News: Hourglass Newspaper

REGENERATIVE CULTURE IS THE ULTIMATE REBELLION

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

It is written that a culture grows wise when old men plant trees they will never sit in the shade of. There are no maps to where we now find ourselves. We are all making this up as we go along. There’s a truth worth telling. But…

THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS A HEALTH CRISIS

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Working as an NHS doctor can often feel like an uphill battle. Bottlenecks in the emergency department, constant staff shortages, and lack of funding are among the challenges the health service is up against. All our attention is focused on delivering the best possible care to the…

Art in an Emergency / An Interview with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Like so many of us, writer Neil Gaiman and musician Amanda Palmer have been struggling to come to terms with the enormity of what is happening to our planet. Anyone who has followed Neil’s writing and television work or Amanda’s music in recent years will have noticed environmental…

RABBIS AND ROYALS, SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS, CRUSTIES AND CONSERVATIONISTS: All take to the streets for an unprecedented International Rebellion to call for radical action on the climate crisis

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Two weeks of peaceful protesting saw tens of thousands of people in over 60 cities around the world take to the streets to demand that their respective governments act on the issue of climate breakdown.

THE CLIMATE IS A-CHANGIN’

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

People of Earth cease what you’re doing And know that the oceans around us are growing The icecaps are melting, the glaciers are going Our leaders keep on ignoring The gravest threat the world’s ever known For the climate is a-changin’. Giant corporations that profit from oil Your fossil…

The sound of Nature

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Listen up! Are you a good listener? Let’s start with rhubarb. A few years ago a farm in Yorkshire posted a recording of their rhubarb growing. The bursting buds and squelching mud are quite a surprise – a mixture of popcorn and beatboxing. Tuning into the soundscape is an important…

Snapped Ankles HARE & HOUNDS, KINGS HEATH

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

I’m fifty-four years old, 6’3, and have the grace and poise of an arthritic hippopotamus, so I am not renowned for my dancing skills. It takes a lot to get me to shake my stuff without inhibition. Lots of beer can sometimes do it, or, apparently, a live performance from London post- punk ravers…

Eco Grief

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Death is an everyday occurrence and yet death is incomprehensible in the mind of the living. An old person dying is an ordinary event, but it is extraordinary if it is someone you love. The impact of grief can be so overwhelming that it can strip a person’s life of meaning and rinse them…

How far will you go to #TELLTHETRUTH?

October 01, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion