https://youtu.be/_wu_JhisyLo Here’s the highlights of the Climate Choir at Resore Nature Now. For more videos from the day please see this previous post. Since the Restore Nature March we’ve got a new Government. How are they doing on the Nature front? The early signs are not good I’m afraid. https://twitter.com/GrahamWroe/status/1811001246599229666 Lets hope Labour pledges toContinueContinue reading “Climate Choir at Restore Nature Now”
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What do the election results mean for our Environment and Climate?
Now all the ballot boxes have been safely stored away, what do the election results mean for our Environment and Climate? Is it good news or bad news? Let’s start with the good news. The Green Party succeeded in winning all 4 of their target seats, so there will now be 4 MPs who willContinueContinue reading “What do the election results mean for our Environment and Climate?”
Tories come first and second in the Election Whopper poll!
Congratulations to Miriam Cates, the Conservative candidate in the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency, for topping the poll to find Sheffield’s biggest Election Whopper. She is reported to have said at the hustings that “Israel isn’t killing civilians, they are killing terrorists.” According to Save the Children “Nearly 15,000 children in Gaza have been killed sinceContinueContinue reading “Tories come first and second in the Election Whopper poll!”
Vote for the biggest whopper of the Sheffield Election Campaign
There have been lots of whoppers told in this Election campaign in Sheffield. The following are all in the running for the Tell the Truth Sheffield Pinocchio Award. Vote today to help decide who should win the Pinocchio Award! Giorgio Scapinelli, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Scap_-_Pinocchio.jpg Sheffield Conservative Federation Chairman Steven WinstoneContinueContinue reading “Vote for the biggest whopper of the Sheffield Election Campaign”
Sheffield Rally for Palestine 29th June 2024
There was another demonstration in Sheffield on 29th June to support the people of Palestine. Cllr Alexi Dimond, Green Party candidate for Sheffield Heeley, speaks out. https://youtu.be/dhNsOftaAQA Here is the PSC video of the march. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cigqpxJjcv8&ab_channel=SheffieldPSC The student camp has now been going for two whole months. Congratulations to all who have been involved inContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Rally for Palestine 29th June 2024”
General Election Hustings
I’ve attended three hustings for the General Election. Thursday’s hustings were by far the most interesting as it was attended by a good cross-section of the candidates from Hallam, Heeley and Central Constituencies. On the panel were Olivia Blake (Labour Hallam), Mick Suter (TUSC Heeley), Alison Teal (Independent, Central), Shaffaq Mohammed (Lib Dem Hallam), IsaacContinueContinue reading “General Election Hustings”
Restore Nature Now!
Many Sheffielders joined 80,000 protesters in Central London on Saturday to demand politicians Restore Nature Now. The event remarkably united traditional conservation groups like the National Trust, Wildlife Trust and the RSPB with more radical groups like Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil and something like 300 other organisations, all crying out for policy changesContinueContinue reading “Restore Nature Now!”
This Dirty Water is an election issue.
Great Big Green Week got off to a melodious start on Sunday 9th June with the Sheffield Rivers Ramble and Singing Rally. Organised jointly by the South Yorkshire Climate Alliance and the Sheffield Climate Singers, the event was a celebration of Sheffeld’s Rivers. Three guided walks along the Upper Don, the Five Weirs Walk onContinueContinue reading “This Dirty Water is an election issue.”
Sheffield Rivers Ramble and Rally
Steph Howlett writes Great Big Green Week got off to a melodious start on Sunday 9th June with the Sheffield Rivers Ramble and Singing Rally. Organised jointly by the South Yorkshire Climate Alliance and the Sheffield Climate Singers, the event was a celebration of Sheffeld’s Rivers. Three guided walks along the Upper Don, the FiveContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Rivers Ramble and Rally”
Delightful mass sing at the Sheffield Street Choir Festival
https://youtu.be/ux6AacYYTrE https://youtu.be/ledvBOPkXKs https://youtu.be/_JlahtZUk0c https://youtu.be/LbKi84JO7fg https://youtu.be/vrPGiID_DzA I had a wonderful time filming the mass sing at Sheffield Street Choir Festival today. Unfortunately, my sound recorder gave up the ghost, so the sound quality is not as good as I had hoped, but these videos give a great flavour of the event. Many congratulations to Out Aloud,ContinueContinue reading “Delightful mass sing at the Sheffield Street Choir Festival”
