With UK elections probably in 2024 – the next general election is scheduled to be held no later than 28 January 2025 – the general public gets the chance to choose who sits in parliament. This is a crucial exercise in being a good citizen. There are many politicians and parties to vote for, including…
Category: Action
Empowering Change: July Workshop
We brought 10 people together to investigate what holds us back from climate action and what ways around it there are. In a nutshell, we covered all the facets of society that makes modern life so incompatible with climate action. We agreed on the need to promote social behaviours whose scarcity causes those incompatibilities, mostly…
Sustainable Tech
New companies are building technology like mobile phones and laptops with sustainability, recycling, reuse, repair and low emissions built-in. Fairphone produce Android-based mobile phones. I have one and have replaced the camera myself, amazingly. Framework a US company create a massively repairable 13″ laptop and are just about to roll out a 16″ version. The…
May 2023 Fresk Workshop Pics
We had 9 participants on Saturday last week (May 20th) and it went way over time. Everybody was motivated right to the end though so no worries there. The people who run Space4 provided their rooms again, so thanks to them 🙏 It was really good to see the team getting into the artwork –…
Renewable Energy at Home
Which? Magazine recommends either Good Energy, Ecotricity or GEUK as the best providers of renewable energy to domestic households. With the massive price rises and the uncertainty in the market from the Ukraine war behind us, companies are now taking on new customers. Many people don’t understand the need for customers to move away from…
Bangladesh Workers Stitched Up by Primark, Next & Co
Recent investigations show that shops like Primark, H&M, Tesco, Lidl, Aldi and Zara have been paying suppliers in Bangladesh less than the cost of production for their wares, which means the factories are forced to pay their workers less than the minimum wage. Some of the poorest people in the world work in the global…
Sustainable Fish
Not a lot of people know this but species-rich, undamaged marine ecosystems actually draw down CO2 and sequester it through natural processes, which is very good in the fight against climate change. Over-fished marine ecosystems can cause greenhouse gas emissions in several different ways, including through destructive fishing methods such as bottom trawling – alarmingly…
Coping with Climate Anxiety
Climate anxiety is a straight-forward expression of stress from our subconscious telling us that we feel threatened. It can take several forms, from sleep disturbance to feelings of dread. It can be fleeting or it can be continuous. The neuroscience says that this anxiety is a signal to act. However action will only ameliorate the…
The Big One
In case somehow you have not heard about the Big One, this is it: a huge demonstration at the Houses of Parliament involving originally Extinction Rebellion and now everyone from WWF and the RSPB to the Nurses Union and faith groups from across the land. Protest is the sixth pillar of climate action that every…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the garden centre…
The government in 2022 banned the sale of bagged peat-based compost from 2024, which is a big step in the right direction and should save thousands of acres of peat bog in the country. Peat bog destruction causes huge amounts of CO2 emissions. When that law was passed, the government explained that the use of…