“It’s Not That Radical” – organising for an environmentally just future with Mikaela Loach

July 16, 2024 ~ Jules Bristow ~ Leave a comment

Last night my partner and I went to see Mikaela Loach, climate justice organiser and author of "It's Not That Radical" in conversation with Kalkidan Legesse at Bookbag, Exeter's independent bookshop. Mikaela Loach on the left and Kalkidan Legesse on the right, sitting in front of microphones and viewed over the shoulders of seated crowd … Continue reading “It’s Not That Radical” – organising for an environmentally just future with Mikaela Loach

Shrinking your festival footprint

July 3, 2022August 6, 2025 ~ Jules Bristow ~ 1 Comment

This past weekend saw the first Glastonbury festival post pandemic. Now that the stages are silent, the cows have returned, the revellers are home and the more organised among them may even have made their way through the horror that is post-festival laundry. And as always, after the party comes the cleanup. Glastonbury employs a … Continue reading Shrinking your festival footprint

The Amazon is still burning. What can we in the UK do to help?

December 6, 2019January 16, 2023 ~ Jules Bristow ~ Leave a comment

A photograph of the children's book Antonio's Rainforest by Anna Lewington, which has a young smiling boy and a picture of sunlight shining through vast trees on the cover, lying on grass with daisies in. This year for my five year old niece's birthday I bought a lovely book by the ethnobotanist Anna Lewington, about … Continue reading The Amazon is still burning. What can we in the UK do to help?

How Greta Thunberg’s Atlantic crossing is accidentally tackling period stigma

August 20, 2019August 6, 2025 ~ Jules Bristow ~ 2 Comments

https://youtu.be/WT8NemS6FmQ Greta Thunberg is currently crossing the Atlantic in the sailing yacht Malizia II in order to attend the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, which in addition to being an exciting adventure for her of which I am extremely envious is a CO2 neutral alternative to a flight that would have released two … Continue reading How Greta Thunberg’s Atlantic crossing is accidentally tackling period stigma

Pathetic micro-consumerist bollocks

May 11, 2019July 9, 2020 ~ Jules Bristow ~ 2 Comments

Is it worth trying to reduce your personal impact when we need to tackle climate breakdown on a systemic level, or is it just, as George Monbiot calls it, pathetic micro-consumerist bollocks? Edit 20th May: replaced the embedded Facebook video with a Youtube one as it didn't seem to be visible to some people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir-XjQhOyNQ … Continue reading Pathetic micro-consumerist bollocks