Category Archives: Climate emergency

Let’s commit to no more road expansion

The stress of traffic is a burden. Whether we’re stuck in it, trying to keep our kids safe beside or crossing it, if we’re straining to hear someone talk over it, or even just breathing near it.  It’s costing lives and money, and we can’t afford it any longer. We can do better than this. ContinueContinue reading “Let’s commit to no more road expansion”

Boycott Barclays Action in Sheffield

Thursday 21st March was the national day of action against Barclays and Sheffield made sure it didn’t go unnoticed.

Members of the Sheffield Coalition against Israeli Apartheid went to Barclays and protested inside the bank, calling for an end to the financing of companies involved in arms exports to Israel.

Sheffield Council on the Climate and Nature Emergencies

Below you will find the latest responses and refusals to respond from Sheffield City Council concerning the progress they are making to the Climate and Nature Emergencies

Climate Choir Flash Mob in Parliament

A guest blog by Steph Howlett and June Cattell MP’s stood amazed as a Climate Choir flash “mob” serenaded them in Parliament. Five women from the Sheffield Climate Choir travelled to London on 7th March to join 12 other choirs in the Climate Choir Movement. Outraged by the UK government’s decision to give the greenContinueContinue reading “Climate Choir Flash Mob in Parliament”

Can Do Communities  

There’s a ‘can do’ mood developing in lots of communities, across South Yorkshire and elsewhere, as people wonder what they can do to help tackle the climate and nature emergencies.

The answers are blowing in the wind!

Having given three days notice of the questions I wanted to ask at Sheffield City Council’s meeting yesterday, I was very disappointed not to get a single answer. The Council have had these fairly basic questions since January 23rd and still can’t manage to answer them. On the 19th February I was told I wouldContinueContinue reading “The answers are blowing in the wind!”

Creating a climate of hope-Schools Climate Education South Yorkshire Conference

On  Thursday 29th Feb, nearly 200 students and teachers attended the Schools Climate Education South Yorkshire Conference 2024 at Niagara Conference Centre. They gathered from Doncaster, Barnsley, Derbyshire and Sheffield, representing 21 schools and Sheffield  College. Aged from 10 to 18 the students spent most of the day working in small groups with a ClimateContinueContinue reading “Creating a climate of hope-Schools Climate Education South Yorkshire Conference”

Community Energy is the way forward

A guest blog by Dr John Carlisle As travellers swing west off the M1 onto the Catcliffe by-pass to Sheffield city centre the skyline will be dominated by the huge wind turbine by the side of the road. Wind energy. As they get closer to the city centre they will begin to see the solarContinueContinue reading “Community Energy is the way forward”

Sheffielders take part in Citizens’ Juries at the Royal Courts of Justice

On 21 February, over 100 people, including 4 from Sheffield, gathered within the central hall at the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ), London, to hold a series of peaceful People’s Assemblies or ‘Citizens Juries’, in what is being described as ‘a makeover’ of British Justice. The Assembly was prompted by the Attorney General’s application, beingContinueContinue reading “Sheffielders take part in Citizens’ Juries at the Royal Courts of Justice”