A guest blog by Stephen Pennels The coming of Storm Ashley this week is chicken feed compared to the recent problems across the world with cars washed down streets, in country after country. Sheffield has had its share of floods over the years, in 1991 the Sheaf left a branch on platform 5 of theContinueContinue reading “Time for a Fossil Fuel Treaty, or will they CoP out?”
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Polo the Bear coming to a school near you!
We must talk to the kids about the birds and the bees say a couple in a cartoon. The next panel shows a desolate landscape and the parents saying “Birds and bees used to fly in the sky…”. It’s not easy talking to young people about the many crises our planet is facing and thatContinueContinue reading “Polo the Bear coming to a school near you!”
Climate scientist predicts society could break down by 2040
On Monday 7th October climate scientist, vulcanologist and author Bill Mcguire came to speak to a packed meeting hosted by Sheffield Green Party. Bill is an Emeritus Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at University College London and has been in the news recently presenting evidence to courts in trials of Just Stop Oil protesters.ContinueContinue reading “Climate scientist predicts society could break down by 2040”
Restore Nature Now march in Sheffield
A small but significant group of environmental activists gathered in Norfolk Park on Saturday. Led by Dave Dickinson of Sheffield Environmental we walked through Claywood to the Cholera Monument, South Street Park to the Canal Basin and the Grey to Green area by the Castle grounds, through the city centre to Devonshire Green. Along theContinueContinue reading “Restore Nature Now march in Sheffield”
Why would a climate assembly endorse an airport?
A guest blog by Sam Wakeling Citizens’ Assemblies offer a hopeful, better way of doing politics as Ci Davis recently described in this blog. They can give a vital rebalancing of power, giving control back to citizens. Ours showed where South Yorkshire citizens are ahead of our politicians. For example, we don’t need to beContinueContinue reading “Why would a climate assembly endorse an airport?”
Shanshula
A letter to the Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph Dear Editor Yesterday I went to see the film Shanshula which Sheffield Palestinian Musheir El-Farra produced, at the Broomhall Centre. The film gives a voice to the fishermen and fisherwomen of Gaza. The film begins before the horrors of October 7th. The fishermen and women describeContinueContinue reading “Shanshula”
Earth’s dashboard is full of red flashing lights.
Photo by Erik Mclean. https://www.pexels.com/photo/pictographs-on-dashboard-16341417/ “I’ve passed my driving test!” shouts Charlie as he jumps into his second-hand Porsche and heads for the M1. He wants to put his foot down and see how fast it can go. Soon Charlie notices a red light on the dashboard, but he has no idea what it means not havingContinueContinue reading “Earth’s dashboard is full of red flashing lights.”
This is a call to revolution; our earth is under threat.
A guest blog by Jenni Crisp “This is a call to revolution; our earth is under threat” These words, written by the then Prince Charles in 2010 in his book, Harmony, were projected onto the walls of Windsor Castle earlier this month at the start of a 3-day camp and protest by Extinction Rebellion, withContinueContinue reading “This is a call to revolution; our earth is under threat.”
South Yorkshire Citizens Assembly findings fraught with delays.
A guest blog by Ci Davis One hundred people, selected as a representative cross-section of the South Yorkshire population, met between October and December 2023 as members of the South Yorkshire Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change; I was one of the members. We were asked “to consider how we might respond to climate change andContinueContinue reading “South Yorkshire Citizens Assembly findings fraught with delays.”
Why is Retrofitting the poor relation?
A guest blog by Joyce Bullivent Retrofitting i.e. making old buildings more energy efficient, seems to be the poor relation when it comes to talks about a greener environment or green jobs. Maybe it’s not so romantic laying down insulation and putting in triple glazing etc but it should be a priority. Cutting energy demand,ContinueContinue reading “Why is Retrofitting the poor relation?”
