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When planting trees goes wrong…

April 30, 2019May 20, 2019dermymcnally Leave a comment

Planting trees often conjures up romantic notions of bluebell filled wonderlands under the canopy of old graceful oaks and beeches. But this insightful article in the National Geographic explains how poorly planned forestry planting programmes can do more harm than good. With specific reference to the fires in North America...

Brexit: Madness or Forward Thinking?

January 12, 2019January 11, 2019dermymcnally Leave a comment
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The mainstream narrative in Europe is that Brexit was a monumental mistake mothered by populism and sired by in house political power struggles and lots of other domestic tribulations in the UK. On the other hand the British have been discussing a withdrawal from Europe for decades so it'd be hard to attribute the whole … Continue reading Brexit: Madness or Forward Thinking?

The Damned Letter

February 23, 2018April 19, 2018dermymcnally Leave a comment

In a dystopian future, an old man finds his birthday overshadowed by an unopened letter. Short Story (1700 words)

Meltdown 5: Heat turns up on Climate Change Deniers.

October 1, 2017October 1, 2017dermymcnally Leave a comment

Tolerance for Climate Change Deniers is running out...

Meltdown 3: Responsibility for Climate Change

August 21, 2017November 4, 2019dermymcnally 1 Comment

The biggest obstacle to progress lies with the commercial and political interests who obstruct meaningful progress to mitigate climate change despite being in full knowledge of the consequences of their actions.

Meltdown 2: Violence Already Happening

June 11, 2017November 4, 2019dermymcnally Leave a comment

Meltdown: Violence is already a large part of the climate change debate...

Meltdown 1: Will violence become a tool of climate advocates?

June 6, 2017November 4, 2019dermymcnally 2 Comments

This series of essays predicts that violence will emerge as a necessary tool of climate advocates within the next 25 years.

Meltdown 0.1: a starting point through poetry

May 16, 2017May 16, 2017dermymcnally Leave a comment

Meltdown: a starting point for where we are right now by way of a brief poem...

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