I am delighted to hear that the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee has granted Sheffield Council £96,000 to examine the prospect of reintroducing beavers within the city boundary. So much so, I booked myself on a Beaver Enclosure Tour at a wildlife centre near Retford. The Idle Valley Nature Reserve is the home ofContinueContinue reading “Bringing back Beavers to our area will reduce flooding risk.”
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How should we be growing food to help create a healthier future?
A guest blog by Karine Nohr. For her birthday present, my 7-year-old granddaughter asked me for some gardening tools. I was completely chuffed by this because learning to grow your own food is such a major life skill and one that I believe will become increasingly necessary in the very near future. And beingContinueContinue reading “How should we be growing food to help create a healthier future?”
Politicians are supporting Climate Genocide.
Much newsprint has been devoted to Climate Change this week. But as most journalists concentrate on Rishi Sunak’s love affair with Big Oil, I want to emphasise what an unprecedented situation we are currently in. Firstly let’s look at the statistics for worldwide average temperatures. This graph has really got climate scientists worried. https://twitter.com/ProfBillMcGuire/status/1685259080498106368?s=20 HereContinueContinue reading “Politicians are supporting Climate Genocide. “
Sheffield Council Agree to New Climate Pathway.
I visited the Council’s Climate Committee to give them a wake-up call. With our seas overheating by five degrees, our ocean ecosystems are threatened. With heatwaves in most of Europe, farmers are struggling to produce the crops that are usually exported to us. Holidaymakers in Rhodes came face to face with what a Climate EmergencyContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Council Agree to New Climate Pathway.”
Football Unites, Racism Divides. A fabulous low carbon Community Project
A guest blog by Karine Nohr Normally, my son-in-law James uses his bicycle to get around the City. He does this because he is very aware of the carbon footprint he leaves, each and every time he drives the car. But unusually, on Tuesday nights, he has to use a car to collect surplus food,ContinueContinue reading “Football Unites, Racism Divides. A fabulous low carbon Community Project”
Any reaction less than a war footing spells disaster.
Ian Wray again attempts to misinform readers about climate change (Sheffield Telegraph 20/07/23), but I don’t think they will fall for his ridiculous argument. He tells us there are many scientists who state there is no climate emergency. Who are they? I challenge him to name some suitably qualified climate scientists who do not believeContinueContinue reading “Any reaction less than a war footing spells disaster.”
We’re all in this together.
A guest blog by Karine Nohr. Time to read-5 minutes Early in the Pandemic, I remember passing through Woodseats and noticing many people were carrying packets of toilet paper. This first manifestation of fear, which was starting to play out and was to run over the next few weeks of the lockdown, soon transformed intoContinueContinue reading “We’re all in this together.”
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?”
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”
