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Is the Future worth a conversation?
Carbon Conversation meetings have inspired people across the UK to reduce their impact on the environment.
North London: Guy Gladstone: groupwork@bodyspace.co.uk More
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Is the Future worth a conversation?
Carbon Conversation meetings have inspired people across the UK to reduce their impact on the environment.
North London: Guy Gladstone: groupwork@bodyspace.co.uk More
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For all those who wonder how to discuss climate change – and the need for action – with their neighbours, colleagues, even their nearest and dearest:
This was discussed on 28 February 2013 at The Bull, 13 North Hill, Highgate.
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The first talk of the year on February 5 attracted a capacity audience: Climate Change and the Media: Realism or Distortion? The issues and the urgent need for better communication. The speakers were Vicky Pope, Senior Climate Scientist, The Met Office, and Ben Webster, former Environment Editor, The Times. We have an 11 minute video of extracts from Vicky’s talk online now.
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Around 30 people turned up to discuss Corporate Responsibility, in the congenial surroundings of The Bull pub and restaurant in North Hill. Adam Garfunkel, who campaigned against pollution at Friends of the Earth before becoming a corporate social responsibility consultant, offered some guidelines for spotting genuine CR from PR or ‘greenwash’. More
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Taking Root – The Vision of Wangari Maathai, the inspirational story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy..
Bloomberg’s carbon clock has a constant countdown towards the catastrophic 450pmm concentration of CO2 and CO2 equivalent in our atmosphere. MCC shows the ‘carbon budget’ and time left to avoid global heating of 2˚C, with a much shorter time by clicking 1.5˚C scenario button.
Transport in a time of Climate Breakdown Tuesday 5th February St Mary’s Junior School N8 7BU ————————————————————————————————— Power Up North London and Caversham Group Practice Share Offer for photovoltaic panels Offer closes: 15th Feb 2019 Power Up North London (PUNL) is launching a Share Offer to raise £28,000 for a 30kWp photovoltaic solar array on […]
The intentions of the leading UK political parties regarding Climate Change, Energy transition and Air Quality in their 2017 manifestos are investigated. Includes an update on 10th June on the DUP manifesto.
Leonardo Dicaprio’s film is truly scary – not in the usual horror film way, but because it truly captures the devastation already being wreaked on our world. Leonardo sets the scene with the allegory of Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, where mankind is originally innocent, then enjoys earthly delights and then suffers in a […]
Bringing the Paris Agreement into Force at Marrakesh CLICK HERE FOR THE RUNNING TOTALS OF PARTIES THAT HAVE RATIFIED Update 5th Oct: Sufficient ratifications were received (including the overall EU) for the Paris Agreement to come into force on 4th Nov in time for the COP22 in Marrakesh. See here for UN announcement and here […]
Whilst the UK slips away from the EU efforts to protect the planet, the world continues to turn and global warming continues to go up and up, wreaking the devastation predicted. The EU has been co-ordinating pledges across the 28 members, providing grants, loans, shared research and common standards. Now the UK (and/or England, Scotland, […]
In all the hype and overload of ‘facts’ about the EU there seems little coverage of Climate Change and Air Pollution. Detailed lists of some of the activities and effects of EU legislation eg on Air Pollution are covered at WHAT ARE WE DOING – What is the EU Doing?. For those who believe that […]