Transport emissions are the largest source of UK direct emissions, at 33%. They have remained stubbornly high since 1990, while emissions from electricity dropped 60%. Parallel to the climate and ecological emergencies the UK is also has diabetes, obesity and asthma crises. All three conditions have transport related contributory factors. The loudly trumpeted switch…
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Paradoxically, global heating is likely to result in colder winters in Britain, as the temperate Gulf Stream falters, and disruption to the polar vortex unleashes the Beast from the East. At the same time, burning more fossil fuels to stay warm is the last thing we need. We can do a little to help reduce…
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The stereotype of Chinese people is that we keep our heads down, steer clear of authority and are quietly successful. This stereotype has some truth to it. However, for me, the urgency of climate change and its impact on the country I come from (Malaysia), has created an unshakable sense of duty to act. Many…
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Murder comes with a sudden pounce under a clear blue sky out in the marshes. The victim struggles, wriggles and flails, but its assailant has clearly killed before. With one gulp the heron swallows the marsh frog whole. The nearby cows don’t even look up. A reed bunting lightens the mood with a joyful…
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The frozen path booms dully under my boots. On my right a burn runs the colour of Bisto. Oak leaves corkscrew limply down. In Whistle Stop Walks, I take the train to a station, walk on, and pick up the train home somewhere down the line. As close as I can get to a…
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No matter where you live, whether you have a garden, balcony, fire escape or windowsill, growing some of your own fresh produce can be a positive action against climate change. There are no food miles from pot to plate, no plastic packaging or chemical sprays involved, just lovingly tendered home grown organic produce that is…
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I am a full time student and I am not specialised in anything yet, I feel like I am always learning but am still trying to work out what I could ever teach beyond the obvious impacts and causes of climate change. I know I love crafts and so I recently began a type…
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Here in the U.S., Native communities continue to stand on the front lines of the climate crisis. A couple weeks back, the Keystone pipeline leaked more than 383,000 gallons of oil onto our homelands, because as surely as pipelines carry oil, they end up spilling. What timing. As federal regulators temporarily shut down Keystone…
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As action heroes go, Michael Eavis is one of the most amiable, non-threatening, well- loved you could find. The Somerset dairy farmer who went to Bath Blues Festival in 1970 and loved the music so much he decided to set up his own festival on his family farm in Glastonbury, has created something so…
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We are drowning in clothes, producing more than ever and using them for much shorter amounts of time. While fashion companies send ‘surplus’ garments to incineration and consumers send tonnes of discarded clothes to landfill every year, most of us still do not consider the land, water, pesticides, chemicals, emissions and human labour required to…
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