Reading Time: 4 minutes On October 10 an interesting podcast was published on UncommonGroundMedia, analysing, “the validity of the criticisms by people who acknowledge climate change as a problem, and environmental activism as desirable, but are nevertheless vehemently critical of Greta on various grounds, including her youth, her white identity, and the perception of her as a puppet.” On […]
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O What A Lovely World – Greta Bashing And Greenwashing
Reading Time: 4 minutes Maybe it’s the way she said it, the fact that she is a young girl on the verge of becoming a young woman, but climate change activist Greta Thunberg said a few things that we, as adults, found distressing. Watching her speech in front of the United Nations filled me with a sense of uneasiness. […]
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“I Accuse…” – Questioning Our Parliaments On Climate Change
Reading Time: 5 minutes In September 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) produced a concise document explaining to all governments the necessary measures to combat climate change – assuming, of course, that the governments do believe in climate change. I don’t know whether I was more impressed by the sheer brilliance of Montagne’s rant than […]
Climate Change: Run Rabbit, Run – Run From The Sun
Reading Time: 5 minutes Yes, I know. Before you start accusing me of going all “ecological”, I am aware that the last “dreadful” summer we had, was back in 1976. Since those golden days, we have had widespread floods in Europe, a tornado in London’s Kensal Green, an erupting volcano in Iceland, earthquakes in Italy, no white Christmas for […]