Learning, working and having fun: weekend courses at The Big Raise
We offer two types of weekend: permaculture and meditation or permaculture and vegan cooking. Our...
Planting our first fruit trees and becoming parents to two kittens
We were lucky enough to inherit 40 hazelnut trees, 30 sweet chestnuts, 15 peaches, four pawpaw...
More mistakes to savour – our changing relationship with animals – no rain but a bumper harvest
More mistakes to savour We’ve spent a lot of time this summer trying to correct a big mistake from...
Ending climate change means ending capitalism. Do we dare?
Climate change activism is increasingly the domain of the young, such as 16‐year‐old Greta...
Thanks, climate strikers. Your action matters and your power will be felt.
I want to say to all the climate strikers today: thank you so much for being unreasonable....
As high tide flooding worsens, more pollution is swept out to sea
As sea levels rise, high‐tide flooding is becoming a growing problem in many parts of the globe,...
W is for What if?
What if, at the start of the 21st century, we had taken climate change seriously? What if we had...
G is for Greta
We are totally inspired by 16‐year‐old Greta Thunberg and what she has managed to achieve with her...
C for Citizens’ Assemblies
Citizens Assemblies are a powerful tool for hearing the thoughts of a population without the...