I recently downloaded a bird-spotting app called Merlin. It’s free and it identifies birds from their song. Inspired by the work of Ian Rotherham in Graves Park I took a short walk in Norfolk Park today and identified 11 different birds. I’m not sure if this is particularly good or not, but to help monitorContinueContinue reading “Birds in Norfolk Heritage Park”
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Please help Park Hill residents prevent their green spaces from becoming car parks.
Urban Splash has submitted plans for Phase 4 of Park Hill flats redevelopment, which is the block adjacent to Duke Street. Unfortunately, the plans for an Art Gallery here fell through as S1 Artspace could not raise the necessary funds. So now the plan is to return them to residential units. You can view andContinueContinue reading “Please help Park Hill residents prevent their green spaces from becoming car parks.”
How can parents and schools deal with Climate Anxiety?
This is the second article in a series. Part 1 here. Time to read Last week we started to think about climate anxiety. How does this impact schools and parents? A survey of 10,000 young people in 10 different countries found climate anxiety to be a very serious problem. 59% were very or extremely worried about climateContinueContinue reading “How can parents and schools deal with Climate Anxiety?”
Extinction Rebellion presentation on Glyphosate
This is the presentation used at Sheffield Extinction Rebellion’s meeting on July 3rd 2023. (Click to change slides)
Climate Anxiety-a new health tsunami?
I’m coming out! But what I’ve been keeping in my closet is nothing to do with my sexuality- I want to admit that I am struggling with Climate Anxiety. Sometimes it makes me feel very down and can be quite overwhelming, a bit like grieving for a loved one, but I am grieving for theContinueContinue reading “Climate Anxiety-a new health tsunami?”
Tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and hidden heritage in Graves Park and beyond
I am delighted to share a blog this week by Professor Ian Rotherham Climate change and biodiversity extinction are two of the frightening environmental challenges that we, our children, and their future face. However, despite the scary, almost apocalyptic coverage in many media, there remains the need to actually respond and address the issues andContinueContinue reading “Tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and hidden heritage in Graves Park and beyond”
Stop Deep Sea Mining now
If you had been in Sheffield’s Amphitheatre earlier this month you may have been very surprised to come across a selection of luminescent sea creatures, strutting their stuff under the backdrop of Park Hill flats. Nine Greenpeace volunteers at Sheaf Valley Park created a human wall of deep-sea jellyfish. The banner simulated the bioluminescence ofContinueContinue reading “Stop Deep Sea Mining now”
Will your school be the first to declare a Climate Emergency in Sheffield?
When I taught Maths, I often used graphs of climate data to illustrate the different ways you can display statistics. It made the lesson relevant to the students and helped their understanding of both how to draw graphs and what is happening to our climate. The climate and nature emergencies are accelerating. We have beenContinueContinue reading “Will your school be the first to declare a Climate Emergency in Sheffield?”
The looming reality of Doncaster-on-Sea
A guest blog by Bryan Hopkins. A few weeks ago I picked up my grandson from school and on the way home he asked me if I knew the names of the rivers that flowed through Sheffield. “Well,” I said, “there is the Sheaf, the Porter, the Rivelin, the Loxley and they all flow intoContinueContinue reading “The looming reality of Doncaster-on-Sea”
Catastrophic climate change could become unstoppable.
I don’t like to say “I told you so” but this week’s frightening news that the world is likely to breach the 1.5C climate threshold by 2027 should come as no surprise if you have been reading my columns. Countries pledged, under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, to hold global temperatures to no higher thanContinueContinue reading “Catastrophic climate change could become unstoppable.”
