Category Archives: Politics and Campaigning Groups

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.”

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?”

Why haven’t Sheffield City Council banned Glyphosate yet?

This is the question lots of people have been asking me recently, especially on the journey to London for the Big One. To see why this is important please see Sheffield City Council moves to reduce Glyphosate and Sheffield Council debate Glyphosate. dav Whatever the result of the local election campaigners for nature need to upContinueContinue reading “Why haven’t Sheffield City Council banned Glyphosate yet?”

Sheffield Local Elections, trees, lies and mis-information

It is very concerning that this year’s local elections have been dominated by lies and misinformation from the two main parties. Behaviour like this can only undermine the public trust in our politicians and is very dangerous for democracy. Following the Lowcock Report, where the Labour Council were found to have misled the courts, andContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Local Elections, trees, lies and mis-information”

Ocean Temperatures heading off the scale

Usually, graphs of data like Ocean temperatures are very predictable. They follow a similar pattern most years but due to climate change, the temperatures have been increasing gradually since the industrial revolution. This month though something very unusual has happened which has got climate scientists very worried. Look how the temperature today is way higherContinueContinue reading “Ocean Temperatures heading off the scale”

How do we wake people up to demand change? Thoughts on The Big One

Last Friday I joined with thousands of campaigners peacefully protesting without causing any disruption, outside important Government departments in Westminster. My small part was to join the newly formed Sheffield Climate Choir, singing “Let Us Stand” written by Sheffield choir leader Kate Thomas. A second song, “Voice of Change” had some in tears when itContinueContinue reading “How do we wake people up to demand change? Thoughts on The Big One”

The Big One, Friday

It was great to join the Sheffield Climate Choir at the Big One on Friday. Here are a few highlights from the day. https://youtu.be/030g50phoCE The Red Robes, Air Crew and the Climate Choirs lead the march to Parliament. https://youtu.be/WtAwawsuFJk The Choir sing Let Us Stand by Sheffield Choir leader Kate Thomas https://youtu.be/EkqFBI-N5vw Outside the DepartmentContinueContinue reading “The Big One, Friday”

South Yorkshire Groups Unite to Demand Better Buses from the Department for Transport

I will be joining with Environmental groups from Sheffield who are uniting in joint protest outside the Department for Transport on Friday 21st April, to demand better buses for South Yorkshire as part of a weekend of protests about government inaction on climate change. Groups from South Yorkshire taking part in a picket outside theContinueContinue reading “South Yorkshire Groups Unite to Demand Better Buses from the Department for Transport”