Franca Davenport – Sublime https://sublimemagazine.com Inspiration for a Sustainable World Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:08:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/sublimemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sublime_Logo.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Franca Davenport – Sublime https://sublimemagazine.com 32 32 243252845 Making It Personal https://sublimemagazine.com/making-it-personal/ https://sublimemagazine.com/making-it-personal/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:46:20 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/making-it-personal/ Recently the launch of the second IPCC report on the impacts of climate change coincided with a bout of smog hitting London. Although strictly more an ‘air pollution’ than a ‘climate change’ problem, it highlighted the effects of industrial and transport emissions on our living environment. It was almost as if the group of eminent...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/making-it-personal/feed/ 0 13080 The Frackers https://sublimemagazine.com/the-frackers/ https://sublimemagazine.com/the-frackers/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:54:35 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/the-frackers/ As the title suggests, the book focuses on the people involved in this fascinating story. In true journalistic style the author Gregory Zuckerman, conducted numerous interviews to chronicle the events that have made fracking into such a hope and such a controversy. At the centre of the action are the so-called wildcatters, a unique group...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/the-frackers/feed/ 0 13055 Time to Get Tough on Plastic https://sublimemagazine.com/time-to-get-tough-on-plastic/ https://sublimemagazine.com/time-to-get-tough-on-plastic/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:11:46 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/time-to-get-tough-on-plastic/ Plastic has become an essential but disposable part of our lives particularly over the festive season. Whatever your choice of fayre or gift it’s difficult to avoid and, although recycling may alleviate some of our guilt, the amount of plastic in the environment is a major cause for concern. So much so that scientists are...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/time-to-get-tough-on-plastic/feed/ 0 13031 The Science of Informed Uncertainty https://sublimemagazine.com/the-science-of-informed-uncertainty/ https://sublimemagazine.com/the-science-of-informed-uncertainty/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/the-science-of-informed-uncertainty/ In this age of big data and constant information you might think scientific knowledge would bring more certainty to our lives, but greater insight can paint a more complex and sometimes cloudy picture.  Last year’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is a well-known example.  It provided an in-depth analysis of trends in the...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/the-science-of-informed-uncertainty/feed/ 0 13004 Sustainability Science: The New Superhero https://sublimemagazine.com/sustainability-science-the-new-superhero/ https://sublimemagazine.com/sustainability-science-the-new-superhero/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:05:35 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/sustainability-science-the-new-superhero/ Sustainability science – it’s a mouthful to say let alone define, explain or put into the proverbial nutshell. It is believed the concept was officially introduced twelve years ago at the World Congress ‘Challenges of a Changing Earth 2001’ in Amsterdam. Its full description is somewhat lengthy but the fact that several international organisations felt...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/sustainability-science-the-new-superhero/feed/ 0 13002 Simply Sicily https://sublimemagazine.com/simply-sicily/ https://sublimemagazine.com/simply-sicily/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:19:17 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/simply-sicily/ When it comes to culture, Sicily is no stranger to sustainability. For nearly 25 centuries, it was dominated by several civilisations and has kept aspects and relics from them all. The Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans and the Spanish have controlled this stunning Mediterranean island at some time and Sicily has distilled their architectural and...

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