A guest blog by Chris Broome, a campaigner with South Yorkshire Climate Alliance There has been much excitement in the region about the prospect of reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Following negotiations, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA), is set to announce a new operator imminently and commit £138 million to the venture in January. ThereContinueContinue reading “Don’t Reopen Doncaster Airport”
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Ways to protect our increasingly threatened food supplies
A guest blog by Karine Nohr It seems counterintuitive to talk about food shortages this week, but the unraveling problems surrounding the food supply chain are beginning to show how woefully unprepared we are for the unfolding food crises. Increasingly, many UK households are struggling to put a regular healthy meal on the table. AtContinueContinue reading “Ways to protect our increasingly threatened food supplies”
Sheffield City Council Gambles on Economic Growth to Produce Prosperity
A guest blog by Ci Davis Councillors have adopted ‘Sheffield’s Growth Plan 2025-2035’, endorsing Cllr Tom Hunt’s Foreword to the report that states, “strong and sustained economic growth is the route to Sheffield being a more prosperous City”. This is not surprising, there is an assumption that economic growth means progress or well-being, and allContinueContinue reading “Sheffield City Council Gambles on Economic Growth to Produce Prosperity”
March for Gaza in Sheffield.
As Storm Darragh pounded Sheffield on Saturday, resilient protesters turned up once again to demand an end to the Genocide in Gaza. The first stop was Tesco, where the Tadhamon Singers went inside to perform to the shoppers, persuading them to join the boycott of Israeli goods. This is what happened. https://youtu.be/4Msbhzd7tEE https://youtu.be/ciNESu_tW8c https://youtu.be/4q3XUmILHAw DrenchedContinueContinue reading “March for Gaza in Sheffield.”
Tadhamon Singers perform on the Amos Trust tour.
On Thursday 5th December the Amos Trust tour “Steal all the Flowers” came to the Philadelphia Church in Sheffield. The tour took its name from the poem Oh Rascal Children Of Gaza by Khaled Juma Oh rascal children of Gaza, You who constantly disturbed me with your screams under my window, You who filled everyContinueContinue reading “Tadhamon Singers perform on the Amos Trust tour.”
Climate Choir demands British Museum stop funding from BP
This week scientists, largely ignored by the press, warned us that the Arctic could have an ice-free day in as little as three years. Sea ice has declined by more than 12 per cent every decade since 1978 as a result of our Greenhouse Gas emissions. With this in mind, the Climate Choir travelled to London toContinueContinue reading “Climate Choir demands British Museum stop funding from BP”
Plastic is polluting our bodies
A guest blog by Karine Nohr I have written about plastics in this column before, and I thought that I knew quite a lot about the dangers of plastic pollution, but a recent interview that I listened to, with Gynaecologist Dr Jane van Dis, brought me up short. In my early medical career, I tooContinueContinue reading “Plastic is polluting our bodies”
Every COP has been a failure
Sheffield was one of many cities that hosted a Climate Justice march on Saturday. Record heat in our atmosphere and oceans is driving climate disasters across the globe, with those who’ve done the least to cause this crisis suffering the most. Global North countries have far exceeded their fair share of the earth’s carrying capacityContinueContinue reading “Every COP has been a failure”
Shame on Syngenta
Activists from Extinction Rebellion, Friends of the Earth and other groups around the North of England, many from Sheffield, gathered in Huddersfield on Saturday, November 9th, to raise awareness about Syngenta’s shameful operations. The company exports dangerous pesticides banned for use in this country to other countries worldwide. Campaigners visited three city centre locations, startingContinueContinue reading “Shame on Syngenta “
AON must Insure Our Survival
As Valencia in Spain experienced horrific flooding killing more than 200 people, with 1500 still missing, members of Sheffield Extinction Rebellion gathered outside the office of AON on Napier Street. Climate scientist Bill McGuire explained on Twitter “ What’s happening in Valencia is awful. But we are only seeing this because it is happening inContinueContinue reading “AON must Insure Our Survival”
