After Copenhagen, can market forces – and consumers in particular – help address global warming? In an article originally published on chinadialogue.net, John Elkington looks at the promises and pitfalls of “green” consumption
The United Nations climate-change summit is a vital moment in the world’s effort to avert catastrophe. openDemocracy authors reflect on what needs to happen and how much Copenhagen can achieve.
An annual event founded only in 2007 is already an established part of the global calendar. This is the International Day of Democracy, created by a resolution of the United
Many observers describe the turmoil in financial markets in 2007-08 in terms of a "domino effect"; others find metaphors drawn from "chaos theory" more appropriate. The
This article reports on a Consultation on Democracy and Sustainability held at the Science Museum in London on 18 March 2008. It was convened by the Environment Foundation, the 21st
A thin splatter of what looked like blood streaked the snow as I tramped towards the security-checks for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. Because I was trying
The death of Anita Roddick on 10 September 2007 produced reams of celebratory obituaries. Much was familiar in the life of the pioneering businesswoman and green activist, though I did
India during a moment of global financial panic is an object-lesson both in the integration of the world's markets and the scale of the challenge facing the country&
"The further backward you look, the further forward you can see", Winston Churchill famously observed. But the older you get, as I am sure he discovered, the more
If railways replaced horses and cars replaced trains, what will be the next evolutionary step after the car? The European Union auto industry, like its counterparts in north America and
"I'm John Elkington - and I'm an environmentalist." Welcome to a meeting of Environmentalists Anonymous in November 2027. Far-fetched, perhaps, but if you have
A love of the sort of tennis played in the Wimbledon finals is good preparation for the knockabout entertainment of openDemocracys contest between David Held and a starstudded
