I am sharing this press release from Sheffield Extinction Rebellion after yesterday’s demonstration outside the office of Arch. Today, as insurers and banks face a wave of national protest including in Sheffield, Coal Action Network announced that five insurers have given guarantees that they will not provide cover for the planned controversial West Cumbria CoalContinueContinue reading “Protest in Sheffield as Insurers Rule Out West Cumbria Mine”
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Queen Bee calls on Sheffield Council to stop spraying Glyphosate
Thanks to XR Sheffield for the photos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDuaMKBp1c4&t=83s&ab_channel=ExtinctionRebellionSheffield On Saturday, September 9th members of Sheffield Extinction Rebellion dressed as bees and visited the Winter Gardens, Peace Gardens and Sheffield Town Hall. The Queen Bee, Her Royal Honeyness Queen Beeatrice, made a moving speech that was translated into English by the Bee Whizzperer. In the speech,ContinueContinue reading “Queen Bee calls on Sheffield Council to stop spraying Glyphosate”
Glyphosate Garden Centre Action
Dressed as Bees, Sheffield Extinction Rebellion visited 4 Garden Centres in Sheffield on Saturday. They had been selected from 10 Garden Centres and Nurseries that had been previously visited and presented with a letter asking them to consider stopping the sale of Glyphosate products like Round-Up, Weedol and Resolva. The action was to highlight threeContinueContinue reading “Glyphosate Garden Centre Action”
Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres
On Saturday 19th August Sheffield Extinction Rebellion will be visiting numerous Garden Centres in Sheffield. Dressed as bees they will be appealing for the public to stop buying Glyphosate, retailers to stop selling Glyphosate and Sheffield City Council to stop spraying it on our streets, housing estates, parks and cemeteries. Glyphosate is the poisonous ingredientContinueContinue reading “Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres”
A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides.
A guest blog by Jane Houldcroft Each week this paper reports on the excellent work being done across the city by individuals, schools, friends groups, charities and communities to try to stem and reverse the devastating decline in biodiversity. Most often cited is the loss of bees and other insects which play such a vitalContinueContinue reading “A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides.”
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”
Birds in Norfolk Heritage Park
I recently downloaded a bird-spotting app called Merlin. It’s free and it identifies birds from their song. Inspired by the work of Ian Rotherham in Graves Park I took a short walk in Norfolk Park today and identified 11 different birds. I’m not sure if this is particularly good or not, but to help monitorContinueContinue reading “Birds in Norfolk Heritage Park”
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?”
Will your school be the first to declare a Climate Emergency in Sheffield?
When I taught Maths, I often used graphs of climate data to illustrate the different ways you can display statistics. It made the lesson relevant to the students and helped their understanding of both how to draw graphs and what is happening to our climate. The climate and nature emergencies are accelerating. We have beenContinueContinue reading “Will your school be the first to declare a Climate Emergency in Sheffield?”
