipes and other hygiene products that congeal together to cause major blockages – are wreaking havoc on the sewers of cities around the world.
The real story behind the huge crowds gathered at iPhone launches
Apple’s special edition iPhone X release – what sane person would queue overnight for an over-priced, at best incrementally-changed gadget?
SCI at the British Sociological Association Conference 2017
Jessica Paddock reports on SCI contributions to the BSA on home turf in Manchester.
The International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2017
Cameron Roberts reports on IST 2017 and the SCI’s contributions.
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