For myself, in Birmingham, we have CEB (Community Energy Birmingham):

https://www.communityenergybirmingham.coop/about-us/

“Community Energy Birmingham is a community renewables co-operative. It was set up in 2012 (originally under the name of CoRE50 Limited) by members of three local low carbon groups in south Birmingham: Balsall Heath is our Planet, Sustainable Moseley (SusMo) and Kings Heath Transition.

The groups already had experience to draw on in planning and implementing renewable energy systems. SusMo accessed British Gas funding in 2009-2010 to install solar PV on four community buildings in Moseley (including St. Mary’s Parish Church). After gaining experience with this project, members invited the other two organisations to join them in enabling more asset-based community organisations to develop renewable energy system. This was always an aspiration for the groups, which wants to ensure that every suitable site can have community-owned renewable energy.”

This is truly a step in the right direction. Do you have any other similar local projects?

We should all know by now that meat consumption is drastically linked with climate change. What are some of the best meat alternative you have come across?

For me (living in the UK) it's definitely the meat free sausages that Richmond do now. They aren't gluten free but they are reasonably priced and taste amazing.

What do you think?

We need to demand more of our media.

Germany is no accident, the rise in freak weather events is endemic across the planet. The rate of them happening is much higher than what scientists could have predicted. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/16/climate-scientists-shocked-by-scale-of-floods-in-germany

Depressing as it may be, climate change needs to be discussed by the media as the central issue of our time. Anything that poses such an existential threat to humanity should not be sidelined and it is up to our media to do more to report on climate change constantly.

Infact, every other issue should be discussed with relation to climate change, everything political, social or cultural needs to be discussed through it’s relation to climate change.

This is a terrifying state of affairs. But everyone needs to be aware of it.

What do you think? How often should we be updated on freak weather events?