jessica, Author at Writers Rebel

Wildness through the DecadesEvelyn Waters

jessica — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:38:43 +0000

It’s 1993. I am six. Outside my window, the crumbling mills of Blackburn stretch to the horizon. Grass verges paint broken lines down the edges of tarmac pavements. Mr. Barlow’s hedge stands boxy and prim. The occasional battered old car hums its way up the street from the CD factory, where the grown-ups work. Sometimes, [...]

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EVERYTHING IS FINEToby Litt

jessica — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:59:39 +0000

Just over a year ago, I was lucky enough to see Rich Felgate’s documentary, Finite: The Climate of Change. I’d been asked to chair a Q&A with Rich, Indigo Rumbelow of JSO, and Asad Rehman, director of War on Want, after a showing at the Bertha DocHouse cinema. I don’t think I did [...]

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SpellcastersRajat Chaudhuri

jessica — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:30:50 +0000

Rajat Chaudhuri’s novel is about how individual and planetary madness mirror one another. Part psychological thriller, part climate adventure with a twist of the occult, Spellcasters – from which the following extract is taken – is a story about dreams, desires and rough weather, and the long shadows that they cast across lives. [...]

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A Tale of Shifting EnergiesShivani Baghel

jessica — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:56:21 +0000

In the quest for balance and harmony, humanity finds itself in a tale of shifting energies, where the yin and yang dance together, shaping our world and our future. Chinese philosophy delves deep into the concept of Yin and Yang, exploring the balance between feminine and masculine energies. While Yang represents brightness, [...]

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WRITING THE OCEANDark Mountain Project

jessica — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 07:44:17 +0000

As the world’s oceans, lands, humans and more-than-humans struggle to adapt to – or even survive – climactic breakdown, many of us feel powerless to stem the tide of destruction, to fix the damage, to find solutions for living and thriving on a planet that is bearing the brunt of our appetite for her [...]

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FIGHT THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY: TAKE A CARBON HOLIDAYGary Stark

jessica — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:03:46 +0000

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” By now most of us are familiar with this expression, and nowhere does it apply more than in our response to climate change. Individually, we can recycle, stop flying and driving, turn off lights, plant trees, cut out meat, lobby [...]

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KEEPING IT REALSandy Winterbottom

jessica — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:08:24 +0000

Stirling ReUse Hub provides refurbished products to the local community. Its mission is to reduce waste, contribute to inclusive community wealth-building, and influence consumption habits. These are the stories from its people. When Johnny was seven years old, he watched a family friend build a shed out of reclaimed wood. He was sent for [...]

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LOVING THE WORLD AGAINLiz Jensen

jessica — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:31:49 +0000

Every parent fears losing a child, but when my first son was born I was gripped with an unshakable terror that one day a child of mine would die. Dismissing it wasn’t an option: its hold was too firm. It made me feel lonely and furtive and ashamed, the way awful secrets do. I [...]

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TRANSFORM YOUR PAIN INTO ACTIONMargaret Klein Salamon

jessica — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 08:00:18 +0000

In 2012 I was living in New York City, working as a therapist, and finishing my Ph.D. in clinical psychology. For years, I avoided thinking or reading about the climate because it made me feel terrified and helpless. I would read the first sentences of articles about global warming, and say to myself, [...]

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