Voicebox: Climate Crisis
The climate crisis is worse that we feared, and dramatic, radical action is required to turn the tide before it's too late. From the smallest personal changes to international action, we all need to change to ensure we survive.
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6 December 2024
In This Climate: Sarah King lifts the lid on Rubbish Redesigned
Sarah King is the curator behind the 'Rubbish Redesigned' exhibition at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham. She spoke to Voice about the innovative artists transforming waste in fascinating ways.
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6 December 2024
In This Climate: Su Yu's art calls us out on our eco ignorance
Quick, get a clue before the iceberg melts. Su Yu's brilliant painting 'Iceberg Melting' has a lot to tell us about humanity's relationship with the climate.
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3 December 2024
In This Climate: Roma Piotrowska and Abdulrazaq Awofeso talk art from waste
The Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham is hosting the touring exhibition 'Waste Age' from the Design Museum. We spoke to MAC curator Roma Piotrowska and artist Abdulrazaq Awofeso about the poignant display.
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29 November 2024
In This Climate: Did COP29 actually achieve anything?
Keir Starmer was one of only a few major leaders who headed to Azerbaijan for the COP29 climate conference in Baku. We assembled a panel to react to whether the conference will help us in fighting the climate crisis.
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26 November 2024
Theatre Review: Brixham Chimes at Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Life. Death. Fish. Money. A completely live performance to music with film, ‘Brixham Chimes’ is a novella in verse about life, loss and our oceans by author Jim Funnel.
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26 November 2024
In This Climate: My evening with Extinction Rebellion
I reflect on a meeting with Extinction Rebellion, where the weight of the climate crisis felt daunting. In an increasingly unstable world, younger generations are expected to take charge. But is it solely the responsibility of one generation?
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26 November 2024
In This Climate: Stuart Goldsmith is trying to make the climate crisis funny
Stand-up comedian Stuart Goldsmith recently wrote an entire show about the climate crisis. Here, he tells us about trying to get laughs out of the most serious subject imaginable.
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25 November 2024
In This Climate: How fast fashion is destroying the world
When I was asked to create a piece of writing on the climate crisis, I struggled to find a way to minimise this enormous issue into one blog. Through research, I found that the fashion industry is having devastating effects on our planet.
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22 November 2024
What has Keir Starmer's government said about the climate crisis?
Labour promised to put tackling the climate crisis at the heart of its agenda. Four months after the General Election, does Keir Starmer's track record match up to what he said he would do?
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21 November 2024
In This Climate: Changing world and the recolonisation of Africa
Is the climate crisis getting any better, and what has history taught us about where we are today? This blog investigates some of the pieces connecting climate change, business and colonialism together in 2024.
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21 November 2024
In This Climate: Mother Earth's struggle and the power we hold
Climate change. We've all heard of it by now. Polar bears. Ice caps. Rising sea levels. The works. Doom is upon us, but there’s always hope.
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20 November 2024
In This Climate: Change... it's up to us
Climate change. It’s a big issue that affects all of us and the majority of people want to do something to help slow it down, but it can be overwhelming. Find out what you can do to help.
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19 November 2024
David Attenborough: My Climate Hero
In recent years, Attenborough has become much more than a natural historian; he’s a climate change hero, determined to wake us up to the reality of the environmental crisis.
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19 November 2024
In This Climate: Wren James explains how books might save us all
Wren James is the author of several books about the climate crisis, as well as the founder of the Climate Fiction Writers League — a collective of writers dedicated to getting the word out there about the state humanity is in.
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15 November 2024
Steve Irwin: My Climate Hero
Today, conservationists and fans around the world celebrate Steve Irwin Day in honour of the Australian wildlife presenter. To me, and many other children of the 2000s, the man known as the Crocodile Hunter is nothing short of a climate hero.
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13 November 2024
In This Climate: Serena Davies on directing David Attenborough docs
Serena Davies is the director of two climate-focused David Attenborough documentaries for the BBC. Here, she discusses how TV can play a role in tackling the climate crisis.
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8 November 2024
Introducing our new series: 'In This Climate?'
The climate crisis is the most pressing concern facing humanity in 2024. So in our new series, we're interviewing the creative voices using the arts to raise the alarm and offer solutions to save our environment before it's too late.
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7 August 2024
A Bee Story
Delightful family circus with an important environmental message