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Protest, policy and grief in a warming world.

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  • Living through 1.5°C degrees

    My memories of bonfire night as a child are of being bundled up in a hat, scarf and gloves. I remember huddling in the cold of my grandparent's garden…

    Climate1-5-degrees · climate · climate change · environment · global warming · sustainability

  • 10 things I hate about cars

    I still associate long car journeys with the excitement of going on holiday as a kid. I remember the fun of going to McDonald's in sixth form because a friend…

    Climateautomotive · cars · environment · motonormativity · transport · travel

  • 8: Finding the way out

    I've been trying to follow a nagging thought through to its conclusion. We know to expect that flooding risk will extend to an ever increasing proportion of…

    Climatecentral banking · climate risk · debt · finance · financial stability · financialisation

  • How to hold onto hope

    Every other photo on my phone now shows the tree in the garden. It is looking particularly spectacular. The rest of the photos are of the cat. I know from the…

    Climateclimate grief · despair · Faith · grief · hope

  • How the insurance industry is financing fire

    One of the first things I was introduced to in philosophy was the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning will tell you why…

    Climateclimate change · finance · insurance · insure our future · risk

  • Waving flashlights

    "I thought that was it, that I was going to die. We could see our neighbours waving flashlights. In just a few moments, the lights went out, and they had…

    Climateclimate change · climate risk · floods · infrastructure · Libya

  • A week at cop

    Explore the real impacts of Typhoon Haiyan on communities and climate action insights from COP26. Uncover the urgent need for change.

    Climateclimate finance · climate justice · COP26

  • cop26, GLAS-NO

    All the right words have already been said. For two years we have known that COP26, the UN climate change conference, will be hosted in the UK. These annual…

    Climateclimate breakdown · climate change · climate justice · COP26 · Glasgow

  • My bargains with climate grief

    Explore the haunting realities of climate grief and Cassandra's Dilemma as one grapples with the urgency of climate action and its emotional toll.

    Climateclimate change · climate grief · eco-anxiety · environment · future · hope · prophetic

  • Offsets are not a solution

    For some time now, I've been uneasy about offsetting, but unable to fully articulate why. I suspect this is an unease I share with many other people too, but…

    Climateclimate justice · environment · offsets

  • Relearning the sacred

    "The church’s contribution has to consist... in its showing forth of a different myth - the truth of creation’s relation with the Creator and especially the…

    Climatecreation · environmental theology · grace · sacrament · sacred

  • "F*** that S***"

    This week I watched a webinar organised by the Asian Theological Academy (ATA) and the Asian Forum of Theological Movements, titled 'I Can’t Breathe: Why We…

    Climateanger · climate breakdown · climate change · climate crisis · climate justice · environment · injustice · outrage · Tuvalu

  • Where there is no vision

    Where there is no vision, the people perish. This proverb was quoted by Claire Perry, the ex-COP President fired at the beginning of 2020, in her resignation…

    Climateclimate breakdown · climate change · climate crisis · climate justice · dreams · environment · peace · reconcilation · violence · vision

  • Why I stopped flying.

    Discover the ethical implications of air travel and why many choose to stop flying for a sustainable future. Learn more about aviation's impact!

    Climateaviation · climate change · decarbonising · environment · environmental justice · flying · global justice · just transition · justice

  • Opinion: seeing the Greta tweets differently

    I remember a friend back in sixth form declaring to a chorus of outrage that she didn't get why Malala was getting so much attention - she had just managed to…

    Climatechange · climate breakdown · climate change · climate crisis · Greta Thunberg · outrage

  • Global Apartheid and the era of climate breakdown

    Warning: currently only in draft form, suggested revisions welcome. Not long ago, I read an article which suggested target-setting for net zero on the basis…

    Climateclimate breakdown · climate change · climate justice · environment · global apartheid · global justice · global poor · global warming · justice · politics · poverty

  • Should Christians support 'free market' capitalism?

    The financial crash of 2008 hit as I began secondary school, and I grew up under the policies of austerity which followed. To a large extent, there has been…

    Climatecapitalism · climate change · climate justice · creation theology · economic justice · environment · environmental theology · exploitation · externalities · extractivism · Faith · market failure · markets · neoliberalism · Pareto optimality · politics · speculation

  • How bad is Climate Change?

    I remember doing my GCSEs and writing pat answers about the greenhouse effect. Little did I know that in my first year out of education I would see leading…

    Climatecarbon dioxide · climate breakdown · climate change · extraction · global justice · global warming · ipcc report · IPPR · justice

  • Blood of Our Children

    On Saturday I was part of another Extinction Rebellion action called 'Blood of Our Children'. Outside Downing Street, we dressed in black, and protesters…

    Climatecca · christian climate action · climate breakdown · climate change · extinction rebellion · justice · protest · xr

  • A problem: We are building the world together

    The puzzle of 7.7 billion brake pedals and 7.7 billion accelerator pedals - anyone got any answers?

    Climate2018 · boycotts · change · climate breakdown · climate change · collective decision-making · ethics · morality · politics · power

  • Why I am part of Extinction Rebellion

    Today, I was one of the 6,000 people who shut five bridges in London protesting government inaction on climate change. The movement is Extinction Rebellion…

    Climate

  • Fighting Climate Change is Part of the Gospel

    Continued from the previous post, the focus here is the theological implications of creation's place in the Biblical Narrative. What does the gospel have to say about the recent IPCC report?

    Climate2018 · climate change · environment · future · gospel · jesus · justice · kingdom · poverty · redemption · social justice · tension

  • Creation and the Biblical Narrative

    In this post, I start from the very beginning. If you are familiar with the concepts of Creation-Fall-Redemption, then this post should hopefully depict the…

    Climate2018 · biblical narrative · biblical overview · brokenness · climate change · creation · environment · environmental theology · Genesis · global justice · global warming · justice · redemption · trinity

  • I've read the IPCC Global Warming Report so you don't have to

    Today there was some big news as the IPCC Global Warming Special Report 2018 landed. What is it? The 2018 IPCC report is the most up-to-date, comprehensive…

    Climateearth · environment · global justice · global poor · global warming · ipcc report · lifestyle