Friends of Carbon Copy: Climate Emergency UK Dec 01, 2023 It’s one thing to have a plan of action and another thing to act on the plan. Climate Emergency UK, working with a team of trained volunteers, independently assessed all UK councils on their progress...
Circular Season’s Greetings Nov 20, 2023 It’s that wonderful time of year, when, regardless of cultural background, many families are getting together, eating and drinking more, buying gifts for one another and generally enjoying the festiv...
Freya Stuart-Hopkins: The Force of Fungi Oct 02, 2023 I don't know what you were doing during September’s unprecedented heatwave in the UK, but I was on the hunt for mushrooms. No not the kind you’re thinking of; but perhaps even more magical. Whilst...
Bucking Trends, Punctuating Equilibrium Sep 21, 2023 We’ve recently published the latest release of greenhouse gas emissions data from the Department for Energy and Net Zero Strategy (DENZS, formerly BEIS). This time around, we’ve conducted some new an...
Seeing Red Jun 20, 2023 From a young age we are taught that different colours have different meanings. Blue is a cool, calm colour. The colour of sunny, cloudless skies and beautiful crystal seas. Red is a hot, angry...
Count Me In May 25, 2023 Perhaps you were one of the 6 million people who took up hundreds of thousands of volunteering roles on the extra May bank holiday as the coronation festivities concluded with the ‘Big Help Out’. Thi...
Decade Zero, Year Three May 22, 2023 It’s a good thing we don’t have to depend on the UK’s independent Climate Change Committee for encouraging news! The CCC’s purpose is to report to Parliament on government progress made in reducing g...
Sophie Marple: From Anxiety To Action May 01, 2023 We spoke to Sophie Marple, co-Founder of Mothers CAN, about how to stay hopeful in the face of eco-anxiety. Read on for her thoughts, or watch the video above for the full conversation. ‘I had don...
Friends of Carbon Copy: Climate Cymru Apr 03, 2023 Carbon Copy is proud to be member of Climate Cymru’s growing network of over 300 organisations from every sector in Welsh society, and part of a movement of over 14,000 individuals from across Wales,...
All That Nature Holds Mar 20, 2023 In Zen Buddhism, a 'koan' is a surprising and often perplexing phrase that makes us think twice. One of the most familiar koans is the simple question, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is ar...
Connie Muir: Croydon Community Energy Mar 08, 2023 We spoke to Connie this International Women’s Day about her journey from working in the energy sector to founding and running a renewable energy cooperative. My name is Connie Muir. I'm based in C...
23 Community Actions In 2023 Feb 20, 2023 People who are worried about the impact of climate change – which is three-quarters of the population in the UK – are asking, “what can I do?” and too often receive answers that are clichéd and consu...
Caroline Aistrop: Stroud & Proud Jan 20, 2023 When I first moved to Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1988, national journalists were arriving at the railway station and asking taxi drivers to ‘take me to the trees’. The drivers knew exactly where to...
CC Impact Report 2022: Glimmer Of Hope Dec 21, 2022 Political and economic turmoil in the UK overshadowed a more disturbing theme running through our seasonal statistics this year. During winter storms, record-breaking winds caused major travel chaos...
Coal Was The Future Once Dec 08, 2022 The UK government has announced that it intends to build a new coalmine, the first in three decades, at Whitehaven in Cumbria. A decision that has received objections locally as well as across the co...
Biodiversity Is Not An Afterthought Dec 02, 2022 We never lost our dependency on nature; we just forgot to think about it. Our entire way of life is built on a foundation of natural resources and sustained by essential ecosystems. Biodiversity – th...
From Grief To Leadership Nov 17, 2022 Same question, different pundits. What did you think about the outcomes from this year’s global climate summit COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh? Above all, we apparently want to hear analysis of technocratic...
Join Us On The Global Stage Oct 20, 2022 As I write this, the longest ever non-stop relay is well over half way along its route from Glasgow (the host of last year’s global climate summit, COP26) to Sharm El-Sheikh (the host of COP27 in Nov...
Possible To Do, Impossible To Ignore Sep 30, 2022 Thousands of runners are joining a record-breaking relay effort to pass a baton 7,767km through 18 countries. The baton contains a climate message that will be delivered to world leaders in November...
Sue Riddlestone: 3 Top Tips for a Successful Built Environment Project Sep 27, 2022 To mark the 20th anniversary of BedZED, and the visit of the Running Out of Time relay race, we reflect on what made it a success. Starting a new project can be daunting, especially when you’re at...