Friday June 5th : World Environment Day

stained & etched glass ready for window below c. janet driver

climate change window commissioned by the School of Life Sciences, Whitelands College  & made by Janet Driver 1998/9

This year the 45th United Nations World Environment Day is seeking to raise awareness of biodiversity issues worldwide... 

at the same time thousands of people are petitioning the UK government to prioritise green initiatives when it plans to kickstart the economy after the Covid 19 lockdown... 

and this all reminded me of how my research for this climate change window raised my own awareness... 

and just how many of the scenarios we then envisaged “some time in the future” have actually happened much earlier...during the last 20 years...

what can you see in that window ?

...a large part of it foretold the tsunami... & continual problems with flooding...immigration... terrific wild fires so recently in Australia... & far more...

45 years...20 years...    can the next 5 years after this pandemic make all the difference ...?

African Mirage, glass panel c Janet Driver

Daily Picture : Tuesday

Come and See : c. Janet Driver

What do you see ?

If you just stop & spend a little time with this painting you will probably see more and more hidden away in the weeping willow, the deep waters, or the corners...  children love discovering all sorts of things...

but what about the painting as a whole ?      what do you see ?

Earth Day 2020 : 50th Anniversary

earthday.org
‘Every year the Earth Day Network, as organizers of the original Earth Day, selects an environmental priority to engage the global public...’

Are you interested in doing some “citizen science” by joining in at home to check on air pollution or plastics ?        

 then click this link for information  earthchallenge2020.earthday.org

plenty of printable colouring pages on pinterest...

Climate Change

Wasn’t it a former UK PM who gave such an emotional speech at the Paris Climate Change meeting, asking what he / we would say to our children & grandchildren if we failed to act on Climate Change ...?

... and then what happened ?  Subsidies cut for Solar panels & the R Severn tidal project !

what was the point ? several start - up solar panel businesses had to close down...Why nip solar power in the bud just as people were beginning to put precious savings into rooftop solar panels?
And why stop progress on the R. Severn project, when we are an island nation surrounded by potential for tidal power?

Look at our children... 

Listen to them...

Now we have the technology...lets do far more !

I am so thankful for Greta Thunberg and her silent vigils.

I am glad she persuaded our politicians to declare a Climate Emergency.

But what has happened since then ?