All tagged climate crisis
Did I set myself up for a fall? Or did I rush headlong into the unknown as per usual?. Brave or foolhardy, my decision to attend the Pre-COP31 knowledge sharing conference on climate in Nadi, Fiji was all that and more. I came away inspired by our Pacific neighbours and Torres Strait Islanders who are fighting for their coastal survival. Its up to all of us to stand together to protect this planet.
The ice is leaving and fast. Getting up close and personal with a 250,000 year old glacier is an awe inspiring experience. Saying goodbye to a fast receding icesheet leaves me in deep grief about the future of Greenland and the world.
It is surprising what art you make when asked to express your emotions, starting with anger. I hadn’t realised how angry I am with a government that denies climate crisis. My art started with bushfires and floods and ended with the happiness I felt being in this Hebridean landscape.
Lives lost, houses destroyed it has been a week of extreme temperatures and catastrophic fires in Australia. Driving through smoke in Nowra, our car covered in sooty ash, we escaped the bushfires in southern NSW. We were lucky but thousands were not. There is no escape from climate change.
