Jacob AshtonPaying Nature for its Trouble: Lessons from Costa RicaWe all know that nature is good for us. Aside from looking nice, it provides us with the most fundamental services we need to live: water…Nov 20, 2023Nov 20, 2023
Jacob AshtonWhy — and how — I’m donating 5% of my income to charityFor better or worse, money is powerful. Whether a company, a movement or an initiative survives often comes down to cold hard cash. This…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
Jacob AshtonCoronavirus and Climate Change: Lessons for Restructuring SocietyThe coronavirus outbreak is changing the world at a scale and pace not seen since the Second World War. Billions of people in lockdown…Apr 6, 20202Apr 6, 20202
Jacob AshtonForget the Rest — How Will the Climate Crisis Affect ME, a Man of Privilege?I don’t like to brag, but life dealt me a pretty good hand. I can pay my rent and my grocery bills. I have the means to travel, to see…Jan 26, 20201Jan 26, 20201
Jacob AshtonMy Friend in Oil Exploration, and Other Environmental Moral DilemmasI recently learnt that a friend from university is now working in oil exploration. I did not take the news well. After my initial…Oct 20, 20191Oct 20, 20191
Jacob AshtonCan We, The Little People, Actually Do Anything About Climate Change?Climate change has rocketed up the public agenda. Many citizens around the world now believe climate change to be the greatest threat to…Aug 26, 20191Aug 26, 20191
Jacob AshtoninAge of AwarenessLiving Low-Carbon and Lazy: Can it be Done?I tried going fully vegan. It was obviously the ‘right’ thing to do, for so many reasons. It started off well enough — I’d been veggie my…Jun 14, 2019Jun 14, 2019
Jacob AshtoninAge of AwarenessLet’s Pretend Climate Change Isn’t RealClimate change is difficult to conceptualise. Could it be combated without even thinking about it — by focusing on just the short term?May 12, 20193May 12, 20193
Jacob AshtonA Climate for Change on Climate Change: Keeping the MomentumClimate change is in the news. The fact that this is notable in itself is a travesty, but it’s promising that we seem to be there at last…Apr 29, 2019Apr 29, 2019
Jacob AshtonFitting Flying into the Eco-ConscienceIt’s not often talked about, but there is a shameful secret amongst the environmentally enlightened. The very same people that…Apr 14, 2019Apr 14, 2019