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 and a bumper harvest
More mistakes to savour We’ve spent a lot of time this summer trying to correct a big mistake from...
Making the case for small stories about climate change
The best stories about climate change are not about climate change. Rather, they are about small,...
In his new book – “Falter” – Bill McKibben asks: “Is it too late?”
Food system collapse, sea‐level rise, unbearable heat, disease. In his new book “Falter,” Bill McKibben asks: “Is it too late?”
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...
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...