In the early autumn of 2012 images of the retreating arctic sea ice were shared with the world. The response from the scientific community was one of utter shock (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/arctic-sea-ice-maximum_n_2962908.html) At exactly the same time, the mainstream media predominantly chose to focus on the issue of a third runway at Heathrow airport, considering why and when it should go ahead. It is alarmingly clear now that the unprecedented acceleration of climate change is not really on the agenda of the [...]
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The response of the teachers at the end of the 3 hours is a testatment to the power of this workshop. They felt the design of the workshop and specifically the invitation to the participants to look deeply at their own unexamined assumptions around the issues of climate change, social justice and personal welbeing had an impact that is currently overlooked by similar themed workshops. The one glaringly obvious issue that tends not to be included is the opportunity for participants to [...]
After a series of events held across Norwich, we began to recognise the most effective way of engaging householders with this worthy community campaign. A guitar, free coffee and sunshine. All 3 of which we had on the 28th March. The songs about loft insulation alone -I am sure- were the clincher for many people, with 50 ‘sign ups’ in one day. The primary aim of the DECC funded ‘Save a Tonne’ community challenge was to see how much carbon [...]
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