Opinion and thought pieces

Opinion pieces by Dirk Campbell

Longstanding TTL steering group member Dirk Campbell has written regularly on a range of environmental and economic issues for our newsletter. Here’s a round-up of some of his most popular pieces.

Idol worship: Weaning ourselves off the God of Growth
https://transitiontownlewes.org/the-god-of-growth/

The Dragon’s Vulnerable Spot
https://transitiontownlewes.org/the-dragons-vulnerable-spot/

Good health: Beyond Resilience

https://transitiontownlewes.org/good-health-beyond-resilience-dirk-all/

Why everything will collapse
https://transitiontownlewes.org/why-everything-will-collapse/

Convergent Initiatives
https://transitiontownlewes.org/convergent-initiatives/

Change four things
https://transitiontownlewes.org/climate-change-four-things/

Observations and Achievements
https://transitiontownlewes.org/dirk-observations-achievements-sept-2018/

Drastic Plastic
https://transitiontownlewes.org/drastic-plastic-dirk-campbell/

Resilience, LDC and North Street https://transitiontownlewes.org/north_st_dirk_more/

Truth, growth and democracy https://transitiontownlewes.org/dirk_think_piece_june_2014_all/

Election Reflection
https://transitiontownlewes.org/election_reflection_dirk_full_2/

EU Referendum effects
https://transitiontownlewes.org/referendum-results-dk/

Farming, caves and capitalism
https://transitiontownlewes.org/dirk-farming-caves-capitalism-2017/

Other thought pieces

COP27: Time to reignite our sense of purpose – by Dr Martin Meadows
https://transitiontownlewes.org/cop27-reignite-our-purpose

So, what have we really achieved on Climate Change?
https://transitiontownlewes.org/what-have-we-achieved-on-climate/

Coronavirus changes everything – by Kirsten Firth
https://transitiontownlewes.org/coronavirus-changes-everything/

Finding the Bright Spots – by Judith Knott
https://transitiontownlewes.org/finding-bright-spots-full/

Living on the Edge – by Jon Gunson
https://transitiontownlewes.org/ecotone-jon-gunson/