#ClimateLeadership
This article was written by our Special Scientific Adviser, Bill McGuire. Prime Minister Boris Johnson professes to be a great admirer of Winston Churchill, to the extent that he has written a (much savaged) biography of the man. Churchill was a deeply unsavoury character in many ways, but there is a strong argument that, as […]
Eyeing The Dots And Crossing The D’s
It’s a real pleasure to be invited to write an article for the wonderful people at The Word Forest Organisation. Their mission and vision complement well those of Scientists Warning Increasingly, we’re hearing scientists and environmental journalists encouraging us all to join the dots, to urge governments to finally treat the climate and ecological crisis […]
Fencing At The Gracious Children’s Centre And School
The Word Forest Organisation has had links with the Gracious Children’s Centre and School for a number of years now. Headteacher and founder of the school, Michael Jefwa, provides an education for children that ordinarily would not be able to afford to go to school. He also acted as educator for the Mothers Of The […]
Dream Big – A Series Of Films About Trees
We all love TV and streaming services, and the fact is that the quantity of films, series and documentaries grows by the day. There are so many that it’s easy for some of them, even the really brilliant ones, to get lost in the sea of content, or disappear almost completely. We are delighted to […]
Rosa’s Footprint Competition Results
You may remember a piece we featured earlier this year about our friend, the talented children’s author Jo Earlam, her book Rosa’s Footprint and the writing contest she launched. Simon and I were delighted to be asked to help judge it and I can tell you, the bar was high. In what seems like the […]
Elephant Fun Facts
Having had elephants wandering not far from the tree planting community that we work with in Boré, we thought you might be interested to find out a little more about them. Here’s a lovely article full of fun facts about elephants from PASSION for the PLANET. PASSION for the PLANET is the UK’s first ethically […]
Forward To The Past
Just What Is The Climate Change Bottom Line? This article was written by our Special Scientific Adviser, Bill McGuire, and was recently published on his blog Cool Earth. We thank him for giving us permission to reproduce it here. Climate modelling isn’t the only way of forecasting what our climate-changed world will look like by […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson: It’s Time For a #WeeklyClimateAddress
Today, we are launching a petition calling for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to broadcast a science-led #WeeklyClimateAddress. It’s remit: to keep the public informed on what the Government are doing to mitigate climate chaos in the short and long term. The past 18 months have proved the UK Government is able to pivot in the […]
If You Have Trees And A Forest
There is an old saying dating back from Cicero, which says, if you have a garden and a library, you don’t lack anything. The connection with books and plants seems as old as civilization. During the pandemic, both these activities helped to keep us safe, sound and sane. Either because we had to stay indoors […]