Credit Crunch Geographies...

Just putting this resource together at the weekend.
Has anyone else spotted any trends in the Credit Crunch that have been reported in the media relating to geography: these could relate to employment, consumer products, lifestyle changes, population change or other aspects...
Add comments below, particularly if there is an article which accompanies it, and provides some additional detail...

Comments

Kenny O'Donnell said…
Hi Alan,
one of my s6 is looking at Credit Crunch v Sustainability for her Advanced Higher Issues essay. I'll see what her sources are.
Alan Parkinson said…
Thanks Kenny - good to hear that students are looking at this as well!
Kenny O'Donnell said…
A banking crisis mustn’t take the heat off climate change action:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4950480.ece

A "war economy" social mobilisation harnessed, this time not towards fighting fascism, but towards heading off ecological crisis

http://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2008/07/lynas-towards-economy-climate

The eco-crunch: Can Britain still afford to go green?
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/the-ecocrunch-can-britain-still-afford-to-go-green-853415.html


Suddenly being green is not cool any more
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4474202.ece

Renewables shrug off credit crunch
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2206724/renewables-shrug-credit-crunch

A change in the climate: credit crunch makes the bottom line the top issue
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/06/greenbusiness.creditcrunch

Can’t remember what this one was as the school blocked it: To tackle triple crunch' of credit, oil price and climate crises. A policy proposal from people from Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, The Green Party, New Economic Forum
http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/greennewdealneededforuk210708.aspx
Alan Parkinson said…
Thanks again Kenny.
I also came up with lots of links when I put the term "Credit Crunch" into Noel's latest visual browser find: http://www.doodlebuzz.com/ Try it !