Category Archives: Climate Change

Good news to begin 2020; Splosh! (to reduce plastic) and beautiful new year lights

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Angela

So often good news doesn’t make the news, so here are a few good pieces of news to start 2020 with, from Future Crunch (where you’ll find 99 other good pieces of news, divided into categories). One of the founders of Future … Continue reading →

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A Vote for the Planet; a Christmas rose; and plant a tree for Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Angela

By the time you read this we’ll know the result of the UK General Election and I hope with all my heart we’ll have voted for the planet above our membership (or not) of the EU, and everything else that … Continue reading →

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100 Novels That Shaped Our World; free travel with a book and One Green Thing

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Angela

Four women and two men have just chosen 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. The choosers are: Stig Abell, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Syima Aslam, founder of the Bradford Literature Festival, authors Juno Dawson, Kit de Waal and Alexander … Continue reading →

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Greta Thunberg and climate change; There is No Planet B; Extinction Rebellion and solastalgia

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Angela

On Friday 20 and Friday 27 September Global Climate Strikes took place across the world, inspired by Greta Thunberg who began her Friday school strikes in August 2018. She sat outside the Swedish Parliament to protest against the lack of action on … Continue reading →

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Comfort Zones, and Client Earth

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Angela

The other day, in Chichester, I found and bought a book. This is a (very) common thing in my life (although it usually happens in London) but I bought this book in Jigsaw which isn’t a bookshop. Copies were sitting on … Continue reading →

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