Harnessing the power of volunteering to bring about change As a representative of Castle Point Climate Action group I recently took part in the on-line annual general meeting of the Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services and I was reminded, if I needed reminding, that a great deal of fantastic work is going on at
The Queen’s Christmas broadcast highlighted local communities supporting each other I thought the Queen’s Christmas broadcast last year was pitched perfectly. I found it really uplifting. It almost brought a tear to my eye! Why? Because it spelt out just how the pandemic has brought local communities together: how the people in those local communities are
Is a different Christmas story emerging? Perhaps one that may also have lasting positive impacts? We all know the story of Christmas this year will be very different – no big family gatherings, no office parties and no popping into the neighbours for mulled wine and a mince pie! Yes, we’ll all be missing out
I’m delighted that more good news stories now seem to be coming in thick and fast! As stories of gloom and doom flood ever faster into television news channels and onto the front page of newspapers, as the COVID crisis drags on, as democracy and truth seem to have been undermined and as the dark
Light bulb moment: I’m suffering Eco-Anxiety! [Editors note: this article was first published in on 5th July. We have republished today because the brilliant video below has just been added. Eileen talks about her eco-anxiety because of climate change fears but ends on a note of hope…. ] It was on waking in the middle
The power of a regular dose of good news to stop us feeling overwhelmed Just as I was having one of those black days when my eco-anxiety was taking hold and I was feeling overwhelmed by the violence, misery and sadness of our world – I guess we all have those days sometimes, don’t we?
The Global Green New Deal: What’s That All About? I’ve been hearing a lot about the ‘Global Green New Deal’ lately so I set off to find out what it’s all about… I’ve come to see that it attempts to cover what needs to be done on a global scale to deal with the climate
The message is coming through loud and clear that imagination is crucial in creating a vision of what a better life could look like. A chilling reminder of how crucial imagination is during these challenging times can be found in the Book of Proverbs: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” The Global Green
Although I find it challenging, nurturing my feelings of hope is really important I regularly come across people who, if they think about what’s going on in the world, see the future as bleak and say things like ‘There’s no hope’ and ‘What can I do to help change things?’ I can well understand their
Join the people and organisations who are changing the world In my previous series of blogs, looks like the world’s gone mad, I focussed on the issues and problems we see in today’s mad world. Our world is in trouble. The climate is changing dangerously and we are polluting the air, the land and the