Mike Berners-Lee
Mike Berners-Lee is an English researcher and writer on carbon footprinting. He is primarily a professor and fellow of the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University[1] and founder, [2] director and principal consultant of Small World Consulting, based in the Lancaster Environment Centre at the university.[3] His book publications are How Bad Are Bananas: The Carbon Footprint of Everything,[4][5] The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal and Gas. So How Do We Quit?[6] and There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years. He is considered an expert on carbon footprints.[7] He is the son of Mary Lee Woods and Conway Berners-Lee; one of his brothers is computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee, [8] inventor of the World Wide Web.
He graduated in Physics from University of Oxford in 1986, gained a PGCE in Physics and Outdoor Education at Bangor University in 1988, and has a Masters in Organisation Development and Consulting from Sheffield Hallam University (2001).[9]
Small World Consulting
The core interests and concerns of the consultancy are climatic change and ecological situations, with the goal of effecting change in global activities with regards to especially carbon load on the environment (to increase awareness and responsibility of choice for control of carbon emissions), land-use and human diet, and organisations (macro) and individuals personal lifestyle (micro) choices, with special regards to the Anthropocene. [10]
Selected publications
Articles
Taken from:
- www.research.lancs.ac.uk
- www.theguardian.com
- www.independent.co.uk
2021
- We are still not taking the climate crisis seriously – and the media must take responsibility, www.independent.co.uk, February 9
2020
- The climate impact of ICT: A review of estimates, trends and regulations
- Freitag, C., Berners-Lee, M., Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Blair, G. & Friday, A., 1/12/2020
2019
2018
- Hybrid life-cycle assessment for robust, best-practice carbon accounting
- Cara Kennelly, Mike Berners-Lee, C N Hewitt 20/01/2019 Journal of Cleaner Production 208 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.231
- Current global food production is sufficient to meet human nutritional needs in 2050 provided there is radical societal adaptation
- Berners-Lee, M., Kennelly, C., Watson, R. & Hewitt, C. N., 18/07/2018, in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 6, 1
- Greenhouse gas emissions of food waste disposal options for UK retailers
- Moult, J. A., Allan, S. R., Hewitt, C. N. & Berners-Lee, M., 05/2018, In: Food Policy. 77
2016
- The distributional and nutritional impacts and mitigation potential of emission-based food taxes in the UK
- Kehlbacher, A., Tiffin, R., Briggs, A., Berners-Lee, M. & Scarborough, P., 07/2016, in: Climatic Change. 137, 1
2015
- Cheap potatoes, pricey asparagus: what would a carbon tax mean for you?, October, www.theguardian.com
2013
- Mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions embodied in food through realistic consumer choices
- Hoolohan, C., Berners-Lee, M., McKinstry-West, J. & Hewitt, C. N., 1/12/2013, in: Energy Policy. 63
- Mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions of food through realistic consumer choices
- Hoolohan, C., Berners-Lee, M., McKinstry-West, J. & Hewitt, C. N., 12/2013, in: Energy Policy. 63
2012
- The relative greenhouse gas impacts of realistic dietary choices
- Berners-Lee, M., Hoolohan, C., Cammack, H. & Hewitt, C. N., 2012, in: Energy Policy. 43
2011
- Greenhouse gas footprinting for small businesses: The use of input-output data
- Berners-Lee, M., Howard, D. C., Moss, J., Kaivanto, K. & Scott, W. A., 1/02/2011, in: Science of the Total Environment. 409, 5
Blogs @ www.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com is https://www.theguardian.com, the online site of the Guardian newspaper
2010
November
- What's the carbon footprint of … a load of laundry?, with Duncan Clark
- What's the carbon footprint of ... spending a pound?, with Duncan Clark
October
- What's the carbon footprint of ... email?, with Duncan Clark
- What's the carbon footprint of ... building a house
- What's the carbon footprint of ... a volcano?, with Duncan Clark
September
- What's the carbon footprint of ... a new car?, with Duncan Clark
- What's the carbon footprint of ... a mortgage?, with Duncan Clark
August
- What's the carbon footprint of ... doing the dishes?, with Duncan Clark
- What's the carbon footprint of … the internet?, Duncan Clark and Mike Berners-Lee
- What's the carbon footprint of … drying your hands?
July
- What's the carbon footprint of … the Iraq war?, with Duncan Clark
- What's the carbon footprint of … a banana?, with Duncan Clark
June
- What's the carbon footprint of … a bushfire?, with Duncan Clark
- What's the carbon footprint of ... a cup of tea or coffee?, with Duncan Clark
- What's the carbon footprint of ... the World Cup?
- What's the carbon footprint of ... using a mobile phone?
- What's the carbon footprint of ... cycling a mile?
- What's the carbon footprint of ... a heart bypass operation?
- What is a carbon footprint?, with Duncan Clark
Books
- Berners-Lee, Mike (2010). How Bad Are Bananas: The Carbon Footprint of Everything. Profile. ISBN 9781846688911.
- Berners-Lee, Mike; Clark, Duncan (2013). The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal and Gas. So How Do We Quit?. Profile. ISBN 9781781250457.
- Berners-Lee, Mike (2019). There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years. Cambridge UP. ISBN 9781108545969.
Video recording
2010
Berners-Lee discusses his book: How Bad Are Bananas: The Carbon Footprint of Everything. 13th May (duration: 31 minutes 12 seconds), Vision, RSA channel of the Royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce, Youtube 20th of May
Interviews
"Climate change and carbon footprinting — an interview with Mike Berners-Lee". Croner-i.
References
- ^ "Our people". Institute for Social Futures. Lancaster University. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "How Bad Are Bananas:The Carbon Footprint of Everything". How Bad Are Bananas:The Carbon Footprint of Everything. WordPress. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "People". Small World Consulting. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Couch, Aaron (13 June 2011). "How Bad are Bananas (review)". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Forbes, Peter (31 May 2013). "The Burning Question by Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark – review". Retrieved 2021-02-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "A bad reputation". BBC News: Magazine. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Author – and brother of world wide web inventor – to talk about threat of carbon emissions". Berkhamsted and Tring Gazette. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Mike Berners-Lee". LinkedIn. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Small World Consulting". sw-consulting.co.uk. GeneratePress. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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