Sign in

Oliver Gordon

@olliegordon.bsky.social
86 followers 505 following 16 posts

Sustainability journalist, researcher and narrative strategist. Director of Content & Business Development at Concierge Film. www.oliver-gordon.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New for @reasonstobecheerful.world : Book Bunk is turning Nairobi’s neglected libraries into civic hubs. I report on the results, the unmeasured outcomes and the risks of scaling. Data/images: @wrirosscities.bsky.social . reasonstobecheerful.world/nairobi-libr... #Nairobi
reasonstobecheerful.world
Nairobi Is Transforming Neglected Libraries Into Vibrant Civic Hubs
Once-dilapidated reading rooms that people avoided have been reimagined as centers for culture, coworking and caregiving that they can't live without.
000
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Britain’s old coal mines are working again – but not for coal. In Gateshead, flooded workings are heating homes and businesses. My latest for @reasonstobecheerful.world on mine-water heat – its promise, limits and global potential. reasonstobecheerful.world/mine-water-h...
reasonstobecheerful.world
Transforming Britain’s Old Coalfields Into Clean Energy Sources
In the historic coal mining town of Gateshead, a different kind of energy is now coming from the same earth.
010
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Very pleased that my @climatechangenews.com feature on Collie’s worker-led coal transition has taken 2nd place in the @soljourno.bsky.social Awards’ Multimedia category. Created with Bill Code and Stephanie Schafrath for IHRB’s JUST Stories. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/03/19/t...
climatechangenews.com
This Australian coal community is co-designing its own green future
This Australian mining town offers a promising example of how to survive - and even thrive - while maintaining your green future plans
110
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Indigenous practice of #agroforestry is enjoying a renaissance as the agricultural sector aims to #decarbonise without sacrificing #farmers’ livelihoods. ✍️ @climatechangenews.com www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/30/a...
climatechangenews.com
A just agricultural transition takes root in Brazil
The Indigenous practice of agroforestry is enjoying a renaissance as the agricultural sector aims to decarbonise without sacrificing farmers' livelihoods
000
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I’ve just published a story I’ve been reporting from the Brazilian Amazon: farmers turning degraded pasture into agroforests — and reshaping what a just climate transition can look like on the ground. 🌱 www.just-stories.org/stories/a-ju...
just-stories.org
A just agricultural transition taking root in Brazil
000
Reposted by Oliver Gordon
Kimberly Quinn 🇨🇦 @kimberlyquinn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“Housing is a human right. But it’s also a lever for climate action, for economic inclusion, for public health. The question is: who do we build for, and how?”
021
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
An alternative #housing system is emerging across #Catalonia aiming to tackle the housing affordability and #climate crises simultaneously. Its success could set an invaluable blueprint for achieving a #justtransition in the global housing sector. www.just-stories.org/stories/cata...
just-stories.org
Catalonia’s housing revolution: Where affordability meets…
000
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
India's SEWA is helping Gujarat's #saltfarmers replace their #diesel pumps with #solar power, facilitated by #greenskills training and a pioneering financing scheme – slashing #emissions, cutting costs and giving the #women control over their own futures. www.just-stories.org/stories/agen...
010
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
#India is the world’s third largest #salt producer, 80% of which comes from inland salt flats in #Gujarat. The vast majority of the workforce here are informal salt farmers, but for decades they have received a pittance for their back-breaking labour. #netzero www.just-stories.org/stories/agen...
010
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
For generations, families like Manguben Dhirubhai Jaga’s have toiled from dawn to dusk in the 45ºC heat and blinding sun of the Gujarati desert to produce the world’s #salt. And thanks to #climatechange, their lives are only getting tougher. But hope is at hand👇 www.just-stories.org/stories/agen...
010
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Really chuffed that my story on Gujarat's desert salt farmers got a shout-out in the latest Qutting Carbon newsletter from @justingerdes.bsky.social‬. It's truly my go-to source to keep up to date on the #energytransition. www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/what-im-read...
quittingcarbonmedia.com
What I’m reading: Trump targets DOE's national labs, heat pumps can replace your AC, LNG exports and your utility bill, and more
Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. For those of you who recently subscribed, welcom...
011
Reposted by Oliver Gordon
Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
With support from trade union SEWA, thousands of informal salt farmers in Gujarat, India, are swapping diesel pumps for solar power – cutting emissions and raising incomes. Vivid reporting - and wonderful photos - from my friend @olliegordon.bsky.social: www.just-stories.org/stories/agen... 🔌💡
just-stories.org
‘Agents of green transition’: Gujarat’s women salt farmers signal a…
142
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
In the salt flats of Gujarat, a green revolution is underway. Thousands of informal salt farmers are swapping diesel pumps for solar power – cutting emissions, raising incomes and proving the path to net zero can bring transformation. @SEWA @ihrb.bsky.social 🙏 www.just-stories.org/stories/agen...
just-stories.org
‘Agents of green transition’: Gujarat’s women salt farmers signal a…
111
Reposted by Oliver Gordon
Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/04/2025
The Tony Blair Institute has now issued a statement (pic) saying the UK govt is "already pursuing" the solutions it highlights – CCS, new nuclear, etc – and that "we support the govt's 2050 net-zero targets" The wildly inaccurate media coverage will now be corrected, right? 6/6
54415
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Many thanks to @climatechangenews.com & @meganrowling.bsky.social for publishing my story on the #JustTransition underway in Collie, #WesternAustralia - a promising example of how #coal town can thrive in global transition to #NetZero🙏 @ihrb.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2025/03/19/t...
climatechangenews.com
This Australian coal community is co-designing its own green future
This Australian mining town offers a promising example of how to survive - and even thrive - while maintaining your green future plans
032
Oliver Gordon @olliegordon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
With the world’s #coal towns facing the threat of extinction, the community of Collie in Western #Australia offers a promising example of how to survive – and even thrive in – the global transition to #netzero emissions. Read my piece for @ihrb.bsky.social👇 www.just-stories.org/stories/coll...
just-stories.org
Collie’s just transition: a blueprint for ​the world’s eight million…
030