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LONG READ EXPLAINER: Why should the UK get to Net Zero? Won’t it cost us too much? 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 – two 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 have been thinking a LOT about how to respond to this statement a friend made to me a couple of months ago. (And this question has freshly hit the headlines again in the UK with Kemi Badenoch’s recent speech.) I made several (failed) starts to gather my thoughts into something coherent, until I realised that...

Sometimes I wish I could give up.

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Dear friends, family and followers, Sometimes I wish I could just give up. And I bet you wish I would too sometimes… ;-) Give up going on and on (and on) about the climate crisis. Stop banging on about taking climate action. Quit posting things on social media that make my friends feel anxious, overwhelmed, panicked, uncomfortable, stressed. I know I seem always happy, always confident, always positive, but there is part of me that is simply desperate to give up. To just stop. To walk away. To no longer feel the despair, the...

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03/01/25

Fab carbon literacy course

Great carbon literacy course! A nice mix of facts and information but also done in a really mindful way that allowed for connection and hope against the climate crisis!

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Ruth T.

11/21/24

Recommended!

Elena lead an inspiring, inclusive and worthwhile Carbon Literacy Training for our group. She was an engaging and thoughful tutor, and the content of the course was a good balance of learning, engagement and ensuring that we had really understood the subject.

Andrea C.

11/13/24

Climate Confidence

This was a comprehensive look at Climate Change, it's causes and consequences, delivered at a good pace and with excellent up to date materials. It delivered exactly what I needed.

Giorgia C.

05/15/24

Great course

A great course, highly recommended to gain a solid knowledge base on the Whats, Whys and Hows of the climate crisis and how to do something about it (because we all can and should). Elena is great, and happy to share her knowledge well beyond the course materials. I'm very happy I took this course.

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Camille D.

04/27/24

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LONG READ EXPLAINER: Why should the UK get to Net Zero? Won’t it cost us too much? What is the benefit? [15 minutes]

Sometimes I wish I could give up.

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