Event – New Scientist Live Weekend – Review
The New Scientist magazine ran their annual weekend of talks and stalls at ExCel London – a large exhibition space – in October 2024.
App – All Trails – Review
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.
Festival – Buddhafield – Review
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.
Book (fiction) – Any Human Power – Review
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.
A Visit to Kew Gardens – Review
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.
Film – Wilding – Review
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.
Virtual Reality – Life Chronicles – Review
This is a Virtual Reality experience taking you from the formation of the Earth 4.5 billion years ago through to today. In the experience, after seeing planet Earth formed, the story moves on to early life. Later there are primordial forests, dinosaurs and an early form of humans – a different branch than the one that led to homo sapiens.
Documentary – Teilhard: Visionary Scientist – Review
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 – 1955) was born in the Auvergne region in France and became a Jesuit Priest. He was deeply committed to his spiritual journey and, throughout his life, he did not waver from his vision of a loving divine presence embedded in the world. However, his scientific work, particularly in palaeontology where he became an advocate for evolution, put him at odds with the dogma of the Catholic Church.
Art Exhibition – Artists and Disability – Review
GreenSpirit member Lesley Illingworth gave a speech in the House of Commons building to support her art exhibition: "Artists and Disability – Oppression: Up Close and Intensive".
Book – Anthology of Poems for GreenSpirits complied by Joan Angus – Review
The Anthology of Poems for GreenSpirits is the eleventh title in the low-cost GreenSpirit Book Series, compiled by GreenSpirit’s very own Joan Angus, which comes across as a 188-page labour of love, consisting of nine essential sections covering topics such as Seasons, Lifestyles, Relationships, Meeting Nature’s Communities, and Healing.