science – Wanstead Climate Action

The Joyful Environmentalist by Isabel Losada

If someone needs a subtle nudge or a wake up call and how they can start making a difference, this book is a good place to start.

Think global, act Wanstead: October 2025 WCA meeting

We’re getting used to our new, more accessible, home in Wanstead House, and meetings are now regular third Mondays. Many of our regulars couldn’t make October’s meeting, but nine of us managed to agree significant actions. Maybe every meeting, after a round of introductions and apologies for absence, we can, firstly, reassert that we’re allContinue reading “Think global, act Wanstead: October 2025 WCA meeting”

Big-picture books: Merchants of Doubt

First of a series: Review of two crucial books from the 2010s: Merchants of Doubt and The Burning Question.

Rapidly Closing Windows of Opportunity: the IPCC report

It’s entirely by chance that Wanstead Climate Action is holding a public meeting about the climate crisis on the day that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases the final report in its Sixth Assessment Cycle. We could almost guess the broad conclusions though: Are things bad and getting worse? Yes. Are governments doing anythingContinue reading “Rapidly Closing Windows of Opportunity: the IPCC report”