Posts by Jonathan Whittaker

Tried hard, but, failed again.! Here is how to achieve success in the future. So another world climate change conference comes to a close and we are still no closer to achieving what we know we must do. The United Nations once again proved to be the Disunited Nations, yet these COP conferences are said…

This is a chain letter for good, for caring, for togetherness, for survival of our world. This is written by principle on paper that I wish you to recycle. Please copy this and forward it on recyclable paper to another ten of your contacts, whom you feel confident will act for survival of our planet.…

We have a problem with climate change. We can see that it is happening, yet too many of us convince ourselves that it isn’t really happening that quickly and there’s plenty of years left to act. We can’t afford to leave it too late and act like lemmings plunging over a cliff edge at the…

Welcome to the inaugural ‘Protect Our Planet twenty-four seven’ Day, 24th July, 2022. With the recent heatwave and resultant problems in the UK and around Europe today follows rapidly to remind us that urgent action is required on human activity induced climate change. Today is the first Protect Our Planet twenty-four seven Day and we…

A short, emotive film highlights just a few of the different reasons that people from across the country are taking action to tackle climate change and protect nature, and taking part in the Great Big Green Week. The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change…

Like its counterpart Earth Day, this date is not very memorable to the average person in the street. Sweden is the UN’s designated host nation this year, so presumably most of their citizens are aware. Protect our Planet twenty four seven – 24th July – NOW THAT’S MORE MEMORABLE to everyone!! See this site for…

At the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration on Sat. 4th June 2022, Sir David Attenborough, projected onto Buckingham Palace and televised to millions, announced that the world is at a crossroads. We need to preserve and protect our precious green planet. At our local crossroads stand our ‘traffic lights for survival’ blinking out their message of…

It was so good to see Sir Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats in excellent form and free flow at the Lechlade Festival on Sunday. Humour and a few expletives from the illustrious front man as he strutted the stage. Visceral invective was directed at those who continue to support guns for all in the…

As supersonic missiles slam into a shopping centre in Odessa, Ukraine, murdering innocent civilians again, President Zelenskiy is calling for peace to end the murderous bloodshed. The traffic light protest worldwide is needed more than ever. Simple, easy to join in and do across the world. Tie a blue and yellow ribbon at a traffic…

Today is one of the easily remembered ‘days’. It’s Star Wars Day! ‘May the fourth be with you!’ So many ‘official days’ are hard to remember, so as we should ideally be thinking of our planet twenty four seven, a good day to reinforce that sentiment is to make 24th July ‘Protect our Planet day’!…