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- Technology out of control? Drones, killer robots and the arms trade - July 8th 2013
- Nuclear Power: Climate Chiller or Silent Killer? - August 12th 2013
- Gender and the politics of technology - September 9th 2013
- Economic crisis and austerity: the Role of Technology - October 14th 2013
- Food, GM and synthetic biology - November 11th 2013
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Tag Archives: Energy
Smart Energy Systems, Data, Demand Response and Democracy – Bristol – 5th Feb 2016
Friday 5th February, 7:30-9:00 Hydra bookshop, Old Market, Bristol With guest speaker Emilia Melville Come along and take part in some really stimulating discussion, learn about local campaigns and examine the deeper implications of emerging and current technologies within our … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, Data, Democracy, Energy, Events, Information technology, Infrastructure
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Global Energy Politics and Policy – Bristol – 29th Jan 2016
Friday 29nd January, 7:30-9:00 Hydra bookshop, Old Market, Bristol With guest speaker Nikki Jones Come along and take part in some really stimulating discussion, learn about local campaigns and examine the deeper implications of emerging and current technologies within our … Continue reading
Public meeting – Nuclear Power: Climate Chiller or Silent Killer? – August 2013 – report
The second Breaking the Frame meeting on August 12th was lively and well attended, with a sting in the tail: following the three anti-nuclear speakers there was a brief presentation from a group called Environmentalists For Nuclear Power, which woke … Continue reading
Breaking the Frame Gathering – Derbyshire – July 9-12 2015
BREAKING THE FRAME 2: Second Gathering on the Politics of Technology, July 9-12 2015, Unstone Grange, Derbyshire. Book Online SITE MOBILE NUMBER 07591058499 Organised by CorporateWatch, Scientists for Global Responsibility, Luddites200 and others Come to BTF2 for a fresh conversation … Continue reading
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Tagged Appropriate technology, Derbyshire, Energy, Environment, Events, Food, Gathering, GCHQ, Gender, Health, Infrastructure, Military technology, Mining, Privacy, Social control, Technocracy, Technology, Unions, Work
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Radical Science and Alternative Technology – London – 11th April 2015
Radical Science and Alternative Technology: From the 70s to the Present. Discussion event with talks by the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science / Alternative Technology Movement and current activists. April 11th, 1pm to 5.30pm, Feminist Library, 5 Westminster … Continue reading
Breaking the Frame Gathering – Derbyshire – May 2nd-5th 2014
The Breaking the Frame gathering is less than a week away. If you’re interested in coming, and especially if you want a bed in the house, we would prefer you to book your place. However, if you have to leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Derbyshire, Economics, Energy, Environment, Events, Food, Gathering, Gender, Health, Peace, Technology
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The Problems of Nuclear Technology
Peter Lux As well as the well-known problem of radioactivity there are a number of things that make nuclear power dangerous. Decay Heat Nuclear energy comes from the splitting of atoms – nuclear fission. The problem is that the two … Continue reading
Nuclear Madness
David King Last Monday’s meeting on nuclear power has got me thinking about the whole phenomenon of nuclear power and how it ever got to the size that it is. To me, it’s really a puzzle, because it’s so completely … Continue reading
Some thoughts on nuclear power
By A Drop in the Ocean Despite astronomical cost and no solution for the back end, the UK seems to be falling for nuclear power. Have we had a chance to fully evaluate its pros and cons, especially, the risks? Fukushima has … Continue reading