new exciting CLIMATE BLOG

I am very excited. Phoebe and I have just done our first post on our new blog!

http://www.climatedirectory.blogspot.com/

We decided to start a website that presents a small number of things you can do against climate change, from building your own wind turbine to signing a petition to get solar on Parliament. We research a topic a week and look at the work of charities, individuals, communities and governments, selecting exciting and achievable things for people to do.

It came about because we kept feeling that we had to do 'something', but the amount of different things to do can be quite overwhelming, especially to people like us who change lightbulbs and recycle but don't know where to go from there.

So our blog will hopefully make it easier for you, if you have ever wanted to do 'something' about climate change, to do it. Have a look, and if you know of anything we could feature let us know.

Untangle: the final shortshort

Phoebe and I's final short short, which will be an advert for a website we're setting up. We're making an online, independent kind of directory, of climate change activism. Aimed at people who, like us, do the basics, but don't know where to go from there. We are told over and over to 'do something', 'take action'. But we still found ourselves confused about exactly what to do. The directory will be regularly updated with reports on different subjects: emissions, for example. And our content will come from the work of all major charities, local community activism, and government initiatives, giving people an overview of what possible actions they can do on the subject. We are not experts. But we are trying to make sense of what's going on, for ourselves and others.

If anyone has any experience making websites or advice, we would be eternally grateful. Otherwise we'll just muddle through.