by pennyurquhart | Nov 25, 2022 | climate grief, environment, Uncategorized
Art and ecology are interwoven in a rich and timeless seam that has surely helped humans synthesise meaning and comfort since our early days as a species. And this is the landscape navigated by that wonderful organisation known as art.earth – a collective of artists...
by pennyurquhart | Mar 16, 2021 | culture, environment, happiness, Uncategorized
What is the good news today? There must be some, despite Brazil still reeling under Covid’s assault, Beijing choking in the worst dust storm in a decade, and terrible ongoing wars in Yemen and Syria. This was part of my internal monologue this morning, before opening...
by pennyurquhart | Apr 22, 2020 | climate change, climate change and health, environment, Uncategorized
Wednesday, April 22nd, 1970, was a cloudy day in New York City, with a high of 64 degrees Fahrenheit. On that day in South Africa, the Nationalist Party led by B. J. Vorster had just trounced the far-right Verkrampte Herstigte Nasionale Party– the HNP – in a...
by pennyurquhart | Jan 29, 2019 | climate change, climate conversations, environment, Uncategorized
This is Part 2 of my conversation with evolutionary and behavioural biologist Professor Camille Parmesan, of Plymouth University and the SETE/CNRS Ecology Centre in Moulis, France, in which Camille talks about the moments when she realised how severely climate change...
by pennyurquhart | Jul 26, 2018 | climate change, climate conversations, environment, Uncategorized
Part 2 of my conversation on climate with Ani Tsondru, Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition, continues her story after she had spent more than seven years in closed retreat in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Spain. Tsondru describes how the lack of a supportive...
by pennyurquhart | Apr 29, 2016 | Africa, environment, Uncategorized
Imagine a world without birdsong. It’s unthinkable, isn’t it? But song birds all over the world are in trouble – this is the motivation behind The Messenger, Su Rynard’s 2015 documentary that aims to raise awareness and, hopefully, galvanise...
