Jeremy Williams

Poetry

What we learned this week earthbound.report/2019/07/20/wha… https://t.co/EefToft5Jq around 1 day ago
RT @MaidEnergyCoop: Thank you so much to everyone who's invested in our solar co-op this morning - £34,000 in total! Amazing! We're £4,500… around 1 day ago
Bringing @ExtinctionR to #luton town centre on the anniversary of the peace day riots. Time to declare a climate em… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… around 2 days ago

What we learned this week
“Growth alone does not lead to a great country. So it’s time to focus on those things that do.” That’s Jacinda Ardern introducing New Zealand’s wellbeing budget, which is all explained on its own official website. Well worth exploring for a more nuanced view of economic growth and what progress looks like in developed countries. […]
Civil disobedience and the benefit of hindsight
100 years ago today was Peace Day, a national holiday called to mark the end of the First World War. It didn’t end peacefully here in Luton. The town had been simmering with resentment over food prices and shortages, and the lack of care for returning soldiers. Things came to a head when the mayor […]
Between chaos and catastrophe
I’ve recently read Facing up to Climate Reality and This is Not a Drill. On the review pile on my desk are books called This Civilisation is Finished and Against Doom. Losing Earth and Falter are two more that I might not get round to, because the will to live remains quite important to me. […]