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 threeContinue 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 ingredientContinue reading "Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres"
Carbon capture — what are the chances?
A guest blog by Bryan Hopkins Bryan Hopkins The words carbon capture pop up in our news these days with increasing frequency, particularly in this region as there are plans to install carbon capture technology in the biomass power station at Drax. But what exactly is ‘carbon capture’, and is it going to be worthContinue reading "Carbon capture — what are the chances?"
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 vitalContinue reading "A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides."
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 HereContinue 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 EmergencyContinue 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,Continue reading "Football Unites, Racism Divides. A fabulous low carbon Community Project"
Any reaction less than a war footing spells disaster.
Ian Wray again attempts to misinform readers about climate change (Sheffield Telegraph 20/07/23), but I don’t think they will fall for his ridiculous argument. He tells us there are many scientists who state there is no climate emergency. Who are they? I challenge him to name some suitably qualified climate scientists who do not believeContinue reading "Any reaction less than a war footing spells disaster."
We’re all in this together.
A guest blog by Karine Nohr. Time to read-5 minutes Early in the Pandemic, I remember passing through Woodseats and noticing many people were carrying packets of toilet paper. This first manifestation of fear, which was starting to play out and was to run over the next few weeks of the lockdown, soon transformed intoContinue reading "We’re all in this together."
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 monitorContinue reading "Birds in Norfolk Heritage Park"
