Seek and…
A poem by Ted Seagrave, on what we can see if we really open our eyes to nature.
Environment
Birds in Back Gardens
Colin Serjent reports on how feeding up our feathered friends has helped boost their numbers.
Planet Earth to Human Race
“It took me four billion years to produce enough oxygen for life and now you’ve squandered nearly all of it in little more than two hundred thousand.” The Earth’s musings on mankind, by Colin Watts.
Fireweed* – Indoor Gardening: Nature Bubbles?
With some people still shielding indoors, and others not having access to a garden or allotment, Sandra Gibson, introduces the solution of Indoor Gardening.
Artist Profile – Norman Gibson
Profile of the photographer Norman Gibson who enjoys nothing more than being out in the world recording the landscape around him.
Parts of Lake District to Become Car-free
Colin Serjent reports that plans to restrict cars in the Lake District were underway long before lock-down restrictions were imposed.
Who owns the land?
Ritchie Hunter looks at the issue of private land ownership after the Duke of Buccleuch, the second largest private landowner in Britain, stymied the plans of a group of Scottish villagers to rewild nearby moors.
What Am I?
Mel Costello gives a poetic commentary on the consequences of our throwaway attitude towards plastic.
People Powered Plastic
Arthur Rowland introduces Plastic Tactics, a social enterprise which is building a People-Powered Plastic Playground in Picton, and making it easier for people to make new things from old plastic in Merseyside.
One Boy Stood in the Field
One Boy Stood in the Field – A poem by David Greygoose
School strikers must be seen and heard
Katy Brown speaks to Patrick Auth from YouthStrike4Climate Liverpool with photos by Tracey Dunn of YouthStrikers at St. Georges Hall.
Silence is Golden
Colin Serjent turns up the volume on a much heard but little discussed issue: noise-pollution.
Time for a Northern Green New Deal
Ed Gommon, founder of Zero Carbon Liverpool explains how the North can be a powerhouse for change by implementing the Green New Deal right now.
Rachel Carson: The Non-human Perspective
No history of the modern environmental movement would be complete without Rachel Carson. Sandra Gibson demonstrates how she combined scientific rigour with empathy to challenge the anthropocentric status quo.
The Early Development Of Environmentalism
Anthony McCarthy takes us back in time to reveal that environmentalism is nothing new.
A Tale of One City
The importance of access to outdoor space and nature for all has come to the fore during the current crisis. Josie Mullen highlights repeated attempts to destroy green spaces on Merseyside, and the strength of opposition and resistance to such plans.
One Rebel’s Perspective
Ros Rice of Extinction Rebellion Liverpool writes about her experience of becoming part of the ‘XR’ movement.
Post script from lockdown: Thoughts on the Future of the Aviation Industry
Jane Hammett puts the threatened future of Oglet Shore in context, written in light of the current pandemic and its likely impact on the aviation industry.
Green Snippets
Colin Serjent brings us some environmental news stories – good and bad – from around the world.
Ditching the Patriarchal Paradigm?
Sandra Gibson in a follow up to Beauty and the Beast, her piece examining environmental grief, gives us some insight into how with hope, honesty and humility we can shift our paralysis into action and resilience.
Apocalypse Jukebox
And now for a bit of light relief, Rob Harrison presents the top twenty-one in his all-time Apocalypse Jukebox.
The Climatic US Military Power Against us
Minnie Stacey looks at the environmental impacts of the US military.
Will 5G Kill Everything?
Between corporate propaganda and conspiracy theories, David Routley takes a rational look at the risks associated with 5G.
From Scraps to Scran
Andrew Żywności of Liverpool Food Not Bombs explains the philosophy of the group and how food waste is a serious environmental problem.
When The Seas Have Risen, by Anton Dolders
Anton Dolders gives us his poetic – and artistic – response to climate change.
Liverpool’s Last Remaining Countryside: Destroyed For Airport Expansion
Jane Hammett appeals for the protection of rural gem Oglet Shore and surrounding Greenbelt land from rapacious development.
Beauty and the Beast
Sandra Gibson examines environmental grief and how it affects us of us, albeit in different ways.
Rimrose Valley Country Park, the A5036 Port of Liverpool Access Scheme and why this matters to ALL of Liverpool
Stuart Bennett explains why Rimrose Valley Country Park, the biggest park in the city region, is under threat from the proposed link between the Port of Liverpool and the nearby motorway network.
Nerve 28 Editorial – The Environmental Crisis Issue
Katy Brown introduces Nerve’s Special Environmental Crisis Issue.
Planet of the Humans (NR)
Ashley McGovern reviews the documentary film Planet of the Humans which criticises the green movement and the renewable energy industry.
The Lucas Plan
The Lucas Plan was a bold endeavour by workers to swap from designing and making weapons of war, to socially useful products such as wind turbines, kidney machines and electric cars.
Burning Trees – Green Solution or Greenwash?
Katy Brown uncovers the Orwellian world of ‘sustainable’ biomass ‘renewable’ energy production, and how Liverpool finds itself once again complicit in a harmful transatlantic trade.
Stop! Don’t throw away that…..toaster – take it to be repaired
Liverpool’s Repair Café, which takes place at Does Liverpool on a monthly basis. is a café that is fighting back against the throwaway culture and waste of resources that go into the production of new items.
Future of Port of Liverpool in the face of climate crisis Q&A
Friends of the Earth is hosting a Q&A on the future of the Port of Liverpool in the face of the climate crisis which is taking on Monday, 17th February.
Transition Liverpool
Paul Riley writes about Transition Liverpool, part of an international movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world.
Demonstration to Save Rimrose Valley
Report from the demonstration which took place on February 4th to Save Rimrose Valley from a new bypass road which will connect the Port of Liverpool with Switch Island and the motorway network.
Anti-Consumerism Zine
Last year we collaborated with Merseyside Animal Rights, Liverpool Food Not Bombs and Next To Nowhere to produce a “Christmass Consumer(ism) Guide” an anti-consumerist compassionate tonic to the festive spending frenzy
Massive Attack low carbon gig
Massive Attack will be performing a low carbon gig in Liverpool planned for October 2020. It is part of the Good Business Festival working with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester.
Liverpool City Council declare they can solve the ‘Climate Emergency’ by economic growth!
Ritchie Hunter looks at the contradictory messages coming from the Liverpool City Council which wants to grow an economy and tackle the climate emergency at the same time.
Environmental Change – Have you got the Nerve
Your help is needed for the next Nerve magazine focusing on Environmental Campaigns and the Climate Emergency.
The Climate Change and Resilience – Listening Event
Report by Tracey Dunn of the Climate Change and Resilience – Listening Event held at the Quaker Meeting House on September 28th.
Extinction Rebellion Protest
John Owen joined the Extinction Rebellion Protest held on Friday 24th May in Liverpool City Centre.
Lifespan of Plastics vs Animals
Phylicia Leak writes about the threat from plastics and how to dispose of them to avoid the plastic pollution that is taking over the oceans around the world and posing a risk to public health.
Fireweed* – Rosmarinus Officinalis
Sandra Gibson looks at the cultural, culinary and medicinal importance of a commonly grown garden shrub: Rosemary.
Fireweed* – Marketing the Garden
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the gardening industry.
Save Bixteth Street Gardens!
Local residents of Old Hall Street were shocked and distressed yesterday to find that work on Bixteth Street Gardens has already begun.
Bixteth Gardens Campaign Group Fight On!
Campaigners were dealt a blow on Tuesday when Liverpool City Council’s Planning Committee voted to demolish a much loved community space in the business district.
“We Love Bixteth Gardens!”
A video produced by Lisa Worth interviewing local residents about the importance of Bixteth Gardens in Liverpool.
Attention: No rubbish, No plastic, in our seas and beaches!
Kitty Spathia writes about the impact of plastic on the world’s oceans and what we can do about it.
Save Bixteth Gardens
Lisa Worth writes about the threat to Bixteth Gardens, one of only two green spaces in the commercial district of Liverpool city centre.
A Little City Centre Haven
A feature on Bixteth Gardens and its therapeutic values by Nerve contributor Lisa Worth.
The Mangrove Forests in Abu Dhabi
Lisa Worth writes about the threats to Abu Dhabi’s mangrove forests, one of the largest in the world, from sedimentation, pollution and human impact.
Palm Oil warning to dog owners on Formby Beach
Dog owners are being warned to be careful when walking their dogs on Formby beach due to a toxic substance being washed up.
Killer Whales
Nerve writer Charlotte Kenny has written an article about Killer Whales.
Plastic Pollution
Nerve writer Charlotte Kenny has written an article about plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.