Transition Island Blog

Tony Blair, former British prime minister, has begun a rapid tour of Asian capitals to help break the deadlock over climate change.

[read more from the BBC]

He says it is ‘urgent‘ that action is taken to cut global carbon emissions by 50 per cent.

It would be easy to be cynical about his one-man mission to save the planet…

one man

Can one person make a difference?

Yes - let’s mention a few…
Jesus, Buddha, Aristotle, Ceasar, Watt, Ghandi, Einstein, Gorbachov, Clinton…

and I’m sure you can think of lots more given a little concentration!

vital links

It’s all about links. Making contact. Communication.

One book I read recently sugested that for every innovation we have, nationalism counteracts it. I’m not sure how you would measure this… but it makes some sense.

Opinion:
We need Kissinger-types to fulfill the ancient role of travelling minstrel.

The news-carrier/peace-maker was really important when tribes lived more than a few days’ walk apart and each contact could start a war.

Now we all live a few hours flight apart… but we still need the same function.

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