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Love your greens

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I had an epiphany this week. When suggesting a vegan diet to someone to reverse heart disease they responded […]

November 2, 2019 Journal

Those who say it can’t be done should not interrupt those who are doing it

I saw this great Tweet from Pedal Me a few days ago: Those who say it cannotbe done […]

October 30, 2019 Journal

Global climate strikes

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The global climate strikes begin tomorrow. The Aberdeen event is at Marischal College tomorrow at 11am. I will […]

September 19, 2019 Journal

Chernobyl

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Ben and I watched the first episode of the TV series Chernobyl last night and it was brilliant! […]

September 7, 2019 Climate change, Journal

Global Climate Strike

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Global climate strikes are planned for September 20 – 27th and I’ll be attending the Aberdeen strike on […]

August 29, 2019 Climate change, Journal

Hot weather and visits from family and friends

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Yesterday was hot. BBC weather says it was 24C here which felt pretty awful. How did I ever […]

July 24, 2019 Journal

Faith-based leadership and a climate emergency

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I was going to write a post about faith-based leadership when I came across this article – Faith […]

May 20, 2019 Journal

I’m going on a permanent shaving strike

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I’ve decided to stop shaving my legs. Living in a cold climate where I wear tights or trousers […]

May 17, 2019 Journal

It was summer here in February

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It has felt like summer here for the past week or so and lots of temperature records have […]

March 2, 2019 Climate change

Air pollution event recap

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I helped organise an air pollution event in Aberdeen yesterday. This was a joint initiative of the Aberdeen […]

November 26, 2018 Cycling, Journal

Cycling on the AWPR and a weekend of protests

The AWPR still hasn’t opened. It has been beset by delays and no-one knows when it will open […]

November 21, 2018 Journal

Fed up with hot and dry

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I miss winter. I truly do. Yes, I like watching the garden come to life in spring and […]

July 24, 2018 Journal

It’s not all or nothing

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I’ve recently started drinking oat milk drink. I usually drink soya but Ben recently went dairy-free at home […]

June 16, 2018 Journal

McPiggy and the meaning of life

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Aberdeen Climate Action recently had a competition to design a mascot. Children completed entries at Climate Week North […]

March 30, 2018 Climate change

Growing your own food

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Climate Café no.5 was on in Aberdeen last night. If you live in Aberdeen I highly recommend this […]

March 7, 2018 Climate change, Journal

Aberdeen’s Climate Café Series

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About 6 months ago I started volunteering for a local community organisation dedicated to inspiring real action on […]

November 13, 2017 Climate change

Meat allergy tick is spreading thanks to climate change

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I thought this story was a hoax at first but I Googled it and found reputable sources like […]

June 26, 2017 Journal, Vegan

Is Donald Trump right to claim unfairness over Paris?

There’s a brilliant article from Peter Singer in Project Syndicate this week about Donald Trump’s whinging over the unfairness […]

June 6, 2017 Journal

Hodmedod’s

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Recently I discovered lentils and soya beans are grown in the UK and in the process I stumbled […]

May 11, 2017 Journal, Vegan

Climate change and the elephant in the room

Livestock farming produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transport sector. That’s all the planes, trains, trucks, […]

April 13, 2017 Climate change, Vegan

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