by Andrew Simms | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, Rethinking Economics
I have a stake, or at least a pastry, in the story of the failed café chain Patisserie Valerie. In the early 1980’s I was a wide-eyed student in Central London, having wandered in from the provinces (Essex). Soho was a short walk from the college and at its...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog, Rapid Transition
Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of analysts. New Weather took part. Last year, says the paper, the survey’s predictions proved highly accurate. For most the uncertainty of Brexit now clouds many...
by Andrew Simms | Dec 23, 2018 | Blog, Rapid Transition, Weather Bombs
The New Weather Institute welcomes Bill McGuire, the world leading academic authority on climate hazards to its team. Bill has been writing for New Weather for many months, and now he will be even more involved with our work on a rapid transition to a fair economy...
by Andrew Simms | Dec 6, 2018 | Blog, Clearing the Air, Rapid Transition
The possibility of rapid transition comes from accepting how much we are a part of nature and its cycles argue Nick Robins and Andrew Simms and marking Smog Day is one way to reconnect On 5th December 1952, a great smog enveloped London, England, killing thousands,...
by Andrew Simms | Dec 3, 2018 | Blog, Initiatives, Rapid Transition
As scientists call for rapid, far reaching action to prevent climate breakdown, and warn that time is running out, a new, unique international initiative – the Rapid Transition Alliance – is launching to reveal the possibilities and our hidden capacities...
