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Science for Sustainability is a project to share information and encourage discussion on the threats to human life on Earth and how we can tackle them, based on science and scientific evidence.
 
Science for Sustainability is a project to share information and encourage discussion on the threats to human life on Earth and how we can tackle them, based on science and scientific evidence.
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This project is inspired by the late Sir [[David MacKay]] whose book "[[Sustainable Energy Without The Hot Air]]" made it possible for ordinary people to understand the challenges and possibilities of decarbonising our energy use, and threw down a challenge to everyone proposing ideas for doing so to come up with plans that add up.
  
 
The project is the creation of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensioner old],  
 
The project is the creation of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensioner old],  
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You can contact the project<ref>
 
You can contact the project<ref>
Some rather contorted language is used throughout this site to avoid having to choose between using "I" or "we".  
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Some rather contorted language is used throughout this site to avoid having to choose between saying either "I" or "we".  
 
Whilst at the time of writing everything here is the work of the founder, it is hoped that in due course there will be a team working on it  
 
Whilst at the time of writing everything here is the work of the founder, it is hoped that in due course there will be a team working on it  
 
(even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales Jimmy Wales] had to start somewhere!)
 
(even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales Jimmy Wales] had to start somewhere!)

Revision as of 16:25, 5 December 2019

Science for Sustainability is a project to share information and encourage discussion on the threats to human life on Earth and how we can tackle them, based on science and scientific evidence.

This project is inspired by the late Sir David MacKay whose book "Sustainable Energy Without The Hot Air" made it possible for ordinary people to understand the challenges and possibilities of decarbonising our energy use, and threw down a challenge to everyone proposing ideas for doing so to come up with plans that add up.

The project is the creation of an old, cishet, white, man living in the Thames Valley area of England, whose ambition is for his kids to get old too.

The project is run on a shoe-string: all expenses come out of SfS's pocket: no shill bucks have been forthcoming to date, and the project has no financial interest in anything except the continuation of global human civilisation.

Help is most welcome: reviewing existing pages for accuracy, editing existing/creating new pages, suggesting topics and/or sources to include, sysadmin etc.

You can contact the project[1] through the contact page

There is also a Science for Sustainability Facebook group.

— SfS


  1. Some rather contorted language is used throughout this site to avoid having to choose between saying either "I" or "we". Whilst at the time of writing everything here is the work of the founder, it is hoped that in due course there will be a team working on it (even Jimmy Wales had to start somewhere!) and it would be nice not to have to go round changing singular pronouns to plural all over the place.