Retrofit Balsall Heath – Passionate Community powered retrofit!

Retrofit Balsall Heath (RBH) is a bold, resident-led movement reshaping our neighbourhood in Birmingham from the ground up. Born from grassroots determination and built on the combined deep local knowledge … Continue reading Retrofit Balsall Heath – Passionate Community powered retrofit!

‘The opposite of poverty isn’t wealth, it’s justice.’

On 20th September I left home before sunrise to travel 400 miles to London. Then I marched with complete strangers and listened to an array of passionate speakers, some of whom … Continue reading ‘The opposite of poverty isn’t wealth, it’s justice.’

Total Joy

A post script to my blog, Total Disbelief, one year on. To our joy, and without needing a petition, after all, Parish Buying, the churches’ bulk-buying scheme has nowterminated its dealings with Total Energies and adopted … Continue reading Total Joy

Retrofit First – an argument in favour of retaining the building that has been built

The vast majority of us now accept that single use plastics are a bad thing. Most people will take a reusable cup for their morning takeaway coffee. So how long will it take for national and local government to realise that, if … Continue reading Retrofit First – an argument in favour of retaining the building that has been built

Weaving Futures – Further Reflections from the Sustainable Fashion Forum

In an age where so much of what we create is destined to be discarded, the idea of designing for disassembly offers the possibility of a quiet revolution. It’s a … Continue reading Weaving Futures – Further Reflections from the Sustainable Fashion Forum

Book review: Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

Yanis Varoufakis’s Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism argues that the capitalist system has been replaced by a new, even more exploitative economic order he calls technofeudalism. The book has generated significant … Continue reading Book review: Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

Overtaken by Reality: Satire Inside a Dystopia

The Hell Bus in Glasgow during COP26 Between the Pope auctioning off his autographed Lamborghini for charity, Lockheed Martin bidding to run NHS GP surgeries, and the FBI’s social media … Continue reading Overtaken by Reality: Satire Inside a Dystopia

The Gather Movement – connecting up care in Coventry, the country and around the world!

Gather Movement are a group of people who are passionate about working together to see their localities improved socially, culturally, environmentally and spiritually and are involved in bringing the Christian … Continue reading The Gather Movement – connecting up care in Coventry, the country and around the world!