"climate change" blog posts
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?
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