Mike Berners-Lee
Mike Berners-Lee is an English researcher and writer on carbon footprinting. He is a professor and fellow of the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University[1] and director and principal consultant of Small World Consulting, based in the Lancaster Environment Centre at the university.[2] His books include How Bad are Bananas,[3][4] The Burning Question[5] and There Is No Planet B. He is considered an expert on carbon footprints.[6] He is the son of Mary Lee Woods and Conway Berners-Lee; one of his brothers is computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee.[7]
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).[8]
Selected publications
Articles
Taken from www.research.lancs.ac.uk
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
- Don't know how to save the planet? This is what you can do March, www.theguardian.com
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
2010
November
- What's the carbon footprint of … a load of laundry?, with Duncan Clark, www.theguardian.com
- What's the carbon footprint of ... spending a pound?, with Duncan Clark, www.theguardian.com
October
- What's the carbon footprint of ... email?, with Duncan Clark, www.theguardian.com
- What's the carbon footprint of ... building a house, www.theguardian.com
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.
References
- ^ "Our people". Institute for Social Futures. Lancaster University. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "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.
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: 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.
External links
- Burning Question website
- "Climate change and carbon footprinting — an interview with Mike Berners-Lee". Croner-i. Retrieved 1 January 2019.