Planet Sutherland

In honour of spring, April's film is an interview with permaculture pioneer Graham Bell at his garden in the Borders. Graham talks about his life, his passion for permaculture and shares his thoughts on the wider environmental problems the world faces and how we can transition to a more sustainable ...

This month's video is a seminar given at Stanford University in September of 2016 on the subject of geoengineering , presented by two of the scientists directly involved in the front line of the technological fight against climate change. Geoengineering projects attempt to influence the earth's syst...

Unless someone else suggests another video (please do so here ), next month will be a Stanford University lecture on the subject of geoengineering as climate mitigation. There will be plenty solution focussed science there. Many good points Peter, thank you. I chose this particular video partly in r...

Our next video is an online talk by Michael Dowd (minister, author, and eco-theologian) exploring how we can move beyond both unrealistic optimism and despairing pessimism in the face of ecological and likely societal collapse. It draws together different facets of the human experience, examining ho...

I'm not sure that waiting for a 'prophetic transformation' as a means of bringing about the concerted and mass action required to combat climate change will go far towards getting us from here to there. You may well be right about that, but I found the Hallam video an interesting examination of the...

My problem is with the fact that nowhere in the talk, the 'Common Home' book or on the website is there any consideration or discussion of the political processes and attitudinal changes which will be required if the plan is ever to become more than a vision. In other words, how can it actually be ...

To begin with I must say I am impressed with the technical detail of the Common Weal plan for a Green New Deal. They have faced up to many of the problems that are so often avoided, and I agree with most of what Robin McAlpine says. This post is rather long, but really it just scratches the surface ...

Thanks very much to one of our contributors for our next film: "This is How We Save The World". It's a speech given by Robin McAlpine of Common Weal detailing his plan for a Green New Deal for Scotland. I found it very detailed and very interesting, particularly to see how such a thing cou...

Finally, here are my thoughts on “Planet of The Humans”. While I agree that there are flaws in the film, I also believe it has a lot to commend it. The level of controversy in the wider world doesn’t surprise me, but amongst us Planet Sutherlings it has surprised me. Perhaps in a way it’s a good thi...

UPDATE Despite the silence here on the forum (mostly due to the lack of promotion) it’s clear that this months film hasn’t been well received. As the initial post made clear I was aware of the controversy surrounding the film, and took care to provide links to further material from both sides of th...