Ir you give a damn, find a functional group
Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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Category Archives: Unsolicited advice
Global warming, local swarming; or “Does this clown EVER shut up?” #oldfartclimateadvice
In a recent blog post that seems to have provoked at least one four-letter response, I promised to give yet more unsolicited advice, on how I would design and execute “a meeting for 200 people that involved new people, old … Continue reading
Meet is murder: “Where do we meet?” is not the only question #oldfartclimateadvice #potemkinclusivity #shoddyneologisms
Tl:dr blog post about how getting the venue, design and delivery of a meeting right is if not a distraction, then only a very small part of movement-building. We need to de-centre ourselves and see ourselves as a (small) part … Continue reading
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The moment of maximum danger – What next for #ExtinctionRebellion in #Manchester? #unsolicitedadvice #oldfartclimateadvice
More and more talk of climate change in the papers, on the news. New documentaries that cut through the public’s lack of awareness. Soothing words come from the politicians, but the Prime Minister has become a weakened figure, everyone counting … Continue reading
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Summer is coming: 6 ways to maintain momentum & morale after the May #Climate Strike. #Manchester #oldfartclimateadvice
Some thoughts on what the climate strikers and their allies and supporters could do to sustain morale and momentum after the May strike On Friday May 24th the next climate strikes happen around the UK, and presumably the world too. There’s … Continue reading
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What might allyship with young #climate activists look like? #YouthStrike4Climate #oldfartclimateadvice
What does it mean to stand in solidarity with youth who are on strike for their futures? How do old farts who have been failing (or doing nothing) on climate change behave usefully in the coming months and years? What … Continue reading
Upcoming event: Australia’s #climate policy debacle & wider lessons. #Manchester Thurs 28 March #Tyndall
Another Tyndall Centre seminar! Tyndall Manchester invite you to attend the next talk in our seminar series “Enacting inertia”: The Australian climate policy debacle and its global relevance by Marc Hudson, on Thursday 28th March (room C21, Pariser Building, Sackville Street) at 1.00pm. “Enacting inertia”: The Australian … Continue reading
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A plethora of upcoming #Manchester #climate meetings/events
In chronological order Monday 21st January, at 5.30pm Extinction Rebellion meeting at the Sandbar, Grosvenor St Tuesday 22nd you have a choice of a) Frack Free Greater Manchester AGM Join us to find out the latest news on the anti-fracking … Continue reading
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Hope, false hope, stupid hope and #climatechange: From Paris to Extinction (Rebellion)
Here’s the tl:dr – The Paris Agreement and Extinction Rebellion are two sides (or symptoms) of the same coin, i.e. the suspension of critical faculties by people who know better but are in desperate search of reasons to be hopeful … Continue reading
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Dear ‘new’ climate activist, unsolicited advice #oldfartclimateadvice
Following on from the posts about ‘FridaysforFuture’ on this site, I’ve written something from the perspective of a cynical, misanthropic, unpopular burnt out climate activist (it was a real stretch to put myself in that headspace). And would suggest that … Continue reading
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Further thoughts on #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike. Threats and opportunities etc…
This morning bridges in London were occupied by thousands (or hundreds, if you read the BBC), of people concerned about well, the possible extinction of the human species from climate change. It seems likely that we are entering a renewed … Continue reading
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