"climate change" blog posts

We need to think about redefining citizenship in the Anthropocene Leviathan

We need to think about redefining citizenship in the Anthropocene

The hottest year on record was 2016. It was also the year scientists advised that Earth’s citizens were now living in the Anthropocene, the name proposed for an epoch in which humans influence geology and environment on a global scale.

Posted on: 17 February 2017

What Can Art Do?Arrival on the Island of Lesbos, summer 2016. Oil on board 45 x60 cmn

What Can Art Do?

I’m British, but never thought too patriotically about that knowing that my father’s ancestors invaded from Normandy in 1066. My mother arrived more recently, in 1938. She was German and did not approve of her government. She escaped in a hurry and was welcomed in England with an immediate offer of British citizenship. My childhood home was continually populated by folk from all over the world. ‘My country right or wrong’ never made sense to me, an internationalist.

Posted on: 8 February 2017