Fireweed* – The Big Garden Birdwatch
Sandra Gibson writes about the Big Garden Birdwatch which takes place on the last weekend of January when anyone can spend one hour counting birds and recording the results online.
Environment
Fireweed* – A Question of Scale
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, comparing urban and rural experiences of wildlife and scenery.
Fireweed* – Your Garden is not a Climate Change Denier!
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the effects of climate change in our gardens.
Fireweed* – Apple Blossom Time
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at apple trees and the blossom that appears in May.
Benefit to Defend our Parks and Open Spaces
Benefit on 28th February at Mt Carmel Catholic Social Club to help stop Calderstones Park being built on and defend our parks and open spaces.
Fireweed* – Crow Black
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the corvid family and their relationship with humans.
Fireweed* – Autumn Leaves
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the colourful beauty of autumn leaves.
Children want to play on Grass, NOT 3G hazardous toxic waste
Carlee Graham looks at the health threat of 3G pitches and the chemical soup of carcinogens they bring into our greenspaces.
Aberfan
A commemoration by Linda Yong for those whose lives were lost in the Aberfan disaster which was 50 years ago and which devastated the mining community and the nation.
Fireweed* – Daisygate, or How to Stop Worrying about Weeds
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the never-ending battle between gardeners and weeds.
Fireweed* – The Anthropomorphic Gardener Changes her Mind
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions.
Ditch Coal
Feature by Katy Brown on the lack of transparency in the coal supply chain and the sourcing of coal from areas where mining is causing grave problems for local ecosystems and communities.
Fireweed* – Summer Time and the Livin’ is in the Back Garden
When you travel by train you realise how much green there is in Britain, not just the dull Constable green where the cows munch, but the smaller areas of green that are part of urban settlement.
Food for thought: greedy giants and agricultural angels
You may never have heard of Cargill, but it’s a company that along with four others – Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Glencore International and Louis Dreyfus – controls between 75% and 90% of the world’s grain trade.
In the Absence of Nature
Carlee Graham, Founder of Blue Ocean Planet (BOP), talks about the disengagement of children from nature.
Fireweed* – Bluebells
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions.
Coal Action Network Roadshow
The Coal Action Network Roadshow, on tour to expose the UK’s coal industry, visits Liverpool on Wednesday 13th April at Next To Nowhere.
VENT! Liverpool Air Quality Festival
Liverpool Air Quality Festival launches on Saturday 20th February, with a fortnight programme to raise awareness of Liverpool’s air quality.
Fireweed* – Something Not Right
Sandra Gibson, in her column which celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, wonders when winter will appear.
Fireweed* – Harvest Home: Give us this Day our Daily Bread
Sandra Gibson, in her Fireweed column, remembers the Harvest Home ceremonies.