Enemies of Progress

"Enemies of Progress" has been set up to argue for development without prefixes. One of the most important tasks today, is to undermine the fear-generating perception that human agency, modernity, growth, materialism, want, development, experimentation, technology, infrastructure, political debate and critical engagement - in a word, progress, is a problem.

Sustainable Indoctrination in Education

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Here's my article in the Australian: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25905887-7583,00.html One response: "Critic...

discussing Progress on ABC Sydney

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I nice interview with Paul Comrie-Thompson on "Counterpoint" for ABC Sydney; for which I thank him and the station: Hear here: htt...

David Attenborough & the Optimum Population Trust

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David Attenborough has become the patron of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT). He says: “I’ve never seen a problem that wouldn’t be easier ...

A few gigs...

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18th April 2009 Cities in Literature 22: 30pm – 4:00pm British Library, Conference Centre, Main Auditorium, 96 Euston Road, London With over...

2 out of 5

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This review by Mark T. VanDyke on US Review Scout - gives me 2 out of 5 - although typically positions me as some kind of free-market group...

Coincidence?

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“Enemies of Progress” was published in late May 2008. Lo and behold, UK foreign secretary David Miliband used the phrase in a speech at Univ...

www.26.org.uk

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A very nice review by Tim Rich of "26" - a group of writers, language specialists, editors, designers or publishers: "Brillia...
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I'm the director of the Future Cities Project, and author and illustrator at NBS. An architect and project manager by profession, I was previously the technical editor of the Architects’ Journal and now write for a wide range of publications on urban and transport issues. I co-ordinated the ‘Future of...’ series of festivals and am the founder member of Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture [ManTowNHuman] - the first radical architectural manifesto intervention for over a generation. I also run the Bookshop Barnies.
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