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Train travel is a gem waiting for rediscovery
Train travel is a gem waiting for rediscovery

Slow travel is not a holiday, it’s akin to being the protagonist of a Hemingway novel.

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Travel, good energyAlexandra JellicoeJuly 2, 2019slow travel, train, flightfree2020, global heating, climate change, holiday, bologna, urban heat island, Paris heatwave, europe heatwaveComment
Could you own your own energy?
Could you own your own energy?

Owning your own power-source is on the rise with communities building and managing their own renewable micro-grids

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Renewable Energy, Technology, good energyDaisy ThomasJuly 2, 2019renewable energy, microgrids, climate crisisComment
Clothes lovers solve the fashion crisis
Clothes lovers solve the fashion crisis

Our selection of top eco-conscious brands smashing fast fashion

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FashionDaisy ThomasJune 28, 2019fast fashion, clothing libraries, renting, sharing, second handComment
Train bragging is now a thing
Train bragging is now a thing

The thought of whisking through Europe on a train (in my own cabin ) sounds MUCH more appealing to enduring a cheap flight

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TravelAlexandra JellicoeJune 19, 2019flightfree202, fuel tax, aviation taxComment
The Splitter
The Splitter

Drought is nothing new to the Turkana tribes of North Kenya but as global heating accelerates their lands have become uninhabitable

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Art & LiteratureAlexandra JellicoeJune 19, 2019turkana, drought, climate change, global heating, aid, oxfamComment
Five reasons ‘green growth’ won’t save the planet
Five reasons ‘green growth’ won’t save the planet

If we want to live sustainably, we must question our appetite for growth.

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EconomyO. Taherzadeh & B. ProbstJune 19, 2019green growth, climate breakdwon, circular economy, consume less, William Stanley Jevons, carbon tax, clean energy subsidies, net zero 2050Comment
Good news from the apocalypse
Good news from the apocalypse

A slow blog because in this day and age, thinking is rebelling

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ScienceAlexandra JellicoeJune 17, 2019new media, apocalypse, arctic, drilling, shell, bp, greenpeace, trump, obama, air pollution, bristol water, #noplant19, vector insects, natural disasters, algal blooms, terrorism, nuclear Comments
How green is glastonbury?
How green is glastonbury?

Worthy farm might be the soggiest it's ever been, that won’t keep as away but we’re thinking just how green is Glastonbury?

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Art & LiteratureDaisy ThomasJune 14, 2019glastonbury, music, dgtl, circular economyComment
The Impact Angel - Business Goes Green
The Impact Angel - Business Goes Green

Why would a hard nosed investor change tack and finance green business?

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Business MATT JELLICOEJune 13, 2019green business, impact investment, sustainable business, green finance, buy me once, good club, seedrsComment
You can't build a wall around the consequences of climate change
You can't build a wall around the consequences of climate change
PoliticsAlexandra JellicoeJune 13, 2019Sadiq khan, trump, climate change, skepticComment
Family Activism
Family Activism

Powerful activists are imperfect environmentalists. How does an XR mum find time for family and activism?

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Action, Family LUCIE BROWNJune 13, 2019extinction rebellion, activism, environment, campaign, future living, beehive baby, jo mcandrews, save the bbes Comment
STIR to ACTION
STIR to ACTION

What are the alternatives to consumerism and capitalism? Many but they’re not in the public conscious because they’re not explored by mainstream media.

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Politics, EconomyAlexandra JellicoeJune 13, 2019economy, green new deal, co-operative, stir to action, democracy, politics, citizens assembly, electoral reform, political educationComment
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