Mastodawn

Adrian Smith Oct 28, 2023

We made a comic that illustrates why #energytransition is about people, trust and inclusion. Policy must support the many grassroots innovations already working on these non-tech issues. Download copies & share here: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=sles-comic-digital.pdf&site=18

Adrian Smith Jul 21, 2023

ckohtala Jul 21, 2023

have you completed a doctoral dissertation or master's thesis on #FabLabs #Makers #MakerCulture #makerspace #DigitalFabrication #OpenDesign #LocalProduction recently? can others read it?
let me know, I'll add it to this list
https://www.cindykohtala.fi/2021/05/25/research-on-making/

Dissertations on fab labs and maker culture – Cindy Kohtala

Adrian Smith Jul 9, 2023

“Asset managers like BlackRock, Vanguard and Capital Group own a significant proportion of the arms industry, meaning that arms production is effectively a system of corporate welfare. The costs are socialised but the profits are privatised,” @StavrianakisA @SussexUni https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/09/uk-wastes-billions-defence-firms-investors-taxpayer-weapons?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

UK ‘wastes billions’ on defence firms that give investors rich returns

Study claims taxpayer is subsidising up to 90% of weapons companies’ research and development budgets

The Guardian

Adrian Smith Mar 6, 2023

RT @alafuente
Las #GuiasLADA te proporcionan herramientas para activar la inteligencia colectiva, reconocer el conocimiento tácito, promover la cultura colaborativa e incorporar la práctica de la investigación @pgarci4 @Silvi_Romo @aventuraprender @educaINTEF @CCHS_CSIC http://laaventuradeaprender.intef.es/guias/proyectos-colaborativos

Proyectos colaborativos - La Aventura de Aprender

Adrian Smith Mar 6, 2023

RT @NRGInstitute
Corruption in mineral supply chains risks derailing a just #EnergyTransition.

🖥️ Join us for this webinar on 16 March where experts will share recommendations and actions needed to tackle #corruption in mineral #SupplyChains ➡️ http://resourcegovernance.org/events/web-event/preventing-corruption-transition-mineral-supply-chains-launch-event

Preventing Corruption in Transition Mineral Supply Chains

Register » The global fight against climate change relies on our ability to scale up low-carbon infrastructure, yet corruption in mineral supply chains risks derailing a just energy transition. Experts have issued an urgent call to tackle this pressing issue. [[asset:image:3913 {"mode":"full","align":"none"}]] The Expert Group on Preventing Corruption in Transition Minerals, which brings together perspectives from civil society, governments, academia and international organizations, has developed a set of key recommendations to tackle corruption in mineral supply chains.

Natural Resource Governance Institute

Adrian Smith Mar 6, 2023

RT @PlatformLondon
⚡ Profits, prices and temperatures are soaring, just as wages and working conditions are plummeting.

Today we’re launching #OurPower, 10 demands devised by offshore workers to transform our energy system.

Help us spread them far and wide!

👇👇

Adrian Smith Mar 6, 2023

The book reporting a lot of our grassroots innovation research and case studies is available open access here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781315697888/grassroots-innovation-movements-adrian-smith-mariano-fressoli-dinesh-abrol-elisa-arond-adrian-ely
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RT @philjoneswired
@graham_hitchen @iotwatch I think the work of @smithadrianpaul and others on grassroots innovation has been developing an implicit critiqu…
https://twitter.com/philjoneswired/status/1632354415557345280

Grassroots Innovation Movements | Adrian Smith, Mariano Fressoli, Dine

Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked,

Taylor & Francis

Adrian Smith Mar 6, 2023

RT @philjoneswired
@rometostandrews @graham_hitchen @iotwatch @smithadrianpaul The @StrangertoHabit Creatures Project has developed some useful resources in this regard. Connecting up some of these valuable, practical (but currently discrete?) research activities seems a worthwhile project in its own right? https://creatures-eu.org/resources/creative-resources/

Creative Resources

Creative Practices For Transformational Futures

CreaTures

Adrian Smith Mar 6, 2023

RT @philjoneswired
@graham_hitchen @iotwatch I think the work of @smithadrianpaul and others on grassroots innovation has been developing an implicit critique of the “design-led” model for many years, and highlighting the many actual examples of a more socially embedded innovation practice.

Adrian Smith Mar 6, 2023

RT @NEON_UK
Offshore oil and gas workers are demanding a just transition that:

✅ Supports workers to move into renewables
✅ Ensures safety, job security & fair pay
✅ Shares the benefits of our energy system fairly

http://foe.scot/ourpower
#OurPower

Our Power: Offshore Workers' Demands for a Just Energy Transition

Workers are ready to lead a just transition away from oil and gas - this is their plan to protect jobs, communities and climate.

Friends of the Earth Scotland

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