https://youtu.be/xxy4qkxPJao Recent articles in the Star highlighted the problems of working in buildings that are too hot. Some school students have spoken up to demand a change to their dress code, to allow boys to wear shorts in hot weather. Why do some schools still insist on long trousers all year round? Surely, students willContinueContinue reading “Heatstrike! “
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A Rising Tide Does Not Lift All Boats
A guest blog by Ci Davis At this year’s Festival of Debate, there are two headline speakers who need to be heard: Kate Raworth, author of Donut Economics (25/04/2025), and Jason Hickel author of Less is More (29/04/2025). They are passionate advocates for the type of economics that can produce good living standards for everyContinueContinue reading “A Rising Tide Does Not Lift All Boats”
Plastic recycling is (mostly) not a thing!
A guest blog by João Craveiro. The global plastics industry (mostly overlapping with the fossil fuel industry) has pretended for decades that the plastics issue can be recycled away. It can not. We all consume plastic. By this I don’t mean consume in the sense that we use it – I mean that we eatContinueContinue reading “Plastic recycling is (mostly) not a thing!”
Louise Haigh, please support the CAN Bill.
On Dec 27th I wrote again to my MP Louise Haigh about the Climate and Nature Bill. (See previous article including her previous reply here). Please write to your MP to and urge them to attend and vote for the Bill on Jan 24th. Dear Louise I appreciate your reply to my email. I hopeContinueContinue reading “Louise Haigh, please support the CAN Bill.”
Residents call on Louise Haigh MP to vote for landmark Climate and Nature Bill.
Residents in Sheffield Heeley have called on their MP Louise Haigh to vote for a landmark piece of environmental legislation at its second reading on 24 January 2025 as part of a nationwide week of action. If made law, the Climate and Nature Bill (or “CAN” Bill) would ensure that the UK has a joined-up,ContinueContinue reading “Residents call on Louise Haigh MP to vote for landmark Climate and Nature Bill. “
“Dismantling Apartheid, South Africa to Palestine”
News from the Sheffield Palestine Coalition against Israeli Apartheid. Mandla Mandela, a member of parliament in South Africa, the chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council, the grandson of Nelson Mandela, and a passionate supporter of Palestine, is speaking in Sheffield at 7.00pm on Thursday, October 10th. The meeting is organised by the Sheffield Palestine Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid andContinueContinue reading ““Dismantling Apartheid, South Africa to Palestine””
Why are our leaders continuing to refuse the treatment as if they have a death wish?
A letter to the Star responding again to climate denier John Bunting. (Scroll down to read the original letter) Dear Editor John Bunting not only refutes the world’s climate scientists, he also now accuses the National Park Authority of nonsense. He is a bit like a patient in a hospital, who looks at his toeContinueContinue reading “Why are our leaders continuing to refuse the treatment as if they have a death wish?”
Green Party Conference Motion on Palestine
Calling my friends in the Green Party. Please co-propose this motion to our next conference. All you need to do is send the following email to the Standing Orders Committee. (soc@greenparty.org.uk) Dear SOC, I’m emailing to co-propose the motion titledRecognition of Israeli Apartheid, Israel’s Genocide, and Supporting the BDS Movement In Communications’ This is theContinueContinue reading “Green Party Conference Motion on Palestine”
Plastic-wrapped food? Not if I have a choice!
A guest blog by Karine Nohr Previously, food could not be stored for long periods and so was available only at harvesting times. It was eaten fresh and seasonally, with limited use of preserving methods, such as bottling, fermenting or drying. But now, food preservation includes chemical processing, preservatives and packaging. The development of plastics,ContinueContinue reading “Plastic-wrapped food? Not if I have a choice!”
