In Sheffield, one of Europe’s greenest cities, the council had a contract with a Spanish firm to improve the roads. This included cutting down a lot of trees, many of them along the sides of roads. This film is a true account of the local activists who took it upon themselves to confront, and to try to stop, the council from this appalling destruction.
The concept of this novel appears quite simple. It follows one day in the life of six astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Nothing dramatic happens – there are no emergencies or aliens – yet the result is a beautiful and poetic (short) book which won the 2024 Booker Prize.
As a child I was rather sensitive to the world of spirit and the voice of Nature. Fortunately, the chasm of my childhood beliefs in God, spirits and communication with non-human beings was not subdued, and thus never ceased. Each year the contemplation of unknowing grew within me – a questioning of what God may actually be: Nature, a man in the starry heavens above, energy?
The New Scientist magazine ran their annual weekend of talks and stalls at ExCel London – a large exhibition space – in October 2024.
Do you go rambling, forest bathing or hiking? Well, here is a game changer to help you. In the same way that sat navs have transformed car travel, I am sure that this app (and similar ones) will transform hiking in the same way.
When I joined GreenSpirit in the late 1990s one of the names I soon became aware of was that of Grace Blindell. Grace was one of the driving forces in those early days of our movement and I remember well my initial impression from our first meeting. Highly energetic, enthusiastic, very intelligent, kind – but clearly someone who stood no nonsense!
I’ve been to Buddhafield five times, and each time I’ve enjoyed it. If you are not a Buddhist (I’m not), don’t be put off by the title. The festival is more of a Buddhist/Pagan infusion, and it has a lot in common with green spirituality.
Alanna Penhaligan made a promise to her grandson Finn on her deathbed, that she would come back to him and play wargames on the internet with him. In doing so, she bound herself to the ‘Between’ in the afterlife.
Ten minutes’ walk from London’s Kew Gardens Station are the botanical gardens themselves. Founded in the late 19th century, Kew is London’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Site, which holds the world’s largest collection of living plants and consists of various well-known glasshouses that are surrounded by expansive green areas where such things as a Bamboo Garden and large Rock Garden can be found.
This is a wonderful film about the Knepp Estate, which is a farm that has been rewilded – mostly by letting Nature do its thing but also with the introduction of some animals such as pigs.
