How to get smarter about your business’s water use (8 Jun) 28 May 2021
I’m looking forward to speaking at this event on the 8th. It’s going to be a great opportunity to help raise awareness of the need to save water in Reading. I’ll be doing a bit of scene setting: explaining why climate change and growth are issues for us; and introducing the ReadingCAN Water Theme.
Citizens’ Jury: Enabling safe access to the river 5 May 2021
On 25 March I had the great pleasure of presenting for the Rethinking Water Citizens’ Jury. Mine was an interesting topic on Enabling safe access to the river system. It …
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Why haven’t we fixed climate change yet? 23 November 2020
A reflection on what has happened with ‘Climate Change’ the most important issue facing humanity. Why haven’t we fixed it yet? And how optimistic am I now.
Met Office: What is climate change?
The Met Office has a very good explanation of what climate change is. This includes evidence from UK and global sources; as well as causes and impacts, and statistics on extreme events.
Rivers of Reading event 20 November 2020
The Reading Climate Festival has been a great week of events, all supporting the launch of our new Climate Emergency Strategy. This was a perfect opportunity for us, the ReadingCAN …
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Looking forward to the Climate Festival 10 October 2020
It’s October already. The second wave of the coronavirus dominates the news, and is a huge concern for everyone. As I write this, we are in self-isolation. We’re waiting for …
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Link to: How does it make you feel…?
This amazing event was recorded on 14 November 2020. We had great on-line audience, who made it really special with all the kind and supportive chat messages. I’m very pleased to be able to share the recording with you to listen again…
Talking at Reading Town Meal 2020 30 September 2020
It was great to be able to share some of the things we are planning to do in our new Reading Climate Emergency Strategy last night. Many thanks to Michael Bright, and all at Reading Town Meal, for organising the event and for keeping things going despite the Covid restrictions.
The Return of the Sun album 28 September 2020
This is the first Avian album (released 2020).
From one extreme to another 28 July 2020
There has been a lot going on for me with the completion of the Reading Climate Emergency Strategy, and then stepping down as RCCP Chair, with all the pieces to …
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