News — climate change

LONG READ EXPLAINER: Why should the UK get to Net Zero? Won’t it cost us too much? [20 minutes]

July 09, 2025 • climate activism • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • cost of living • eco • economy • food • fossil fuels • global warming • green economy • green spaces • greenhouse gas emissions • health • housing • mental health • net zero • net zero economy

(TLDR – skip to FREE Conversation Guides – to help you talk about Net Zero, why we need it, the costs, the risks and the benefits with your friends and family.) ***** Having made the case for why we need to get to Net Zero, both globally and nationally, I’d like to look at the economics of getting there. As Energy accounts for nearly ¾ of our greenhouse gas emissions globally, many countries have been looking at decarbonising their energy supply in order to get to Net Zero, including the UK. But one criticism that opponents of Net Zero have is...

Yesterday I felt sad

July 07, 2025 • anxiety • be the difference • climate activism • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • climate justice • environmental activism • global warming • net zero • no judgement • reduce carbon footprint • social justice • white privilege

Yesterday I felt sad.* What causes me the most stress, despair, frustration, disappointment and hurt to run through my body is actually not the headlines; it’s not the words and pictures of death and destruction, authoritarian abuses of power, social injustices, or climate collapse (though they all cause me anxiety, anger and heartbreak); it’s the dystopian carrying on as normal; it’s the inability or unwillingness to change, to help, to speak out; it’s the silence. It feels like one of those nightmares where you’re screaming at the top of your lungs and no-one can hear you. It takes inordinate amounts...

Offsetting the Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Your Flights

April 29, 2025 • carbon footprint • carbon offset • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • eco inspiration • education • environmental impact • greenhouse gas emissions • make a change • summer holidays • sustainable • travel

With the Summer holidays fast approaching, many Brits will be thinking of jetting off from the UK to sunnier shores. If you’re planning to hop on a plane this Summer, have you ever thought about the carbon cost of your holiday? Your Carbon Footprint Whilst the notion of a carbon footprint may be problematic in terms of fossil fuel companies off-loading their responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on to individual consumers, it is still a helpful tool. It helps us see a breakdown of the carbon impact of our choices as consumers. Did you...

LONG READ EXPLAINER: Why should the UK get to Net Zero? What is the benefit? [15 minutes]

March 26, 2025 • be the difference • carbon footprint • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • climate justice • earth day • earth month • eco • ecofriendly • environmental impact • global warming • greenhouse gas emissions • industrial revolution • make a change • net zero • reduce carbon footprint

(TLDR – skip to two FREE Conversation Guides – to help you talk about Net Zero with your friends and family.) 1. What’s the benefit of Net Zero? “I can’t see how Net Zero is possible or beneficial to us.” I've thought a LOT about how to respond to this statement. I made several (failed) starts to gather my thoughts into something coherent, until I realised that the disconnect came from the differing points from which we were both starting. As someone who works, and volunteers, in the climate space, I approach Net Zero from a scientific...

Easy Ways to Help the Climate that Ease Anxiety, but Don’t Cost Much Time or Money

January 22, 2025 • activism • anxiety • be the difference • carbon footprint • climate activism • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • climate justice • climate strikes • easy eco swaps • eco • eco ideas • eco inspiration • ecofriendly • environmental activism • environmental impact • environmental justice • environmentally hopeful • fossil fuels • i support you • low cost • mumlife • no judgement • reduce carbon footprint • sustainable

Top feelings are: (TLDR – skip to How to Help - when you don’t have much time 👇) Thank you First of all a HUGE thank you to everyone who answered my recent survey, I really appreciate it. The responses will give me a better understanding of people’s thoughts and feelings, and help me shape the content I create for my work and how I can best support people. Contented Earth Climate Survey January 2025 Secondly, if you haven’t yet responded, but still want to do so you can do so using the following links: 1) For...

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