Environmental writers and activists Mike Berners-Lee and Simon O’Brien, along with guests from the Liverpool Shift Sustainability Network, invite you to join them in continuing to raise our voices to highlight the ongoing Climate Emergency and share ways we can force action.
There is no getting away from the reality that things are getting worse, with no reprieve in sight, now that the world’s most infamous climate denier holds the world’s most powerful seat in the White House. Big oil, and companies across the world involved in pollution and destruction, have been given a license to burn the planet.
The shocking facts remain. Every year we throw away 1.3 billion tons of food. Industry is the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. Every single day, we continue to heat up the planet, and three hundred football pitch-sized forests are cut down every hour. We are still dependent on fossil fuels, and millions of litres of sewage are dumped into clean water rivers each year. On the school run, children in cities have to navigate cars and breathe in invisible particles that cause life-limiting health conditions.
Governments do little more than offer window dressing and pay lip service to taking action, while implementing new laws to limit protest, reserving some of the harshest sentences for people involved in environmental protests.
This insanity can only be brought to an end by communities from across the world who suffer the most. Make it your priority too and join us to make sense of this madness – let’s find a way together to extinguish the flames.
Mike Berners-Lee is a British environmentalist, author, and founder of Small World Consulting, which focuses on reducing business environmental impact. He’s the author of How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything and a passionate advocate for carbon reduction and sustainability.
Simon O’Brien is a British environmental campaigner and sustainability consultant, known for his work on climate change, biodiversity, and resource conservation. He leads various projects on sustainable urban development and waste management and is actively involved in promoting green spaces and active travel in the Liverpool City Region.
Shift Liverpool, founded by Metal, is a new sustainability network for cultural organisations in the Liverpool City Region. With urgent climate change action needed in the next decade, cultural organisations will face increasing pressure to provide clear plans for carbon neutrality. Shift Liverpool aims to: Reduce carbon footprints, Move away from harmful practices, Promote carbon reduction and offsetting. Cultural organisations are invited to join Shift Liverpool and sign the pledge.