Every week in the Sheffield Telegraph it’s a sure bet that there will be various stories about car crashes. Each crash means misery for the people involved, more expense for the NHS, delays for other travellers and at its worst life-changing injuries or death. Across the UK, someone is killed or seriously injured on our roads every 16 minutes.
Category Archives: Sheffield Telegraph Articles
Change Everything
Natalie Bennett, Baroness of Manor Castle has written a book, called Change Everything. It is not mistitled, she really does want to Change Everything and it is an excellent introduction to what it means to be Green today. As Natalie writes in the introduction, the book is about “ innovation in the way our societies work, how we care for each other, relate to each other and the natural world and meet our most basic needs. And most crucially, how we think about our lives.”
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”
I’m an adman’s nightmare!
I was very pleased by Sheffield City Council’s recent decision on advertising. Last Monday the Finance Committee agreed to a ban on ads for junk food, sugary drinks, petrol cars, flights, alcohol, gambling and vaping. Sheffield has gone further than other cities like Bristol and Norwich as they have also banned high-carbon car and flight advertising.
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.
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”
Everything is linked to everything; the backstory to your mobile phone battery.
A guest blog by Karine Nohr This column has previously written about the links between Sheffield Environmentalists and Congolese Environmentalists. This relationship started in 2021 when the UK hosted the annual global environmental COP meeting. Because the Congolese contributors were denied visas to attend the COP, some Sheffielders platformed their perspective for them, and haveContinueContinue reading “Everything is linked to everything; the backstory to your mobile phone battery.”
Tell the Truth, so that we know what we need to do.
A guest blog by Karine Nohr When I worked as a Sheffield GP, the breaking of bad news was hard. Often the response from patients was “Please tell me the truth”. This would allow people and their loved ones to fully engage, speak their own truths, show their love, and decide on their priorities, thusContinueContinue reading “Tell the Truth, so that we know what we need to do.”
