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Carbonfootprint Hero & more!

quiz

Carbonfootprint.com has put together some simple quizzes and information sheets for pupils aged approx. 8 – 13 to do at home. See here

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The End of the World has Already Happened

Listen to this excellent three-part podcast from Timothy Morton in which he rethinks our psychological relationship with the climate crisis and our place in the biosphere.

‘This is foetal-position time,’ he says, ‘but it’s on us: dolphins don’t have fingers to turn off the oil pipes.’

Feeling guilty and powerless is not the answer: ‘How come we conned ourselves into thinking that being ecological means we can’t have any fun anymore?’

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Climate Education

While the UK Department for Education appears to be sitting on its hands with regard to climate education, its great to see schools and pupils taking things into their own hands, like this Irish Kids Rap about the Climate Crisis

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If you do one thing….

..buy and read This Is Not A Drill, a collection of ‘pithy, punchy essays designed to shake us out of our collective despair-induced lethargy’. Superb. More information. Read it from £4.99. A small price to pay to be enlightened and encouraged on the issue of our lives.

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Grist – climate friendly news reporting and solutions


Independent, nonprofit newsroom and solutions forum. Highly recommended.
https://grist.org/about/