Mini-seminar number twenty-two was Kermit Was Right
‘Kermit Was Right’ an argument against the idea that being green is easy with Terry Newholm. In a speech to the UN, Boris Johnson challenged the message of Muppets character Kermit the Frog, who sang: “It isn’t easy being green.” Terry agrees with Kermit. An opinion paper published in the middle of 2021 reviewed our present environmental situation with the latest data. Making his interpretation of the data, opinion and recommendations, Terry argued that the public service script writers for Kermit were right: being green isn’t easy; possible but not easy.
An opinion paper: Unlike peer-reviewed papers, these aim to present a particular view of a subject rather than a dispassionate analysis. More than 11,000 scientists world-wide, however, have endorsed the publication Terry presented.
Caveat: “I am a generalist who has formally studied sociology, human geography, ecology, education and discourse analysis. During my doctoral research I also studied parts of philosophy, economics and research methods. My specialism is consumption ethics. There are, however, obvious limits to knowledge when trying to assess a wide question like the human environmental situation and prospects. My understanding of Ripple et al 2021 must therefore be considered as a personal reading.”