Yesterday saw the unveiling of this plaque at Sheffield Town Hall. CEO Kate Josephs opened the proceedings. https://youtu.be/6uolGPHSYgE She said, “It’s my great pleasure to be here this afternoon. Thank you very much, all of you, for being here today. We’re gathered to mark the unveiling of a very special plaque to commemorate the streetContinueContinue reading “Plaque unveiled to commemorate the work of Sheffield Tree Campaigners.”
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Fires and Fascism Film. The truth behind the growth in wildfires.
On Saturday, I attended the screening of the new film, “Fires and Fascism,” at the Common Ground Community Centre in Nether Edge. Producer Dr Peter Knapp left academia researching air quality, determined to find a way of reaching out to the public through storytelling. Without any qualifications in film production, Peter crowdfunded £3000 in second-handContinueContinue reading “Fires and Fascism Film. The truth behind the growth in wildfires.”
“Apples and pears”, (going upstairs!)
by Dr Karine Nohr It was not so long ago that England was fully self-sufficient for its apples. We had loads of glorious orchards all over the country with the most fantastic tasting apples. Even in ‘the smoke’, as London was previously known by outsiders, there was an abundance of apples. As a London kid,ContinueContinue reading ““Apples and pears”, (going upstairs!)”
Biodiversity Loss and Shifting Baseline Syndrome
By Darcy White Over the course of my life, I’ve had several stark wakeup calls about the profound loss of biodiversity we are facing. One was about 25 years ago whilst on holiday on the remote Llyn Peninsular in north Wales. Another was this summer whilst holidaying in Dumfries and Galloway, on the south-west coastContinueContinue reading “Biodiversity Loss and Shifting Baseline Syndrome”
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”
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.”
Don’t pay attention to the fossil fools.
A recent letter to the Sheffield Star dismisses the combined knowledge of all the world’s climate scientists because we have had a bad summer! The writer should consider if the UK’s cold wet summer is actually the result of climate chaos. The jet stream is a ribbon of air high up in the atmosphere. ItContinueContinue reading “Don’t pay attention to the fossil fools.”
Tories come first and second in the Election Whopper poll!
Congratulations to Miriam Cates, the Conservative candidate in the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency, for topping the poll to find Sheffield’s biggest Election Whopper. She is reported to have said at the hustings that “Israel isn’t killing civilians, they are killing terrorists.” According to Save the Children “Nearly 15,000 children in Gaza have been killed sinceContinueContinue reading “Tories come first and second in the Election Whopper poll!”
Vote for the biggest whopper of the Sheffield Election Campaign
There have been lots of whoppers told in this Election campaign in Sheffield. The following are all in the running for the Tell the Truth Sheffield Pinocchio Award. Vote today to help decide who should win the Pinocchio Award! Giorgio Scapinelli, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Scap_-_Pinocchio.jpg Sheffield Conservative Federation Chairman Steven WinstoneContinueContinue reading “Vote for the biggest whopper of the Sheffield Election Campaign”
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.
