I was surprised to find this apology in my inbox this morning. It is good that the City Council have moved on, and now has a much more satisfactory tree policy. I really hope they have learned the lessons from the Lowcock Report. For those not familiar with what happened in the tree dispute, doContinueContinue reading ““There was substantial harm caused to people who campaigned against the Streets Ahead programme””
Category Archives: Sheffield City Council
Sheffield Council refuse to set a target to ban Glyphosate.
Extinction Rebellion bees swarmed in front of Sheffield Town Hall this morning – including one scarcely past the larval stage and a queen – as they buzzed happily around. That was until they were attacked with glyphosate, resulting rapidly in their disorientation and death! A banner was unfurled demanding ‘Ban Glyphosate’ and subsequently the (miraculouslyContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Council refuse to set a target to ban Glyphosate.”
Speech to Transport Committee. Duke Street, Talbot Street, Bernard Street crossing
20th September 2023 I am presenting the petition to Make Talbot Street/Bernard Street/Duke St crossing safe, signed by 228 people. The traffic lights at Duke Street/Bernard Street/Talbot Street urgently need pedestrian signals. The junction is in close proximity to two health centres, 2 pharmacies, a well-used Salvation Army centre, sheltered housing at Grafton Court, GraceContinueContinue reading “Speech to Transport Committee. Duke Street, Talbot Street, Bernard Street crossing”
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”
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.”
Extinction Rebellion presentation on Glyphosate
This is the presentation used at Sheffield Extinction Rebellion’s meeting on July 3rd 2023. (Click to change slides)
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”
Sheffield Street Tree Inquiry Report has been published and we should expect resignations.
The Tree Inquiry Report has been published but it is a long read. I am going to use this page to catalogue the varied coverage of the report. The tree campaigners have been completely vindicated. Sir Mark said that initially developing and adopting a flawed plan “was a failure of strategic leadership” with responsibility restingContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Street Tree Inquiry Report has been published and we should expect resignations.”
