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Friday Find posts

Welcome to my Friday Finds page. But what are they? The Friday Finds are short educational articles that can be about any subject matter in the eco and climate space.  They give you facts and an overview of each topic – big or small.

Enjoy the posts.

Plant Power: Eating for the planet

World Vegan Month: Why Plant-Based Eating Helps Your Health and the Planet There is something hugely impactful that we can all do to help the climate movement — just by being mindful.Easy right?It really is. You just need to add more plant-based foods into your diet.As it happens, November =...

COP30: Action in the Amazon

COP30 in Brazil: Can the Amazon Host Deliver Real Climate Action? COP. A yearly spotlight on the state of our planet, coupled with well-intended plans.We all know it’s not going really well.This year, the event is being held earlier than usual, from 10–21 November. Its location? Belém, Brazil, right in...

Jane Goodall: The Scientist Who Changed How We See Nature

Jane Goodall: A Life of Compassion and Conservation Of course, this article has to be about Jane. Scientist. Conservationist. Humanitarian. My hero, and for many others too. Jane Goodall. The first human to truly observe chimpanzees — our closest living relatives. She discovered that they make tools and that they...

Coldplay’s Green Tour

Coldplay’s Green Tour: Cutting Concert Emissions by 59% ♨️Live concerts can generate a footprint of 25kg of CO2 equivalent per person for one event. This isn’t far off from one person’s daily CO2 output of activities. So, what are bands, festival organisers and venues doing? Right now, not a whole...

How Our ‘Normal’ Changes with Every Generation

Shifting Baseline Syndrome If you’re over 30, you might say things like “when I was young” or “10 years ago.” 😉 So, I wonder when you were younger What do you remember about nature? What foods were available? What was your local area like? I am in my 40s. 🤔...

Manchester’s Peatland🌍 Fighting Climate Change

Manchester’s Peatlands Holding on to holiday mode, even though school starts again soon! We just visited Manchester, UK, where my sister lives. We celebrated a big birthday together. Manchester is known as an old industrial city. But surprisingly, it is full of nature. In the Greater Manchester area, you’re always...

Paris grows greener

Paris goes green Paris. We’ll be there in just a few days! The city of love❤️. It is home to many world-famous sights from the Eiffel Tower🗼 to the newly restored Notre-Dame de Paris.⛪ But there is a new must-see in Paris; the glowing green spaces 🌱 – with many...

Too hot. It’s a heatwave

We are hopefully nearing the end. But right now (early summer 2025) we are still experiencing a heatwave. 🥵 The daily average temperature has been around 10°C higher than usual here. 🌡️Today, we are looking at a peak of 37°C. Temperatures are finally set to dip in a couple of...

Our wondrous oceans & the deep sea

Our oceans.  Our most incredible defence system to the carbon problem. But our oceans have been weakened. They are less able to act as a climate regulator and support much needed adaptation. This month has been a big month for our oceans. It started with World Ocean Day on 8...