Not much scope for optimism – but never lose hope!
A fellow journalist, Barrie Lees, has written in pessimistic vein to tell me that my plans for A 21st Century Renaissance (April 2 2025) are unrealistic, or indeed forlorn (see comment number 7). Here’s my response: Dear Barrie, I’m not saying the Renaissance will in any sense be easy. I am merely saying it is … Read more
A 21st Century Renaissance
Proposal for a new Course to help lay the foundations of a People-led Global Renaissance My grand ambition is to provide an outline of a Life Strategy – actions, ideas, and attitudes – that would, if acted upon, enable human beings and our fellow creatures to live agreeably on this planet for aeons to come. … Read more
The road to renaissance
Nothing short of a cross-the-board transformation – Renaissance — is needed to rescue the world from its present decline. But, says Colin Tudge, we first need to lay the foundations.
Only a people-led cross- board renaissance can save us now
An attempt to summarize 50 years or so of contemplation in one 20-minute narrative on what we need to do, and can do, to pull humanity and the world back from the brink of oblivion. By Colin Tudge The world is in a dreadful mess – who can doubt this? — but it doesn’t need … Read more
The essential ingredients of the Global Renaissance
A checklist of the six very big ideas that we need to develop and act upon if we are to save ourselves and the rest of the world from what at the moment looks like an inevitable meltdown. These notes are meant to accompany the new videos – the five conversations on “Real farming, good … Read more
What the mind-shift entails
My excellent friend Ziauddin Sardar – a former colleague from New Scientist and now founder and editor of Critical Muslim – has summarized the mind-shift that’s needed as follows: “We need to move from disciplinary enclaves to integration of knowledge. This journey begins with the acknowledgement of (a) the limitation of disciplinary perspectives that cannot … Read more
The meaning of “radical”
Within days of her dubious appointment as Britain’s Prime Minister in September 2022 Liz Truss and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng produced a budget-that-wasn’t-a-budget — which was widely condemned by experts the world over, and by people-at-large. Ah, she said, but we are merely being “radical” – which is necessary to get us out of the … Read more