Good reads
A selection of articles and publications by ASP Members, or that relate to the work we do.

Are humans the problem?
Isabelle Drury – SUBSTACK When everything that is wrong in the world, is because of everything wrong in the world. When I feel particularly doomy
If you want your leadership to get noticed through the noise, may I suggest the future is the future.
We have to talk about the future. You’ll be lucky to find anyone under thirty who currently thinks there is one. We haven’t been raising
Hope Tales – Stories for Change
Despite what pundits would have us think Darwin said about the survival of the fittest and the drive for ruthless competition, we are excellent at
Change for the better needs political leadership. Dr. Sally Campbell
“That Human Ecology in 2023 is in trouble primarily because humanity has been enslaved by capital rather than capital serving humanity. In the last 100 years,
A Drop in the Pond. ClimateCultures – creative conversations for the Anthropocene.
Writer and online community newspaper publisher, Rod Raglin shares the story of a local Vancouver, Canada, park pond reduced to a seasonal wetland — and
Please stop saying my generation will save the world
Image credit: Isabelle Drury. Design by Gen Dread. We’ve all done it. We’ve observed generations younger than ours and breathed a huge sigh of relief:
NOC & Lucy Hawking announce new children’s book for World Ocean Day
This World Ocean Day bestselling author Lucy Hawking announces collaboration with National Oceanography Centre (NOC). The book brings to life the science research from world
When the sky turns orange, everything glows.
Living with wildfire risk is a day-to-day preoccupation. Jane Shaw, in British Columbia, shares the reality of living in a country on fire. In March
Generosity of Surplus
Does sustainability depend on humans behaving not conventionally but spiritually, as spiritually as fungi? …the entire food chain operates through a generosity of surplus.“ ASP
Green Growth won’t work. Here’s why
All living beings stop growing at some point. The global economy is different: it just keeps growing. Is a world without economic growth possible and
Truth and Politics (Dr. Sally Campbell)
“It’s profiteering not wage rises, that has led to greedflation” (Larry Elliott The Guardian 20/04/23). Our grocery bills are rising at the fastest rate since