A guest blog by Bryan Hopkins Bryan Hopkins The hottest global June temperatures on record, one of the wettest Julys in the UK for decades, wildfires and communities devastated across southern Europe, Canada and Hawaii, the highest ever ocean surface temperatures recorded. All this summer. https://twitter.com/antonioguterres/status/1699408389934084169?s=20 What is going on? Well, nothing, according to aContinueContinue reading “What’s going on?”
Author Archives: Graham Wroe
Join the Swarm on Saturday!
Royal visit to Sheffield City Centre this Saturday On Saturday September 9th Queen Beeatrice, Her Royal Honeyness Queen Bee of Sheffield, will be making a rare appearance in Sheffield City Centre. Accompanied by her workers the Queen wants to address the people of Sheffield with an important message. Her speech will be translated into EnglishContinueContinue reading “Join the Swarm on Saturday!”
Bringing back Beavers to our area will reduce flooding risk.
I am delighted to hear that the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee has granted Sheffield Council £96,000 to examine the prospect of reintroducing beavers within the city boundary. So much so, I booked myself on a Beaver Enclosure Tour at a wildlife centre near Retford. The Idle Valley Nature Reserve is the home ofContinueContinue reading “Bringing back Beavers to our area will reduce flooding risk.”
Recycling Blister Packs
A guest blog by Graham Marsden from Greener Greenhill I am writing on behalf of Greener Greenhill, a networking group of local people who are taking action to address the climate and nature crisis. One of our recent initiatives was to organise an extraordinarily successful recycling scheme, taking used medicine blister packs to the nearestContinueContinue reading “Recycling Blister Packs”
How should we be growing food to help create a healthier future?
A guest blog by Karine Nohr. For her birthday present, my 7-year-old granddaughter asked me for some gardening tools. I was completely chuffed by this because learning to grow your own food is such a major life skill and one that I believe will become increasingly necessary in the very near future. And beingContinueContinue reading “How should we be growing food to help create a healthier future?”
Glyphosate Garden Centre Action
Dressed as Bees, Sheffield Extinction Rebellion visited 4 Garden Centres in Sheffield on Saturday. They had been selected from 10 Garden Centres and Nurseries that had been previously visited and presented with a letter asking them to consider stopping the sale of Glyphosate products like Round-Up, Weedol and Resolva. The action was to highlight threeContinueContinue reading “Glyphosate Garden Centre Action”
Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres
On Saturday 19th August Sheffield Extinction Rebellion will be visiting numerous Garden Centres in Sheffield. Dressed as bees they will be appealing for the public to stop buying Glyphosate, retailers to stop selling Glyphosate and Sheffield City Council to stop spraying it on our streets, housing estates, parks and cemeteries. Glyphosate is the poisonous ingredientContinueContinue reading “Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres”
Carbon capture — what are the chances?
A guest blog by Bryan Hopkins Bryan Hopkins The words carbon capture pop up in our news these days with increasing frequency, particularly in this region as there are plans to install carbon capture technology in the biomass power station at Drax. But what exactly is ‘carbon capture’, and is it going to be worthContinueContinue reading “Carbon capture — what are the chances?”
A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides.
A guest blog by Jane Houldcroft Each week this paper reports on the excellent work being done across the city by individuals, schools, friends groups, charities and communities to try to stem and reverse the devastating decline in biodiversity. Most often cited is the loss of bees and other insects which play such a vitalContinueContinue reading “A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides.”
Politicians are supporting Climate Genocide.
Much newsprint has been devoted to Climate Change this week. But as most journalists concentrate on Rishi Sunak’s love affair with Big Oil, I want to emphasise what an unprecedented situation we are currently in. Firstly let’s look at the statistics for worldwide average temperatures. This graph has really got climate scientists worried. https://twitter.com/ProfBillMcGuire/status/1685259080498106368?s=20 HereContinueContinue reading “Politicians are supporting Climate Genocide. “
