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Flights are the fastest-growing polluter in transport, and 95% of the world’s population has never been on a plane. In his latest Going Green column Robert Butler asks: Do the rest of us have a right to fly?   read more »

How much energy do we consume? Does it matter? Robert Butler considers the numbers in his latest Going Green column ...  read more »

Charles Darwin wrote about how species began; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change now points to how it all might end. Robert Butler considers the paradigm-shifting publication of the 21st century ...  read more »

No one seems to care about global warming. The problem, argues Robert Butler, is the dull and nannyish way we are beseeched to "save the planet". Being green could be far sexier than that ...  read more »

ROBERT BUTLER | GOING GREEN | October 21st 2008

It turns out the future isn't "Blade Runner", writes Robert Butler in his green column for Intelligent Life magazine, but bicycles, recycling and "smart responsive simplicity". It's not as bad as it sounds ...

From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Autumn 2008

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ROBERT BUTLER | GOING GREEN | August 13th 2008

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Some call it climate change, others prefer global warming. But does either name capture the seriousness of the problem? Robert Butler looks for alternatives ...

From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008  read more »

AN INCONVENIENT JOKE | March 10th 2008

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Saving the planet is deadly serious business. But why can't it also be funny? Environmentalists have a reputation for being too earnest, Robert Butler writes. Perhaps everyone just needs to hear a good lightbulb joke ...

From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Spring 2008

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