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Don’t lose your voice

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Have you heard this said before? ‘Global leaders were driven by a primitive fear that the present ambient warm weather is somehow caused by humanity; and that fear – as far as I understand the science – is equally without foundation.’ That is the view of a resident in No.10…

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Showbiz: cleaning up the act

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Having worked in the film industry for two years I’ve seen first-hand how wasteful it can be. Stars and crew jetting over the globe, poor waste management. Assistants sent off in diesel cars to the same supermarket three times a day. Set build materials being scrapped and thrown away. Sometimes not even making it…

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THE SOUND OF PROTEST

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

“As I went walking that ribbon of highway/I saw above me the endless skyway/I saw below me that golden valley/This land was made for you and me.” These are the immortal words of Woody Guthrie, the grandfather of 20th century protest music. There’s no…

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Whistle-stop walks: Dent to Ribblehead, Leeds- Settle-Carlisle line

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

I alight at Dent station, at 1,150ft the highest in England. Up here even the names are short, as if to save breath. It’s from a lonely stop like this that I imagine Mary Lennox being driven in a carriage up into the moors to remote,…

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Whistle-stop walks: Phoenix Trail, Princes Risborough to Thame

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

I’m strolling in deepest Britain, on a course originally set by a Victorian theodolite. Empty fields stretch silently away. A wren, an animated ball of feathers, tizzes urgently across my path to break the purest peace. Far in the distance a dot gradually grows. Once…

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Smartphone: Friend or Foe?

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Over 90% of adults under 55 own a smartphone, with excessive use linked to anxiety, social and behavioural problems. Technological advances such as smartphones are also cited as causes of the growing human disconnection with nature. We surveyed people about their smartphone use, their relationship with nature…

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INTRODUCING URBAN GREEN SPACES

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Researchers have found that green spaces with greater ecological diversity are particularly beneficial for our mental health. Professor Jorgensen who works at the University of Sheffield highlighted the importance of “experiences of nature – including diverse trees, plants and wildlife.” Across the world increasing numbers of people are moving to…

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THE CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY IN AFRICA

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

According to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), Southern Africa’s temperatures are rising at twice the global average rate. While it is mainly industrial nations that are responsible for producing greenhouse gases, such as CO2, that contribute to climate change, the main victims of climate change are already suffering, in the countries of…

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This profit-based system must change

February 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

I am a mother of three and a practising Muslim woman, originally from Yemen, a country torn by war. I’ve lived in Britain for 20 years. I have been environmentally aware for years. My first education on environmental issues came from the Quran when I came across verses that alerted me to…

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