Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Famously challenging BBC ’Today programme’ presenter Nick Robinson tries to trap Just Stop Oil spokesperson Indigo Rumbelow and Rupert Read - co-founder of the Moderate Flank Incubator (@moderateflank on Twitter) - into a corner…Listen to the response...
We need a new way of thinking, about politics, about philosophy, and about our role in the world. My website contains a collection of my thoughts in these areas. My writings and media appearances, which are collected there, address the mix of issues around the climate and ecological ‘emergencies', and how we ought to respond to them. Please check it out: RupertRead.net
You may have also noticed that 'comments' have been disabled on this channel, on some of my videos... and you might even think, 'that's a bit sad'. But here’s why… Unless I give up sleeping completely, I simply don't have the time to personally respond across ALL social media platforms. I have chosen just one, Twitter, as my prime locale, and I enthusiastically welcome your comments, (civil/constructive) criticisms and thoughts over there: twitter.com/GreenRupertRead
Thanks in advance for your understanding!
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Leah Sottile presents a story of two fugitive environmentalists, an eco-terrorist cell and a burning question: How far is too far to go to save the planet?
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Famously challenging BBC ’Today programme’ presenter Nick Robinson tries to trap Just Stop Oil spokesperson Indigo Rumbelow and Rupert Read - co-founder of the Moderate Flank Incubator (@moderateflank on Twitter) - into a corner…Listen to the response...
We need a new way of thinking, about politics, about philosophy, and about our role in the world. My website contains a collection of my thoughts in these areas. My writings and media appearances, which are collected there, address the mix of issues around the climate and ecological ‘emergencies', and how we ought to respond to them. Please check it out: RupertRead.net
You may have also noticed that 'comments' have been disabled on this channel, on some of my videos... and you might even think, 'that's a bit sad'. But here’s why… Unless I give up sleeping completely, I simply don't have the time to personally respond across ALL social media platforms. I have chosen just one, Twitter, as my prime locale, and I enthusiastically welcome your comments, (civil/constructive) criticisms and thoughts over there: twitter.com/GreenRupertRead
Thanks in advance for your understanding!
'Burn Wild' Radio 5 Live
Leah Sottile presents a story of two fugitive environmentalists, an eco-terrorist cell and a burning question: How far is too far to go to save the planet?
bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0cx6tw7
RupertRead.net
twitter.com/GreenRupertRead
facebook.com/GreenRupertRead
RupertRead.substack.com
instagram.com/RupertRead
tiktok.com/@GreenRupertRead
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![‘Good CoP, Bad CoP’ - 2 playlets | Rupert Read
This pair of playlets, written by Kate Webster, based on scenarios taken from Rupert Reads book This Civilisation Is Finished [we worked together on developing the concept of the paired playlets] lays out two alternative futures: One in which popular mobilisation after CoP26 led us in the direction of a challenging but manageable future. The other in which business as usual at CoPs led us in the direction of ... well, of escalating climate chaos and collapse.
The first scenario is one of transformative adaptation enacted. The second scenario is one of civilisational decline.
They feature the same basic characters and set-up, living in different futures, based on what they and many others did or didn’t do beginning in the early 2020s.
Watching these two back-to-back playlets now, in late 2022, is bitter-sweet. One is forced to acknowledge that the path we are on is already trending slightly closer to the second than to the first scenario. But even this has an upside: it makes it more urgent to take up the pathway of transformative adaptation. Given that we are off the cliff, we can grasp more deeply the necessity for this. We can heed the call to do it…
Goto https://Transformative-Adaptation.com (or https://ModerateFlank.org ) for more.
Thanks for watching (and sharing) “Good CoP, Bad CoP”.
About Kate Webster http://bit.ly/KateWebster
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