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Let’s raise our voices and demand a just recovery for all

July 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

In July, the people that control the budgets of the world’s 20 richest countries – Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors – will meet to discuss how they will spend public money. In the midst of a global health pandemic, where people have lost so much, will they opt for a ‘business as usual recovery’ and bail out industries that drive climate crisis and inequality – or … [Read more...]

Wave of protest against rapid 5G rollout coming

December 1, 2019 2 Comments

So far, groups in the following countries have announced that they are organizing events on 25 January, 2020 as part of the Global Day of Protest against 5G: Australia Austria Canada Croatia Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Ireland Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia South … [Read more...]

Pesticides and human health: the UK government’s ‘elephant in the room’

May 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

The UK Government currently has a consultation running until 8th May entitled ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit.’ A promising title I thought! That was until I read the various consultation documents - produced by DEFRA - where it became abundantly clear that, despite the title, there is a glaring omission of anything human … [Read more...]

British company still exporting dangerous lead in petrol

September 7, 2017 1 Comment

A British company made millions this year selling a dangerous chemical linked to brain damage and premature death to a developing country, despite repeatedly stating it would stop. Innospec claims to be the only company in the world that manufactures a fuel additive called tetraethyl lead (TEL) — which is the lead in leaded petrol. TEL can be added to fuel to improve … [Read more...]

Time for the UK to ban residential spraying of poisonous pesticides

June 29, 2016 Leave a Comment

Here is an important UK petition which we need to support, as well as duplicate in SA: I have lived in the locality of pesticide sprayed crop fields for over 30 years and have suffered both acute and chronic adverse health effects from exposure to the innumerable mixtures of pesticides sprayed on crops near to my home. In 2001, I started my campaign, the UK Pesticides … [Read more...]

India to Britain in a solar Tuk Tuk

April 12, 2016 Leave a Comment

In an effort to spread awareness of alternative and clean energy sources, an adventurous young man is driving a solar and electric-powered Tuk Tuk (rickshaw) on an epic 10,000km road trip through 10 countries from India to the UK. Project Tejas - a Sanskrit word for brilliance - is the brainchild of Indian engineer Naveen Rabelli, who, along with documentary filmmaker and … [Read more...]

The Paris paradox

December 12, 2015 Leave a Comment

Guerilla art group Brandalism's new project in Paris exposes some uncomfortable truths and a paradox that lies at the heart of the Paris talks: That businesses and governments are both the problem and the solution. Visitors and delegates descending on Paris over the past week for the United Nations climate change talks might have spotted some thought-provoking ads installed … [Read more...]

Campaigners attack UK government u-turn on fracking

November 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

Campaigners have attacked a UK government U-turn that could result in fracking being carried out beneath the New Forest and the South Downs National Park. A cross-party committee of MPs will debate the potential impact of fracking and the level of protection given to special areas of the English countryside. The government originally pledged that fracking would be banned … [Read more...]

46 nations pledge to end wildlife crime

March 10, 2014 Leave a Comment

Governments from around the world have vowed to take ‘decisive and urgent’ action against the illegal wildlife trade, by signing a declaration at the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade. Forty-six nations gathered for the high-level summit on Thursday 13 February, hosted by the UK government and attended by the Prince of Wales, and his sons, the Duke of Cambridge … [Read more...]

CLIMATE CHANGE ROLLING IN: Part 1 – Now & going forward

February 26, 2014 Leave a Comment

Climate change is a global phenomenon whose impacts have emerged as one of the greatest challenges that humanity is facing today. Scientific evidence proves that climate change exacerbates the frequency of extreme weather events and natural disasters. According to an article in Nature, unpredictable weather events such as drought and floods "accounted for about 90% of the … [Read more...]

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