Humans are communal creatures, and our ability to thrive depends on the community that holds us. Good mental health is founded in appreciating that we’re part of a larger whole that we can take pride in. A strong community nurtures us though the good times and the bad, creating spaces where we can share positive…
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Children in Italian schools are set to take compulsory lessons on climate change. Education minister Lorenzo Fioramonti announced on 11 November that children at all state schools in Italy will take part in 33 hours of lessons dedicated to climate change-related issues, equating to almost one hour per week, from the start of the…
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Cullan Joyce, lecturer at the Catholic Theological College in Melbourne Australia, one day realised that all his years of ‘trying to live like Christ through connection to God, would become irrelevant if future generations were so threatened that pursuing a spiritual life would be impossible for them’. Joyce disagrees adamantly with those Christians who…
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Dear Readers, Here at The Hourglass we are feeling reflective, as this will be the final issue of the newspaper for 2019. It’s been a spectacular year in many ways; although there has been a lot of bad news, there have also been real shifts of positive change. Environment has become a top issue…
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‘Forest bathing’, or shinrin- yoku, is the ancient Japanese art of walking in the woods. I’ve struggled with anxiety for most of my life at varying degrees of strength. According to the NHS it affects 5% of the population, especially those between 35 to 59. On my journey towards mental resilience, I have been…
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Everyone knows what compost is, but few people understand how important it is, and the part it can play in building a truly sustainable world. Nature makes compost naturally – any plant or animal matter that falls on the surface of the land is used by bacteria, fungi and other organisms as food, and…
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More than three people are being murdered each week for defending the environment, according to 2018 data from Global Witness. There were 1,558 murders of environmental defenders between 2002 and 2017, of which Indigenous people make up the majority. According to the UN, Indigenous people occupy 1 quarter of the Earth’s land surface, which…
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The emergencies of the warming climate and decline in wildlife show that the human relationship with the rest of nature is broken. To fix it we need a new relationship. A relationship that moves beyond use and control of nature to one that recognises that we are part of nature. People differ in many…
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XR Legal Support works together with Netpol, an organisation that monitors street policing and challenges excessive or discriminatory policing. Netpol plan to launch a report in parliament into the policing of the October Rebellion. If you were a subject of the police:
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(Sign up to the International Newsletter here) This rebellion is by no means over: the past week has seen continued actions in Austria, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Berlin, Sydney… as ever, more than we can count! But for many of those reading, this week was the beginning of some well-earned rest, and…
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