Scientists for Global Responsibility
@ResponsibleSci
UK membership org; issues: nuclear disarmament; climate+sustainability; military misuse of sci/tech; corporate sci bias; ethical STEM education. RT≠endorsement
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Actions are taking place across Britain this weekend to call on the government to #StopArmingIsrael !
Find one near you and join the protests calling for a #CeasefireNow : cnduk.org/events/day-of-…
Nationalism, militarism and war are on the rise globally but is there also a wider 'culture of war' that has normalised this shift?
In this presentation for University of Portsmouth, Dr Stuart Parkinson critically analyses examples of pro-military culture.
sgr.org.uk/resources/pro-…
📢 #CeasefireNow - London demo!
Join us on the streets of London tomorrow for where we'll call on the British government to #StopArmingIsrael !
📍Assemble from 12 noon at Russell Square!
🖋️ Write to your MP, urging them to back an arms embargo: cnd.eaction.org.uk/EDM177
Tomorrow the badvertising campaign team will be discussing their new book on the need for a tobacco-style ban on high-carbon advertising.
The event will be held at Margate's radical Crab Museum with free limited tickets available 👇
eventbrite.co.uk/e/advertising-…
Join us next week as we kick off #GDAMS with a webinar looking at the political landscape in the UK on around military spending ahead of the General Election with Sam Perlo-Freeman Kate Hudson Richard Reeve
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
New investigation by The Ferret documents the revolving door between the fossil fuel industry and the UK government.
Since 2011, 127 people from this polluting industry have been recruited into top government roles and ministerial advisory boards.
theferret.scot/revolving-door…
Wind farms generated record levels of UK electricity last year, providing just under 29% of the country's power needs in 2023, as fossil fuel generation from coal and gas plants fell.
#renewables #RenewableEnergy
businessgreen.com/news/4191162/w…
The Govt keeps citing 200,000 UK oil and gas jobs to justify pumping more planet-heating fossil fuels. But that number is far higher than official ONS stats, nobody can verify it and it comes - you've guessed it - directly from the oil & gas lobby itself. theguardian.com/environment/20…
A nuclear power plant is not safe in a war zone. Which means it is not safe anywhere.
#NoNewNuclear
inews.co.uk/news/world/ext…
Solutions proposed by policy-makers on climate change almost always hinge on future technological innovation.
In this article, Prof Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE explains why behaviour change around consumption is vital to any green transition.
sgr.org.uk/resources/why-…