EARTH HOUR 8.30pm-9.30pm 25th MARCH 2023
Photo by Pawel Nolbert Earth Hour is an annual event which symbolically unites people around the world and focusses attention on the urgent need to conserve energy. Will your nearest landmark buildings be turning out the lights at 8.30pm -9.30pm local time? Promoted by the World Wildlife Fund, the organisation recommends switching off devices to […]
IPCC REPORT 2023: QUANTUM LEAP NEEDED FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s meeting in Switzerland on 20th March 2023 highlighted the urgent need for climate action in order to stick to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°c. This requires a global emission peak by 2025, a 43% emission reduction by 2030, 65% by 2035, and […]
RETHINKING TOURISM IN TAGHAZOUT
The hazed view of the traveller, and the weighty scales of touristic demand vs ecological infrastructure Taghazout was once only a small hive of Berbers, an untouched, prosaic village reliant on fishing and self-sufficiency. But when the Seventies birthed the modern ease of travel and encouraged mass tourism, this Moroccan townlet quickly became a hub […]
WILDYA VENTURES TO INSPIRE
Eco Changemaker Oliver Dauert We asked Wildlife Advocate and Ecopreneur Oliver Dauert to describe his life: 1 You describe yourself as a “Wildlife Advocate” – such a great description – when did your love of wildlife begin and how does this inform your life today? Since I can remember I loved wildlife. I grew up […]
FAIR TRADE FORTNIGHT 2023
Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 runs until 12th March and this year is highlighting the effect of the climate crisis on the food products and the livelihoods of the farmers that grow them. Fifty per cent of the world’s global emissions are caused by the highest-earning 10% of the population¹, however it is frequently the poorest communities […]
COP27 AND COCA-COLA: PR COUP OR PR DISASTER?
Image Credit – Maria Mendiola Coca-Cola is the headline sponsor of COP27. While some folks are Furious – there is a petition to remove the company as sponsor currently running on Change.org – some specialists (see LinkedIn) are pointing out that it’s better for the organisation “to have a seat at the table” – and […]
WHEN IS ‘ACTIVIST CHAOS’ ACCEPTABLE?
Image Credit – Emily Malkin Today, 17th October 2022, two members of Just Stop Oil closed the Queen Elizabeth II bridge on the M25 between Kent and Essex for 24 hours. These brave and passionate souls climbed masts that tower 84 metres over the motorway, diverting traffic through the two lane tunnel and creating chaos […]
UK MUST STEP UP FOR NET ZERO
Image Credit – Heidi Fin The UK government has come under fire for dragging its feet on climate targets, as the Climate Change Committee, in a condemning report,¹ finds that it is not on track to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The 2022 Progress Report to Parliament finds ‘major failures’ in the […]
NEW WATERAID INSTALLATIONS SHEDS LIGHTS ON THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CHILDREN’S FUTURES
Image Credit – Joel Chant WaterAid installation, Canary Wharf, Joel Chant, 2022 London’s Canary Wharf is home to a new art installation unveiled by WaterAid in collaboration with Bristol-based artist Max Dorey. As a part of the charity’s Our Climate Fight campaign, the UK organisation hopes the project will encourage governments around the world to […]
Eco Painting
Innovations in painting and printing are important to well-known wildlife artist and photographer Claire Tomlinson. She has developed her own recipes for non-toxic paints, which combine natural earth pigments and a plant-based acrylic medium. Only water is required to thin the paint and clean the brushes. Claire then paints onto raw, unprimed linen and frames […]
