SOLUTIONS

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qy43

 

IPCC ARTICLES

1. IPCC report 2018 – summary

2. IPCC report 2018 – full report

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Race : BLM

Also see the section on Race and Equality for a longer and more complete list

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• BLM – Gary Younge

• Discussion about intersection – standing with George Floyd

• BLM  doesn’t mean that all lives don’t matter – in Good Housekeeping

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RESOURCES FOR TEACHING

This fantastic and ever-growing digest of eco-resources from around the world suitable for all ages, organised by topic and suitability, including activities, competitions, quizzes, podcasts etc.is here for you to use.

https://tinyurl.com/yawglzza

Please do share, this is just a collation of already published resources.

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OUR BEHAVIOUR

• Change in attitude after a Citizen Assembly https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/31/its-awakened-me-uk-climate-assembly-participants-hail-a-life-changing-event

• Man made climate change – and the sea level rises to come

• Halt destruction of nature or suffer even worse pandemics say top scientists in the Guardian

• Individual Actions do add up: Christiana Figueres

• Jem Bendell: Deep Adaptation

• Jeremy Lent: What will you say to your grandchildren?

• 50 ways to make your life Greener from the Guardian

• Natural History Museum – How you can help the planet

• 10 Things you can do about Climate Change, according to the Shepherds of the Paris Agreement. Jeff McMahon 25/02/2020 10 Things You Can Do About Climate Change

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politics

• Covid 19 is a fire drill for Climate Change – in the Guardian from the UN

• The right to peaceful protest 

• Small scale Organisation is the only way to feed the world – UN report

• Beyond a climate of comfortable ignorance – the ecologist

• The current crisis and post pandemic possibilities – Rutger Bregman

• Population and Environmentalism – thoughts by Murray Bookchin

• We don’t have time – how can you tell if companies are genuine about fighting climate change?

• Climate Voice – mobilising workforce to urge companies to go ‘all in’ on climate

• Why we need a Climate Assembly in the Guardian

• G20 sounds alarm – over climate emergency despite US objections

• The coronavirus will pass but life will never be normal again in the Guardian.

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Pollution, plastic, waste

• Financial Times on London air pollution

• Emissions from 13 dairy farms match those of entire UK – in the Guardian

• One couple go for a year without putting the bin out !

• More masks than jellyfish – the Guardian

• Something in the Water – environmental Pollutants

• Huge amounts of methane leaking from US Oil fields reported on CBS news

• The internet creates more CO2 than flying from the BBC

• Air pollution is a pandemic from Fox News

 

 

Transport and cities

• Video discussion with Rachel Aldred Are cars the new tobacco?

• Germany might impose ‘gas guzzler tax’ on high emitting CO2 vehicles – just auto

• Westminster’s cycling revolution

• Car Tyres worse than exhaust emissions

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Economics

• The end of growth? Should our COvid-19 recovery prioritise GDP growth? Discussion with Guy Standing, Caroline Lucas and others … 

• 2020 Vision – Why you should see the fossil fuel peak coming

• Fairytales of Growth – A film on Climate Change and regrowth. 

• Discussion featuring Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics), Dr Gail Bradbrook (co-founder of XR), Paddy Loughman (Independent Strategist, working with Wellbeing Economy Alliance and Green Economy Coalition), Kofi Mawali Klu (global justice activist) and Aaron Thierry (facilitator) https://www.facebook.com/ExtinctionRebellion/videos/224932968781030/

• BP writes down $17.5bn of assets – on the BBC

• Can a low-carbon recovery create jobs and help the economy? McKinsey

• US Fossil fuel giants set for a bailout bonanza – in The Guardian

• Britain breaks record for coal-free power in the Guardian

• JP Morgan economists warn of climate catastrophe

• Oil and Gas firms: have had far worse climate impact than thought

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Rewilding, nature

• A Regenerative Agriculture in the Saudi Desert

• More birds and bees – 12 easy ways to rewild your garden in the Guardian

• Humans living in the Amazon 10000 years ago cultivated plants – in the Guardian

• How humans influenced the Amazon over 13000 years

• Insect numbers down 25% since 1990  in the Guardian

• And some good news – wild stork chicks hatch reported in the Guardian

• A people’s manifesto for wildlife – Chris Packham, Patrick Barkham, Robert McFarlane

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