Will McDowall (@willmcdowall.bsky.social)

@escoeorg.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:33 AMReposted by @willmcdowall.bsky.social

A new ESCoE blog by @willmcdowall.bsky.social (@ucl.ac.uk) explores how we define green economic activity and tests whether web-scraping tools can help identify emerging green sectors that fall outside official measures: tinyurl.com/2kyfkykw

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@ketanjoshi.co Sep 29, 2026, 8:44 AMReposted by @willmcdowall.bsky.social

Your daily reminder - the Norwegian Consumer Council has really, really solid work on how to be anti-enshittification

www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/

@volts.wtf Sep 28, 2026, 8:02 PMReposted by @willmcdowall.bsky.social

Great commentary in Nature Energy: "Smart energy must address enshittification risks." I really don't think people are taking these risks seriously enough.

nature.comSmart energy must address enshittification risks - Nature EnergyNature Energy - Smart energy must address enshittification risks

@willmcdowall.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 3:53 PM

Thanks - as a big fan of volts I'm delighted you enjoyed it. Your interview with Cory Doctorow was part of the inspiration.

@uklitassociation.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 5:30 AMReposted by @willmcdowall.bsky.social

The #uklabookawards2027 Longlist is here!

Our 89 teacher judges now have until March to deliberate with their classes which titles they think should make the Shortlists.

See the full list here:
buff.ly/sHLtEsm

#uklabookawards #bookawards #teachers #education

@willmcdowall.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:48 PM

What makes a good ‘sustainability’ novel?

I’m a judge for this year’s #SustainableStoriesAward, created by World of Books, and I want to crowdsource some help.

What criteria would you use to judge fiction from a sustainability perspective?
#ClimateFiction #ecofiction #CliFi #environmentalfiction