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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21 April 2021 – 7 May 2021
Young Volunteer Opportunity at The William Morris Society
We are recruiting for a brand-new Young Volunteer Project at the William Morris Society! We need your imagination and ideas to help us to explore issues around climate change and the environment to inspire the local community.
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20 April 2021 – 26 April 2021
What do you think are the big issues young people face today?
Y7 needs your voice to help inform policy decisions
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19 April 2021
St Vincent volcano throws island into turmoil
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes on the Caribbean island of St Vincent after a volcanic eruption blanketed the island in smoke and ash, leaving the country in dire need of aid.
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8 April 2021
The Wildlife Trusts’ fight to recover nature in the UK
Ice Age ’ghost’ ponds will be restored in one of ten new schemes launched to boost wildlife after an £8 million fundraising campaign.
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8 April 2021
Apple takes further action to clean their carbon footprint
Apple announced last year that it will be entirely carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030, and the company is now taking steps to use renewable energy.
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6 April 2021
Mission Green: Universities
How are the UK's universities tackling climate change?
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31 March 2021
Early Japanese cherry blossom caused by climate change
Japan’s cherry blossom trees are universally admired and are a centerpiece of Japanese culture, but their early blossom this year is not something to celebrate, say climate scientists.
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12 March 2021
Paris Agreement CO2 goals require global lockdown every two years
Research has shown that carbon dioxide emissions must fall by the equivalent of a global lockdown roughly every two years for the next decade for the world to keep within safe limits of global heating.
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6 March 2021
Mission Green: Books
Is the publishing industry doing enough for the environment?
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6 March 2021 – 31 March 2021
How to have your voice heard at the G7 summit
Offering 10,000 young people from across the country the chance to have their voice heard with G7 world leaders, by taking their seat #atthetable and participating in a huge, UK wide survey.
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1 March 2021
A third of top UK companies exposed for high CO2 emissions
A new report unveils the damage that the UK industry is doing to the environment.
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6 February 2021
Mission Green: Music Festivals
Are festivals doing enough for the environment?
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28 January 2021
Interview with filmmaker Chloe Potamiti
Chloe Potamiti talks to us about their short film Human Nature, which is now available as part of our Winter Film Festival. Human Nature explores how we are connected to the natural world, and reminds people that humans don't simply live alongside nature, we are a part of it.
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24 November 2020
10 tiny things you can do to help the environment and produce zero waste
We may be in the middle of a mass crisis with the ongoing pandemic, but let us not forget that the planet is in a constant crisis too. Here are 10 tiny steps you can do at home to produce zero waste and help our planet.
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13 November 2020
Printing a Rebellion: Interview with Clive Russell
An interview with Clive Russell, prominent graphic designer and one of the earliest contributors to Extinction Rebellion, on the art style of the movement.
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17 September 2020
Climate change: Covid’s effect on the countryside
When we first entered lock-down, travel ceased and tourism halted. One unexpected outcome from this that became visible instantly: the environment started to heal. But now, as we trickle back to ‘normal’ life are we damaging the world more than ever?
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7 September 2020
Mythbusting: The climate crisis
With so much fake news floating around, Bea directs her attention to mythbusting an issue that will affect us all: climate change.
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6 August 2020
Nature and Climate Change
We're all familiar with the plight of the polar bear as our planet warms, but how is nature as a whole likely to react to a changing climate?