I hope I might see a few readers of this blog on the streets of London tomorrow. Politician work for us – but as with everything, they must be made to listen. We live in a democracy – take to the streets to make your voice heard…
Tag: climate
Take to the streets
Will you join the climate march in London on Sunday? I will. See you there!
Burning for grouse shooting, a threat to habitat, in the Observer today
Today the Observer has a piece on the Climate Change Committee’s report to parliament (mentioned on this blog on Wednesday) which raised the issue of intensive grouse moor management ‘The damaging practice of burning peat to increase grouse yields continues, including on internationally protected sites.’. The article was interesting for a number of reasons. The…
Ten reasons to take notice of the Pope’s encyclical on climate change
Isn’t ‘encyclical’ a nice word? The Pope has published his thoughts on climate change and they are well worth reading in full. But here is a good summary (taken from Time magazine). Climate change is real and it’s getting worse Human beings are a major contributor to climate change Climate change disproportionately affects the poor…
Meat-free week – support World Land Trust (please)
Next week, 23-29 March, is meat-free week. As someone wh0 has at least four meat-free days most weeks, this probably isn’t going to be too much of a stretch for me, and a friend of mine who has given up meat for Lent will just breeze through it. My vegetarian and vegan friends (actually, do…