Sam Saville
@samsaville.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sustainability, Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK.
Human geographer interested in sustainable futures, energy justice, nature-culture relations, climate change, value, processes of change, transformational adaptation...
Human geographer interested in sustainable futures, energy justice, nature-culture relations, climate change, value, processes of change, transformational adaptation...
It's Sunday life admin day... does anyone put there have a referral code for Good Energy 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's Sunday life admin day... does anyone put there have a referral code for Good Energy 🙏
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New 'state of climate action' report gives you a much better picture than daily headlines about contextless solar panel or EV sales
- Most things are going in the right direction
- Most things are badly off track to the pace of change required
systemschangelab.org/state-climat...
- Most things are going in the right direction
- Most things are badly off track to the pace of change required
systemschangelab.org/state-climat...
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New 'state of climate action' report gives you a much better picture than daily headlines about contextless solar panel or EV sales
- Most things are going in the right direction
- Most things are badly off track to the pace of change required
systemschangelab.org/state-climat...
- Most things are going in the right direction
- Most things are badly off track to the pace of change required
systemschangelab.org/state-climat...
A doable list, thanks @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Or we will we start fighting it now? Plenty have started that fight: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.
guyshrubsole.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A doable list, thanks @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Feeling such inspiration from listening to Jonathan Porritt at our CAT members conference. An author that populated my eco-book shelf right at the start, so impressed with his persistence, openess and honesty, as well as his arguments!
August 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Feeling such inspiration from listening to Jonathan Porritt at our CAT members conference. An author that populated my eco-book shelf right at the start, so impressed with his persistence, openess and honesty, as well as his arguments!
I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Be part of the actions this September: drawtheline.world?utm_source=b...
Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.
Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.
drawtheline.world
August 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Be part of the actions this September: drawtheline.world?utm_source=b...
A pivotal decision. This is a really good explainer that takes down pretty much every argument for opening a new oilfield, please just say no!
It’s a myth that producing oil with lower upstream emissions benefits the climate. @fergusgreen.bsky.social explains why arguments for the Rosebank oilfield are a bunch of baloney.
Rosebank oilfield: why more UK oil means more global emissions
It’s a myth that producing oil with lower upstream emissions benefits the climate.
theconversation.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A pivotal decision. This is a really good explainer that takes down pretty much every argument for opening a new oilfield, please just say no!
Sad times. I have just finished marking a set of great policy ideas for tackling this. We need to get our change making Alumni on the case!
UK govt not protecting people, economy and homes from #climatecrisis, says @thecccuk.bsky.social in scathing assessment
- "It’s today’s problem. And if we don’t do something about it, it will become tomorrow’s disaster”
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- "It’s today’s problem. And if we don’t do something about it, it will become tomorrow’s disaster”
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour not protecting people, economy and homes from climate crisis, watchdog says
Plans to protect UK from extreme weather are inadequate, Climate Change Committee says in scathing assessment
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Sad times. I have just finished marking a set of great policy ideas for tackling this. We need to get our change making Alumni on the case!
'We need to make politics what we do, not have done to us: opening up genuine democracy' #Earthday
#EarthDay - our power, our planet: time to put up the floodgates against Trump and demand attention to what really matters: air, soil, water, life
I write for Huffington Post
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Deforestation
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/earth-...
I write for Huffington Post
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Deforestation
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/earth-...
'This Earth Day, We Should Defy Trump's Climate Denial And Honour Pope Francis Instead'
Green Party peer Natalie Bennett, writing for HuffPost UK, calls for a new way of thinking about the environment.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
'We need to make politics what we do, not have done to us: opening up genuine democracy' #Earthday
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I’ve said this before but… heat pumps are really quite boring, and it says quite a lot about the state of debate in Britain that we’ve managed to make them controversial.
Credit to Evan for trying to make them not controversial
Credit to Evan for trying to make them not controversial
Sad news about the Happy Heat Pump Podcast.
Sorry to say, that after about 20 episodes, we’re drawing it to a close at the request of the BBC which worries it may be seen as steering into areas of public controversy.
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youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?...
Sorry to say, that after about 20 episodes, we’re drawing it to a close at the request of the BBC which worries it may be seen as steering into areas of public controversy.
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youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?...
https://youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?si=92B9xN4zy6BiWXqK
t.co
April 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I’ve said this before but… heat pumps are really quite boring, and it says quite a lot about the state of debate in Britain that we’ve managed to make them controversial.
Credit to Evan for trying to make them not controversial
Credit to Evan for trying to make them not controversial
Sounds like a great project - go for it journalists and story tellers!
A potentially game-changing climate story has been hiding in plain sight — until now. Starting Monday, CCNow’s #The89Percent Project will highlight a pivotal but little-known fact: The overwhelming majority of people in the world want their governments to take stronger climate action
The 89 Percent Project
Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Let’s tell their stories.
buff.ly
April 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sounds like a great project - go for it journalists and story tellers!
Reposted by Sam Saville
I'm recruiting women in farming for my PhD research! Please share with any farming contacts living/working near Okehampton, London, Wisbech, Market Rasen, Stokesley, and Penrith! #PhDbyBike
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I'm recruiting women in farming for my PhD research! Please share with any farming contacts living/working near Okehampton, London, Wisbech, Market Rasen, Stokesley, and Penrith! #PhDbyBike
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If you know a woman starting out in sustainability, please do let them know about this event we're putting on - great chance to build confidence and contacts.
It's only taken me about, ooh, five years to sort... but here we have it, a workshop for early career women in sustainability!
Come along and/or tell your friends. Brilliant speakers, great chance to meet some amazing people.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/she-is-susta...
Come along and/or tell your friends. Brilliant speakers, great chance to meet some amazing people.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/she-is-susta...
"March 24th Early Careers in Sustainability Workshop" at Imperial College London
Tickets are now available for March 24th Early Careers in Sustainability Workshop at Imperial College London, Grantham Institute Climate Change. on Monday 24th March 2025 at 9:30AM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
www.ticketsource.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If you know a woman starting out in sustainability, please do let them know about this event we're putting on - great chance to build confidence and contacts.
One day course coming up, sounds great!
What role can citizens juries and assemblies play in scaling-up community action on climate change? 👨👩👧👦🌍
I'll be sharing some examples from our work at @sharedfuture.bsky.social at this event hosted by the Centre for Alternative Technology!
📅 6th March 2025
🕜 9:30 - 5:00
cat.org.uk/events/zero-...
I'll be sharing some examples from our work at @sharedfuture.bsky.social at this event hosted by the Centre for Alternative Technology!
📅 6th March 2025
🕜 9:30 - 5:00
cat.org.uk/events/zero-...
Zero Carbon Britain: Live Online - Scaling-up Community Action - Centre for Alternative Technology
The science says we must, the technology says we can, time to say we will! This course explores the radical changes needed to rise to the climate challenge.
cat.org.uk
February 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
One day course coming up, sounds great!
Excited to be at this event today (though it was a crazy early start!😜)
📣Energy transition, Indigenous territory and extractivism in the global south and north
📆13 February, 10am - 2pm | 📍UCL Campus
This @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social event will focus on energy transition, Indigenous territory and extractivism in Mexico, Syria and Spain
Join us! ▶️ shorturl.at/w2sWk
📆13 February, 10am - 2pm | 📍UCL Campus
This @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social event will focus on energy transition, Indigenous territory and extractivism in Mexico, Syria and Spain
Join us! ▶️ shorturl.at/w2sWk
February 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Excited to be at this event today (though it was a crazy early start!😜)
Very much a newbie here, on the look out for useful starter packs and people I used to follow on the old thing! Help finding my way very much appreciated
February 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Very much a newbie here, on the look out for useful starter packs and people I used to follow on the old thing! Help finding my way very much appreciated
Last week we welcomed students at the Centre for Alternative Technology and online for our immersive ‘Cities and Communities’ module teaching week. They engaged with thought-provoking lectures, design workshops, practicals and fieldwork. 3rd year at the helm of this one and it's a real privilege
December 13, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Last week we welcomed students at the Centre for Alternative Technology and online for our immersive ‘Cities and Communities’ module teaching week. They engaged with thought-provoking lectures, design workshops, practicals and fieldwork. 3rd year at the helm of this one and it's a real privilege