Donna Okell
@donnaokell.bsky.social
Working hard to build a cleaner, greener, fairer world.
Inspiring and empowering business leaders to be courageous, compassionate, committed, and collaborative. CEO @UK for Good, B Leader, Speaker, Impact Business and B Corp Consultant
Inspiring and empowering business leaders to be courageous, compassionate, committed, and collaborative. CEO @UK for Good, B Leader, Speaker, Impact Business and B Corp Consultant
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A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
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@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social unfortunately couldn’t make the National Emergency Briefing.
Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏
Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity.
#NEB2025
Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏
Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity.
#NEB2025
Clips from Professor @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's powerful opening & closing statements at the National Emergency Briefing.
"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership. Leadership, as if the survival of our society depends on it... because it does."
#NEB2025 #NationalEmergencyBriefing
"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership. Leadership, as if the survival of our society depends on it... because it does."
#NEB2025 #NationalEmergencyBriefing
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social unfortunately couldn’t make the National Emergency Briefing.
Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏
Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity.
#NEB2025
Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏
Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity.
#NEB2025
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Insects seem to be swarming all around us, so it's no wonder we don't seem to to notice that they're disappearing at a rate of 2% per year. And this has massive implications, as environmental journalist Oliver Milman explains.
August 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Insects seem to be swarming all around us, so it's no wonder we don't seem to to notice that they're disappearing at a rate of 2% per year. And this has massive implications, as environmental journalist Oliver Milman explains.
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‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Full Frankly:
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
The 10 Core Myths Still Taught in Business Schools - The Great Simplification
Economics departments around the world teach a narrow boundary story of the way our world works. A narrative of infinite growth driven by consumption and money, which has dominated our culture and unk...
www.thegreatsimplification.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Full Frankly:
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
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Myth #9: Humans are rational decision-makers
Reality: We act from emotion, status, and social cues
Implication: Models built for robots will fail real people
Reality: We act from emotion, status, and social cues
Implication: Models built for robots will fail real people
July 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Myth #9: Humans are rational decision-makers
Reality: We act from emotion, status, and social cues
Implication: Models built for robots will fail real people
Reality: We act from emotion, status, and social cues
Implication: Models built for robots will fail real people
Earth Overshoot Day arrived earlier than ever this year.The late Prof. Herman Daly once asked:
“Where’s the ‘when to stop’ point? Where’s the Plimsoll Line?”
We’ve already crossed the line.
Time to act with real courage, and compassion.
🧭 Read the full piece here:
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/ukfo...
“Where’s the ‘when to stop’ point? Where’s the Plimsoll Line?”
We’ve already crossed the line.
Time to act with real courage, and compassion.
🧭 Read the full piece here:
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/ukfo...
www.linkedin.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Earth Overshoot Day arrived earlier than ever this year.The late Prof. Herman Daly once asked:
“Where’s the ‘when to stop’ point? Where’s the Plimsoll Line?”
We’ve already crossed the line.
Time to act with real courage, and compassion.
🧭 Read the full piece here:
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/ukfo...
“Where’s the ‘when to stop’ point? Where’s the Plimsoll Line?”
We’ve already crossed the line.
Time to act with real courage, and compassion.
🧭 Read the full piece here:
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/ukfo...
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Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025
The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic.
eciu.net/analysis/in...
The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic.
eciu.net/analysis/in...
Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025
The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic.
eciu.net
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025
The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic.
eciu.net/analysis/in...
The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic.
eciu.net/analysis/in...
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Your 'double bonus moment of doom' for today:
"The team concludes with a sentiment that is becoming more common in this field: It may be worse than we think. It’s not an uplifting thought, but one that should be confronted"
www.404media.co/scientists-r...
"The team concludes with a sentiment that is becoming more common in this field: It may be worse than we think. It’s not an uplifting thought, but one that should be confronted"
www.404media.co/scientists-r...
Scientists Report Surreal Scenes In the World’s Most Northern Town
Researchers witnessing warming in Svalbard worry that “we have been too cautious” with climate warnings.
www.404media.co
July 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Your 'double bonus moment of doom' for today:
"The team concludes with a sentiment that is becoming more common in this field: It may be worse than we think. It’s not an uplifting thought, but one that should be confronted"
www.404media.co/scientists-r...
"The team concludes with a sentiment that is becoming more common in this field: It may be worse than we think. It’s not an uplifting thought, but one that should be confronted"
www.404media.co/scientists-r...
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Only a matter of time before a wildfire wipes a major city from the face of the planet
Will people sit up and take notice then?
Will governments and fossil fuel corporations act to slash emissions?
Will they hell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Will people sit up and take notice then?
Will governments and fossil fuel corporations act to slash emissions?
Will they hell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Wildfire burns through northern suburb of Athens as residents told to evacuate
People in Kryoneri, north-east of the Greek capital, receive SMS messages telling them to get to safe areas
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Only a matter of time before a wildfire wipes a major city from the face of the planet
Will people sit up and take notice then?
Will governments and fossil fuel corporations act to slash emissions?
Will they hell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Will people sit up and take notice then?
Will governments and fossil fuel corporations act to slash emissions?
Will they hell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he owns in the UK.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he owns in the UK.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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From the intellectual & ecological to the spiritual & psychological, these ideas might be considered waypoints for navigating the human predicament, and – in aggregate – help build ‘scout teams’ of humans working on the upcoming cultural transition away from infinite material expansion.
In this Earth Day presentation, recorded earlier this year, Nate offers nine broad paths for individuals to cultivate resilience in an increasingly uncertain and unstable period of human history.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/187-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/187-...
July 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From the intellectual & ecological to the spiritual & psychological, these ideas might be considered waypoints for navigating the human predicament, and – in aggregate – help build ‘scout teams’ of humans working on the upcoming cultural transition away from infinite material expansion.
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
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Intentional, stupid and criminal
This will cost many lives and the new CEO should join previous ones on trial
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This will cost many lives and the new CEO should join previous ones on trial
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP appoints new chair to oversee shift back to fossil fuels
Albert Manifold, ex-boss at buildings material company CRH, to take over from embattled Helge Lund
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Intentional, stupid and criminal
This will cost many lives and the new CEO should join previous ones on trial
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This will cost many lives and the new CEO should join previous ones on trial
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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From today, Govt only has 100 days to publish a new climate plan, a task made infinitely more difficult by its own approval of rampant airport expansion.
How credible can any climate plan possibly be with a third runway at Heathrow and the most expensive train tickets in Europe?
How credible can any climate plan possibly be with a third runway at Heathrow and the most expensive train tickets in Europe?
July 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
From today, Govt only has 100 days to publish a new climate plan, a task made infinitely more difficult by its own approval of rampant airport expansion.
How credible can any climate plan possibly be with a third runway at Heathrow and the most expensive train tickets in Europe?
How credible can any climate plan possibly be with a third runway at Heathrow and the most expensive train tickets in Europe?
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In the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, I reflect on how nature protection needs to be stronger. And that we must stop destroying elements of nature we're also trying to restore
#Biodiversity #PIB
#Biodiversity #PIB
July 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
In the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, I reflect on how nature protection needs to be stronger. And that we must stop destroying elements of nature we're also trying to restore
#Biodiversity #PIB
#Biodiversity #PIB
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This was NOT unexpected
There were 4 warnings/alerts for this event, starting Wednesday afternoon
The forecasters got it right, but the local authorities/disaster responders did not do enough - if anything - to warn those in danger
This was NOT inevitable
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There were 4 warnings/alerts for this event, starting Wednesday afternoon
The forecasters got it right, but the local authorities/disaster responders did not do enough - if anything - to warn those in danger
This was NOT inevitable
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Texas floods: Did officials do enough to warn people?
Questions have been raised about why people were not evacuated before the deluge.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This was NOT unexpected
There were 4 warnings/alerts for this event, starting Wednesday afternoon
The forecasters got it right, but the local authorities/disaster responders did not do enough - if anything - to warn those in danger
This was NOT inevitable
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There were 4 warnings/alerts for this event, starting Wednesday afternoon
The forecasters got it right, but the local authorities/disaster responders did not do enough - if anything - to warn those in danger
This was NOT inevitable
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There’s been surprisingly little attention paid to a basic question: do we even have the technical capability to guide where any of this is headed?
And if not, should we slow the pace of innovation until we better understand how these complex systems actually work?
And if not, should we slow the pace of innovation until we better understand how these complex systems actually work?
In this episode, Nate is joined by Artificial Intelligence researcher, Connor Leahy, to discuss the rapid advancements in AI, the potential risks associated with its development, and the challenges of controlling these technologies as they evolve.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/184-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/184-...
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
There’s been surprisingly little attention paid to a basic question: do we even have the technical capability to guide where any of this is headed?
And if not, should we slow the pace of innovation until we better understand how these complex systems actually work?
And if not, should we slow the pace of innovation until we better understand how these complex systems actually work?
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Three years ago, my team and I created a 30-minute movie that provides a comprehensive systems analysis of the human predicament. This beautifully animated film aims to help viewers understand the interconnected crises defining our era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9...
The Great Simplification | Film on Energy, Environment, and Our Future | FULL MOVIE
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Three years ago, my team and I created a 30-minute movie that provides a comprehensive systems analysis of the human predicament. This beautifully animated film aims to help viewers understand the interconnected crises defining our era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9...
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The Government's proposed #cuts to #disability benefits, threaten to push 290k people in #yorkshire into deeper poverty, losing up to £5,700 annually
We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard.
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich
We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard.
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich
June 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The Government's proposed #cuts to #disability benefits, threaten to push 290k people in #yorkshire into deeper poverty, losing up to £5,700 annually
We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard.
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich
We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard.
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich
We are sleepwalking into this catastrophe.
AI is dominating our children’s lives and removing the need to read, write,and most importantly, to think.
This is the cohesive and controlling behaviour of billionaires we are normalising. A superb insight from @natehagens.bsky.social
AI is dominating our children’s lives and removing the need to read, write,and most importantly, to think.
This is the cohesive and controlling behaviour of billionaires we are normalising. A superb insight from @natehagens.bsky.social
With the use of AI becoming more ubiquitous by the day, we must ask ourselves: can our education systems adequately protect children from the potential harms of AI?
In this episode, Nate is joined once again by philosopher of education Zak Stein to delve into the far-reaching implications of technology – especially artificial intelligence – on the future of education.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/180-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/180-...
June 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are sleepwalking into this catastrophe.
AI is dominating our children’s lives and removing the need to read, write,and most importantly, to think.
This is the cohesive and controlling behaviour of billionaires we are normalising. A superb insight from @natehagens.bsky.social
AI is dominating our children’s lives and removing the need to read, write,and most importantly, to think.
This is the cohesive and controlling behaviour of billionaires we are normalising. A superb insight from @natehagens.bsky.social
Reposted by Donna Okell
Visualization of global annual temperatures from the BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Visualization of global annual temperatures from the BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
⏳ Final call!
Join us Tomorrow at 9:30am for a free online session with Climate Outreach CEO Rachael Orr, exploring Britain Talks Climate - essential insights on how people in the UK think and feel about climate change.
🔗 Book your place now
www.tickettailor.com/events/ukfor...
Join us Tomorrow at 9:30am for a free online session with Climate Outreach CEO Rachael Orr, exploring Britain Talks Climate - essential insights on how people in the UK think and feel about climate change.
🔗 Book your place now
www.tickettailor.com/events/ukfor...
Select tickets – UK for Good X Climate Outreach – Zoom
How are people in the UK really feeling about climate change, and what will help them and us act?
How do we move th...
www.tickettailor.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
⏳ Final call!
Join us Tomorrow at 9:30am for a free online session with Climate Outreach CEO Rachael Orr, exploring Britain Talks Climate - essential insights on how people in the UK think and feel about climate change.
🔗 Book your place now
www.tickettailor.com/events/ukfor...
Join us Tomorrow at 9:30am for a free online session with Climate Outreach CEO Rachael Orr, exploring Britain Talks Climate - essential insights on how people in the UK think and feel about climate change.
🔗 Book your place now
www.tickettailor.com/events/ukfor...