Tegan Tallullah
Have you ever noticed how often people that are trying to live a more ethical or sustainable lifestyle are accused of being an environmental hypocrite? All the damn time! And I’m so fed up with it. Look, obviously it’s bad to be hypocritical, and...
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Do the global poor care about climate change?
Do the global poor care about climate change? I was struck by that question at the National Peace Symposium that I attended and wrote about last month. The Caliph of the Ahmadyya Muslim Community spoke about how we need world leaders to prioritize...
Solar power in Africa: INTERVIEW with sustainable development leader
Do you think renewable energy is an expensive high-tech luxury that only affluent countries can afford to bother with? Many people do assume that’s the case, but they’re hopelessly out of date, and in fact haven’t considered the practicalities of...
What I learnt from the 2018 national peace symposium
On Saturday evening I found myself beating my way through the wind and snow to get to the country’s largest mosque. It was right at the end of the Northern Line in Morden, London, which in that weather felt like the edge of the world. I was...
Feeling powerless? Here’s seven types of citizen power
As we’ve recently passed the 100-year mark since some women first got the vote, I think it’s a good time to talk about citizen power. We all know power is very unequally distributed in UK and US society, and this concentration of power at the top of...
5 key turning points for global climate action in 2018
2017 was a dramatic year for climate news, wasn’t it? Trump promised to yank the US out of the Paris Agreement and scrap the Clean Power Plan. Yet this only seemed to make other countries (and US cities, states and companies) more determined...