We will be sharing a stall with Extinction Rebellion Oswestry & borders at the Llanfyllin show and it is a chance to engage with the community about the cliamte emergency. We are planning all sorts of activities and fun ways to interact with the public to build interest in our work
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Professor Chris Rhodes Lecture
This 90 minute lecture is excellent I recommend any of you to watch it, its a worthwhile investment of time. I know Chris, he did the PDC in Reading a few years ago, but more importantly he was the youngest person to reach Professor status in his field of physics. He knows his stuff and…
UN chief warns of ‘grave climate emergency,’ says Paris Agreement goals not enough
Praising New Zealand’s climate leadership U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lauded the Paris climate accord, but said even if its promises are fully met, the world still faces what he described as a catastrophic three-degree temperature rise by the end of the century. Arctic permafrost is melting decades earlier than even worst-case scenarios, he said, threatening to…
Greening the landscape
These pictures below are a little tour of Machynlleth visiting the Gerddi Bro Ddyfi project where a tam of volunteers supported by a core team are gardening the edge of the town and the playing fields for wildlife, diversity and production. There are some great little ideas here and shows the possibilities of what we…
join the National Conversation
The next BRACE meeting is July 4th. it is open to all and free to attend. We are exploring some of the many themes raised by climate change, and have already started more strands of conversation that we can keep up with. It seems to make sense to align our work to what is going…
Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells is Deputy editor and climate columnist for New York magazine. His book “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming” is available now and is causing a stir around the world. Its 2 hours, so it is a bit of an investment to watch but well worth the listen and easier than reading the book….
Notes from 20th June
Next meeting: Our Future Wales – Wellbeing and Future Generations Act. Chair: Alison Think of how it can be opportunity to connect with this initiative that hopes to tackle climate change, loneliness, health services and technologies to keep people well. UPDATE STEVE ON FUNDING: apply for all projects at all levels etc. Important to note…
Regenerative agriculture is the future
Agro- forestry. Basically this is a strategy to integrate the forest back into farming. See Wakelyns research farm below surrounded by mono culture it is interesting to see how it contrasts with its neighbours. Some primary cropland is given over to trees which does reduce the yield to a certain extent. Even if the trees…
Notes from 6/6/19
Thanks to Aine who chaired the meetings, next meeting facilitator: Barbara Electric Vehicles Talk from Bill Smith, Bill owned and ran Bashchurch service garage for 35 years and has an extensive knowledge of the motor trade and electric vehicles from their first introduction to the present day. This 30 min talk is packed with information…