ARCHIVE: EXTINCTION REBELLION’S BIG COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
Photo: Isaac Castella McDonald The United Nations has announced that there is ‘no credible pathway’ to keeping global heating below 1.5 degrees. Yet the government continues to issue new licenses for the extraction of oil and gas in the North Sea. Yesterday a 3-year prison sentence, the longest ever for such an act, was given […]
ARCHIVE: XR’s THE BIG ONE OPENS IN LONDON
A calm, diverse and inclusive event opened today Friday 21st April in Westminster, London. Organised by Extinction Rebellion in coalition with over 200 environmental and social organisations, a wide range of people attended. From babies-in-buggies to elders sporting badges, there were homemade cardboard placards proudly carried for hours between pickets and the main stage. Government […]
ARCHIVE: A SURVEY OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS’ MOTIVATIONS
Photo by Korie Cull We are sharing: I am part of a team at the University of St Andrews who are looking to recruit climate activists for a two-wave longitudinal study before and after next week’s Extinction Rebellion ‘The Big One’ protest. The study aims to deepen understanding of increasing engagement with the climate crisis, […]
ARCHIVE: SCIENCE MUSEUM UNDER XR SCRUTINY FOR SPONSORSHIP
On 29th March 2023, Extinction Rebellion (XR) took to the halls of The Science Museum in London during the ‘Lates’ event to protest Adani Green Energy’s sponsorship of the new Energy Revolution gallery. Adani Green Energy is a smaller branch of the parent company Adani Group, an India-based multinational industrial conglomerate reported to be heavily […]
ARCHIVE: INDIAN HEATWAVES AT THE LIMIT OF HUMAN SURVIVAL
Photo by Raghu Nayyar As temperatures approached 50°C, March 2022 saw India reach its highest temperatures since records began over 100 years ago, and 2023 may push those records even higher. The northwestern regions are the worst affected by this heat and unlike the sparsely populated Sahara and inland Arabian peninsula (the only other regions […]
ARCHIVE: EARTH HOUR
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 […]
ARCHIVE: IPCC REPORT 2023: QUANTUM LEAP NEEDED TO AVOID CLIMATE DISASTER
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 […]
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 […]
