Ecologists of the Sky: Lessons from a Young Climate Visionary
Perhaps we could be ecologists of the sky. Concerned with the environment above ground. Noticing the invisible. The quality of air that we breathe. Restoring balance in the atmosphere, for nature and humanity. Thinking in these boarder terms changes everything.
The best present I’ll be giving and receiving this year is when I unplug. Present in body and mind. Listening intently. You never know what insight this might bring.
Embracing the storm: for sustainable change
I slipped into a post-apocalyptic future. One where we become numb to government ‘threat to life’ alerts taking over mobile networks.
How not to ‘do’ December deadlines
We absolutely can finish that project, whilst planning to host excessive numbers of family and friends in the perfectly decorated house, having nailed the (sustainable) gift buying, and made appearances at all the best parties.
By the time December 24th comes around we give up, laugh at our foolishness and remember what is important. Joy. Love. Connection. Shall we remember this lesson now, and save ourselves three weeks of stress?
How to flip the narrative on Climate Week conversations
Net Zero Industry Wales in their climate communications survey found that 50% considered the health and environmental benefits to be the preferred way of speaking about climate change. So why are 90% of us still talking hard data?
Better climate conversations are human. They start with self. Our health is planetary health. We might accidently save the world by showing up for ourselves.
Are we all just fighting fires?
“It feels like you have internalised a sense of climate urgency, rushing around from one solution to the next.”
It's probably not what anyone at COP wants to consider right now, but climate solutions aren't created by people pumped up on adrenaline and caffeine.