My week arguing with climate deniers on the internet
Image credit: Creative Commons: Dcpeopleandeventsof2017 During the last week, I’ve been exchanging points with Twitter climate dissenters. With support from a Canadian Green, some of their claims have been refuted.…
‘Eco-anxiety’ or ‘eco-trauma’: Malawian village sends message of hope
Young people in Malawi invite you to see climate change through their eyes: their village’s trauma in the wake of Cyclone Idai and how they are channelling their grief into…
My weekend with Extinction Rebellion
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Julia Hawkins This passing bank holiday weekend, I felt it was important to attend the protests launched by Extinction Rebellion in the name of preserving our…
Policing rebellion – Extinction Rebellion needs to understand power
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Julia Hawkins Extinction Rebellion (XR) has succeeded over the last week at bringing parts of the country to a standstill and raising the climate crisis in…
Bright Green relaunch – three months on
A little more than three months ago, Bright Green was relaunched. I wrote at the time about the need for radical media outlet that could help contribute to and steer…
Caroline Lucas was right in her row with an aviation industry boss
Image credit: Creative Commons, tataquax Last Friday, Green MP Caroline Lucas and Airbus Senior UK VP Katherine Bennett got into a tad of a statistical snafu on Any Questions. Katherine…
#YouthStrike4Climate tell Theresa May the Green New Deal is here to stay
Image Credit: Chris Saltmarsh On the day of the third #YouthStrike4Climate, the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) came out in support of a Green New Deal. Demonstrations in March saw…
Bold actions are needed to repair climate-induced loss and damage
Image credit: Creative Commons - Trocaire From increasingly severe droughts in Africa to extreme flooding in Asia, millions of people are already seeing their lives and livelihoods devastated by climate…
Police disruption of the boat race protest shows our movement is too powerful to ignore
Image credit: Cambridge Zero Carbon (This image is of the 2018 boat race protest) ‘Oxbridge Come Clean’ was the message we planned to unfurl across Hammersmith Bridge during the 2019…
Police disrupt student divestment protest at Oxbridge boat race
Image credit: Cambridge Zero Carbon (This image is of the 2018 boat race protest) More than 50 students, representing Oxford Climate Justice Campaign and Cambridge Zero Carbon Society, today attended…