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Why the Climate Crisis is a Health CrisisKatie Percival

Katie Percival — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 06:00:22 +0000

A short while ago I cared for a patient who was admitted to the hospital with breathlessness. He’d developed heart failure, a condition with a cruel name which describes a state where the heart muscle ceases to pump efficiently enough to deliver blood and oxygen to the cells that need them, often leading to [...]

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Almost Invisible AngelsJay Griffiths & Mark Rylance

Jay Griffiths — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:00:21 +0000

In Almost Invisible Angels, Jay Griffiths & Sir Mark Rylance speak out in praise of insects. Original score composed & performed by Sam Lee & Anna Phoebe. “They do not take the title of angels, being by nature bashful and unassuming, they go by other names – firefly, bee, ant, caddisfly – I wish that everyone who [...]

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In Case of Medical Climate Emergency, Break GlassAnouchka Grose

Anouchka Grose — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:35:45 +0000

COLLECTIVE ACTION OR COLLECTIVE SUICIDE One of the many alarming aspects of this latest heatwave is that you can link it to the climate emergency without anyone trying to make you feel crazy. For the long-time eco-anxious amongst us, this is more than a little disconcerting. Having been treated like lunatics for decades, suddenly [...]

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“We Don’t Know Who Will Be the Rosa Parks of the Climate Movement” – Alex Lockwood at THE ANTIDOTE

Alex Lockwood — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 07:00:18 +0000

Here’s acclaimed activist, writer and founder-member of our Writers Rebel clan Alex Lockwood, with a clarion call to action. We’ve vanishingly little time left to mitigate against the worst case climate scenarios so if you’re waiting for your time to act: your time is now. Alex wrote The Chernobyl Privileges, a story of [...]

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