Paper Straws vs Carbon Credits

About this episode

The episode discusses the realities of man-made climate change and the responsibilities of individuals in addressing environmental issues.

On this episode of the Rustic Spirits Podcast we discuss the Climate Agenda - is man-made climate change both real and disastrous? What is the individual obligation when it comes to protecting the plant, and how do we reconcile it with mining, manufacturing and other industries who seem to not give a crap about the tonnes of waste and pollution they're creating. Let alone our neighbouring countries who share the same atmosphere as us!SHOW NOTES AND RESEARCHLuddites (textile machinery protestors) and William Lee (mechanical knitting)The anecdote about Queen Elizabeth I refusing a patent for William Lee’s mechanical knitting frame (1589) is widely cited in later historical accounts. The quotation attributed to Elizabeth, expressing concern that the invention would “bring to hand-knitters ruin,” comes from secondary sources written centuries later and is generally treated by historians as apocryphal or loosely paraphrased rather than a verbatim record. The refusal itself is historically attested, but the precise wording and motivations remain debated.Similarly, the Luddites were not broadly opposed to technology, but to specific uses of mechanized production that undermined skilled…

Topics covered

• Climate Agenda
• man-made climate change
• individual obligation
• pollution
• Luddites
• mechanical knitting

Keywords

• climate change
• environment
• sustainability
• pollution
• waste

Mentioned in this episode

Products: mechanical knitting frame

Books & works: the Climate Agenda, Before the Luddites, Writings of the Luddites, The Age of Manufactures, The Making of the English Working ClassChat

Places: the Middle EastThe, United States, the Middle East, Iran

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