Four green activists from South West England still plan to cycle to climate talks in Paris despite Friday’s terrorist attacks that left 129 dead and more than 350 injured. The cyclists are Euan McPhee, 68, from Falmouth, Cornwall, Roger Creagh-Osborne, 63, from Launceston, Cornwall, Ricky Knight, 66, from Barnstaple, Devon, and Ewan Jones, 45, from Bruton, Somerset. The group begin the 300-mile journey to the French capital tomorrow (Thursday 19 November), via ferry from Portsmouth to St Malo in France. Full story: Read more
Youngsters to show adults the WAY with BIG Ideas Challenge!
On Wednesday, teachers and youth leaders met to cut the cake to celebrate the launch of the BIG Ideas Challenge. BIG Ideas Challenge is a ready-made programme that will help young people to link every day activities such as saving energy and water, or fixing their clothes, to: the science of cutting emissions, the history and geography of access to resources, and the politics of social justice and climate change. Full story: Read more