Man-made climate change is the greatest threat to our society and environment. A forthcoming course at Ty Newydd encourages all forms of imaginative writing about this phenomenon from descriptions of the present to possible futures.
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The garden at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth
The Interview: Small is Beautiful
It was intriguing to hear Katie and George talk about their plans. A festival of ideas, they said, as well as the usual music and revelry. And why not? Yes, the thought stayed with me. After all, aren't ideas the most valuable currency a culture can posess? I wanted to know more...
Read MoreCroeso to the Anthropocene
In 2000 growing recognition of the reality of the planetary scale of human impacts led Nobel laureate and atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen to coin the term ‘Anthropocene’ to describe the geological epoch in which we now live.
Read MoreTTIP - Is what's good for corporations good for you?
Why would a million people sign a petition against TTIP ? - here are some of the issues...
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a comprehensive free trade and investment treaty currently being negotiated – in secret – between the European Union and the USA. - War on WantRead More
“TY NEWYDD” WRITING CENTRE, LLANYSTUMDWY, GWYNEDD
It was 1990 and I had never previously been to Ty Newydd or Llanystumdwy. First, I drove, then walked around the village, passing the now familiar white gates several times but believing the entrance private. Yet I needed to find the house. I was a co-tutor on the first ever Ty Newydd writing course, along with Gillian Clarke.
Read MoreA climate change poem for today: The Rhinoceros by Robert Minhinnick
Published in The Guardian on 28th May 2015, The Rhinoceros by Robert Minhinnick
UK poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy curates a series of 20 original poems by various authors on the theme of climate change.
Read MoreCarnegie House Arts and Culture Hub, Bridgend
Writers used to love libraries. Maybe they still do. I learned to love the old Carnegie-bequeathed Bridgend library, opened in 1907 in Wyndham Street. In 2013 I published a letter supporting the campaign to turn it into an arts centre.
Read MoreLet’s share more
“The miracle is this, the more we share, the more we have.” - Leonard Nimoy
This quote really connects with me.
I’ve long believed that sharing leads to abundance.
I believe the more you share the more you free yourself up.
Read Morejust do something, even if it’s simply to say hello & share a smile
It’s so easy to get frustrated with life and the society we live in.
Whether it’s our crazy fixation with consuming material goods to try and make us happy.
Or perhaps it’s the manner in which we waste resources and pollute the planet with such far-reaching effects.
Or perhaps it’s the way we let down so many of our wonderful people in so many ways.
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