The Science Stuff - T&Sustainability

‘The Science Stuff’ is a series of posts by Jesse Armstrong, that aims to explain the scientific nature of the climate crisis and other environmental issues to help people understand what is at stake. It also discusses developments in the efforts to combat these issues and highlights the sociological nuances surrounding them.

CO2 – The Boogeyman

The Science StuffCO2 – The Boogeyman By Jesse Armstrong November 06, 2021 Goods and services have always had traditional measures of value: their financial cost, their labour requirements, their inherent usefulness. The escalation of the climate crisis has added a new metric to this list – the carbon footprint. The past century of industrial activity […]

What is the ‘Environmental Crisis’?

The Science Stuff: What is the ‘Environmental Crisis’? By Jesse Armstrong September 21, 2021 Humanity makes up just 0.01% of all living things on earth, yet our footprint on this planet is enormous. Population growth and the dramatic development in the complexity of our infrastructure and technology have led to an exponential increase in our […]

The Science Stuff with Jesse

The Science Stuff with Jesse By Jesse Armstrong September 21, 2021 The impact of human life and our lifestyles on planet Earth is a murky, complicated and contentious issue. Whilst many in our society are arriving at the conclusion that certain activities, ideologies and attitudes are unsustainable and damaging to the natural environment we all […]