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Arts and climate. Born at 344 ppm.
https://ambermassieblomfield.com/
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Eleanor
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My new business many-hats.org is LIVE. Professional development for freelancers, with workshops led by some amazing people including
@ambermb.bsky.social
@verybrinteresting.bsky.social
@cloreleadership.bsky.social
@katbrownwrites.com
@mazhedgehog.bsky.social
@nadpatel.bsky.social
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@timjackson.org.uk
hi Tim I enjoyed your Clore fellowship speech very much. So much so that Iām now writing my final provocation piece for my fellowship on post growth & the arts. Would you have time for a quick conversation? Thanks
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@jasonhickel.bsky.social
Jason I am just reading your BRILLIANT book - and underlining everything. Do you know of any writers/thinkers who have attempted a defence of growth in the context of climate emergency, explicitly - ie have attempted to reconcile the two? Curious about the counter argument.
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Jan Rosenow
5 months ago
China is on track to become the worldās first āelectrostateāāwith clean electricity driving growth and coalās decline looking inevitable. As China builds energy self-sufficiency and dominates key tech supply chains, its influence on the future of global energy is only set to grow.
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Jenna
6 months ago
Please read the important blog by Jess Thom of Touretteshero. Ableism and moral bankruptcy from a supposed āLabourā government who keep telling us they want people to get to work while making it impossible for disabled people to do so. Solidarity with Jess
www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a...
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A Career-Ending Decision?
Fifteen years ago, I co-founded Touretteshero as a creative response to the increasing impact that my tics were having on my life. I also started writing this blog. Over the years Iāve tackled some tr...
https://www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a-career-ending-decision/
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Rupert Read
6 months ago
Following my recent appearance on
#GBNews
, in which I called out the corruption of the fossil-fuel-owned ānewsā outlet, I thought it best to do a deep-dive on just why UK energy bills are so high. Read now!
rupertsreads.substack.com/p/so-why-are...
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So, Why Are Britainās Energy Bills So High?
What are the real reasons we're paying more than other countries for our energy?
https://rupertsreads.substack.com/p/so-why-are-britains-energy-bills
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āWeāre up to our neck in shit, itās true, and thatās why we walk with our heads held highā - Dario Fo
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Daisy J. Hung (she/her)
6 months ago
Was feeling a bit low today, so went browsing through
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and found a couple of books to energise me for continued activism and resistance ā
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#booksky
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ClareRed
6 months ago
An open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission from the Culture Sector, in solidarity with Trans, Nonbinary and Intersex communities. Sign your name here:
tinyurl.com/ehrcletter
Please share widely, and if you are not able to sign for your organisation, please share with someone who can
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Dave Vetter
7 months ago
The US rep to the IEA said that "pursuing offshore wind power would make countries reliant on China." It's instructive to explore this sort of claim, in particular for what it reveals about those claiming it. Two points:š§µ
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At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables
The US envoy to the IEA's energy security summit pushed gas and criticised renewables, arguing that they cause power cuts
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/24/at-energy-security-talks-us-pushes-gas-and-derides-renewables/
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Angie Bee
7 months ago
Itās another week of brilliant opportunities for artists & theatre talent this week, from Sheffield to Doncaster and Newcastle to Basingstoke! Lots here for writers this week, but also stuff going on for actors and other theatre creatives. Good luck if applying!
#theatre
#theatresky
#careers
#cpd
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Climate Tracker
7 months ago
Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle
#Climate
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Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle
The Herds project from the team behind Little Amal will travel 20,000km taking its message on environmental crisis across the world
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/25/puppet-herd-animals-climate-crisis-africa-arctic-circle-little-amal
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George Monbiot
7 months ago
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. š§µ
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labourās great nature sellout is the worst attack on Englandās ecosystems Iāve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/24/labour-nature-england-ecosystems-planning-bill-keir-starmer
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Ron Unger
7 months ago
Edouard Manet Moss Roses in a Vase, 1882 Oil on canvas
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Toussaint Egan
7 months ago
Words to live by.
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Baratunde
7 months ago
Canāt express how satisfied I am with myself for this joke. Enjoy! Laugh a bit in the apocalypse
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Laura
7 months ago
"...the art of resistance asks - what does it mean to be alive right now? Where are the contradictions in how we are living? What does a truly just world look like? What's stopping it from becoming a reality?" -
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Robert Macfarlane
7 months ago
āIf I die, I want a loud death. I donāt want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.ā She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished. 10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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āIf I die, I want a loud deathā: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/18/gaza-photojournalist-killed-by-israeli-airstrike-fatima-hassouna?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Amy Westervelt
7 months ago
Iām gonna say something that is going to sound crazy, but when has that ever stopped me from saying something publicly: there is a way in which the U.S. chucking its position in the world could actually fast-track energy transition. A few things that have me thinking this way š§µ
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āWe should astound catastrophe with the little fear it causes usā - Victor Hugo
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@khosla.bsky.social
dear rajat, forgive me for the out of the blue contact. Is there any chance you could suggest a contact at WHO who could advise on a person who has been given permission for medical evacuation of Gaza but is stuck because of Rafah border closure? A friend is suffering there.
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Channel 4
7 months ago
As retaliation for the Tariffs we will now be showing any American made TV show without the last five minutes. Good luck finding out how Frasier got out of that one.
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Mark Dishman
7 months ago
V proud of my pal
@danzep.bsky.social
, whose new book, Overnight, is out now. Among the fascinating stories within - bats, boats, helicopters, healthcare - our sleepless summer sojourn to Le Mans and the Porsche pit garage. What an adventure!
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This is the central challenge for artists and creatives now. Our work is shaping the collective imagination.
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Andrew Simon
7 months ago
One of many moments in Omar El Akkadās new book, āOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,ā that will stop you in your tracks.
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David Roberts
7 months ago
The UK grid right now.
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Aron Lund
7 months ago
Israel has stopped responding to the UN-run notification system set up to ensure that aid workers in Gaza do not get killed, forcing a screeching halt to humanitarian operations. Heba Saleh,
@financialtimes.com
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on.ft.com/4l3cXHb
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Another Green
7 months ago
Wow renewables are over 60% of UK electricity supply today, I don't think I have seen it this high before? via
grid.iamkate.com
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Sophie
8 months ago
I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you donāt know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
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@mindfulnessbell.bsky.social
hi there, do you have an app for the journal? Would love to have it on my phone to stop me hitting on my dreaded social media channels!
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Howard Sherman
8 months ago
My obituary for playwright Athol Fugard, in
@thestage.co.uk
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www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--...
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Obituary: Athol Fugard
Prolific South African playwright whose work exposed the corrosive effects of the political and social system of apartheid
https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/athol-fugard-obituary-playwright-master-harold-and-the-boys-blood-knot
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Amy Westervelt
8 months ago
This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed:
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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Trumpās FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations
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So proud of this legend šššš
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This was such a thoughtful and rigorous conversation with the mighty Nadia Idle of
@novaramedia.com
, for the ACFM podcast. A real honour to be featured here. The urgency of media outlets like Novara grows by the day...
novaramedia.com/2025/03/09/w...
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Whatās the Point in Art When the World Is on Fire? | Novara Media
The author of Acts of Resistance makes the case for creativity in a crisis.
https://novaramedia.com/2025/03/09/whats-the-point-in-art-when-the-world-is-on-fire/
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Recharging myself with the world.
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Rupert Read
8 months ago
In case you were stymied by the New Statesman paywall, here is the piece co-authored by Caroline Lucas and myself on climate popularism:
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Itās time for climate populism ā Rupert Read
https://buff.ly/42Xqut8
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Isaac Rowlett
9 months ago
from āParable of the Talentsā by Octavia Butler
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Doug Parr
8 months ago
FT Editors almost calling BP a stranded asset "If all the big intl oil & gas producers, and national oil comps like Saudi Aramco, concentrate mainly on fossil fuels and demand declines, only some will survive. Higher-cost producers, such as BP, may not be among them"
www.ft.com/content/c7fa...
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BP goes back to petroleum
If its shift to renewables was premature, its return to oil may also prove ill-timed
https://www.ft.com/content/c7fab097-ecb7-469a-86cd-37fca4ca8e2a?desktop=true&segmentId=d8d3e364-5197-20eb-17cf-2437841d178a#myft:notification:instant-email:content
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Jonathan Cook
8 months ago
A minute's silence for each of the children murdered by Israel in Gaza would extend to over 300 hours. Powerful speech to the UN from Daniel Levy, a former Israeli government adviser.
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Robert Macfarlane
8 months ago
A fascinating & hopeful river-moment: Lewes District Council agrees to recognise a Charter of Rights for the River Ouse. āThe Ouse has long been taken for grantedā¦this is the beginning of a journey to give the river a voice & ensure its wellbeing for future generations.ā
elflaw.org/news/histori...
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Historic decision sees River Ouse set to become first in England with legal rights - Environmental Law Foundation
Lewes, ā In an exciting and groundbreaking decision, Lewes District Council have agreed to recognise the Rights of the River Ouse, paving the way for the Ouse to become the first in England to have its legal rights recognised by a local authority. The decision represents a major step in the UKās environmental movement, [ā¦]
https://elflaw.org/news/historic-decision-sees-river-ouse-set-to-become-first-in-england-with-legal-rights/
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How do you have a conversation about the planetary emergency in a ābusiness as usualā context without either downplaying it or appearing hysterical to people who havenāt truly faced the magnitude of the moment? I thought I was getting better at this but today reminded me it is so hard.
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Prof Mike Yearworth
9 months ago
āGas generators often have the highest costs ⦠The wholesale cost is set by the last unit of electricity needed to meet demand from consumers. This means that even if gas only generates 1% of power at a given time, gas will still set the wholesale price.ā
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power?
The government has pledged to reduce energy bills by using more renewables, but bills are currently rising.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkep1vx3mro
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Vandal Factory
10 months ago
Episode #28: Joy Is Resistance! Featuring Marina Barham from the Al Harah Theatre near Bethlehem and Amber Massie-Blomfield. We talk about theatre and art as a tool for social justice and change!
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It's so fun to see where the book has ended up - I had to translate this review in Finnish, thank goodness it's such a positive one!
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Mona and her family are now living in the burnt out remains of their house in Northern Gaza. If you are able to spare any money to help her and her family with household expenses, they will all be hugely grateful. Thanks so much.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-mona-...
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Donate to Help Mona and her family survive in Northern Gaza, organized by Eleanor Massie-Blomfield
Hi, my name is Amber Massie-Blomfield - I'm a theatre produce⦠Eleanor Massie-Blomfield needs your support for Help Mona and her family survive in Northern Gaza
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mona-and-her-family-survive-in-northern-gaza
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I have a website! Please get in touch for all your arts & climate needs... and tell your pals.
ambermassieblomfield.com
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Amber Massie-Blomfield Website
https://ambermassieblomfield.com/
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More important than thinking of the actions and achievements we want to pass on to future generations, our greatest legacy may be the culture we create for them, enabling them to respond to challenges we cannot imagine with resilience and peace. A beautiful thought to start the day from Plum Village
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Always a kick to see my name in the TLS, and a pleasure to write about this excellent play.
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