The Lucas Plan
The Lucas Plan was a bold endeavour by workers to swap from designing and making weapons of war, to socially useful products such as wind turbines, kidney machines and electric cars.
Environment
Burning Trees – Green Solution or Greenwash?
Katy Brown uncovers the Orwellian world of ‘sustainable’ biomass ‘renewable’ energy production, and how Liverpool finds itself once again complicit in a harmful transatlantic trade.
Stop! Don’t throw away that…..toaster – take it to be repaired
Liverpool’s Repair Café, which takes place at Does Liverpool on a monthly basis. is a café that is fighting back against the throwaway culture and waste of resources that go into the production of new items.
Future of Port of Liverpool in the face of climate crisis Q&A
Friends of the Earth is hosting a Q&A on the future of the Port of Liverpool in the face of the climate crisis which is taking on Monday, 17th February.
Transition Liverpool
Paul Riley writes about Transition Liverpool, part of an international movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world.
Demonstration to Save Rimrose Valley
Report from the demonstration which took place on February 4th to Save Rimrose Valley from a new bypass road which will connect the Port of Liverpool with Switch Island and the motorway network.
Anti-Consumerism Zine
Last year we collaborated with Merseyside Animal Rights, Liverpool Food Not Bombs and Next To Nowhere to produce a “Christmass Consumer(ism) Guide” an anti-consumerist compassionate tonic to the festive spending frenzy
Massive Attack low carbon gig
Massive Attack will be performing a low carbon gig in Liverpool planned for October 2020. It is part of the Good Business Festival working with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester.
Liverpool City Council declare they can solve the ‘Climate Emergency’ by economic growth!
Ritchie Hunter looks at the contradictory messages coming from the Liverpool City Council which wants to grow an economy and tackle the climate emergency at the same time.
Environmental Change – Have you got the Nerve
Your help is needed for the next Nerve magazine focusing on Environmental Campaigns and the Climate Emergency.
The Climate Change and Resilience – Listening Event
Report by Tracey Dunn of the Climate Change and Resilience – Listening Event held at the Quaker Meeting House on September 28th.
Extinction Rebellion Protest
John Owen joined the Extinction Rebellion Protest held on Friday 24th May in Liverpool City Centre.
Lifespan of Plastics vs Animals
Phylicia Leak writes about the threat from plastics and how to dispose of them to avoid the plastic pollution that is taking over the oceans around the world and posing a risk to public health.
Fireweed* – Rosmarinus Officinalis
Sandra Gibson looks at the cultural, culinary and medicinal importance of a commonly grown garden shrub: Rosemary.
Fireweed* – Marketing the Garden
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the gardening industry.
Save Bixteth Street Gardens!
Local residents of Old Hall Street were shocked and distressed yesterday to find that work on Bixteth Street Gardens has already begun.
Bixteth Gardens Campaign Group Fight On!
Campaigners were dealt a blow on Tuesday when Liverpool City Council’s Planning Committee voted to demolish a much loved community space in the business district.
“We Love Bixteth Gardens!”
A video produced by Lisa Worth interviewing local residents about the importance of Bixteth Gardens in Liverpool.
Attention: No rubbish, No plastic, in our seas and beaches!
Kitty Spathia writes about the impact of plastic on the world’s oceans and what we can do about it.
Save Bixteth Gardens
Lisa Worth writes about the threat to Bixteth Gardens, one of only two green spaces in the commercial district of Liverpool city centre.
A Little City Centre Haven
A feature on Bixteth Gardens and its therapeutic values by Nerve contributor Lisa Worth.
The Mangrove Forests in Abu Dhabi
Lisa Worth writes about the threats to Abu Dhabi’s mangrove forests, one of the largest in the world, from sedimentation, pollution and human impact.
Palm Oil warning to dog owners on Formby Beach
Dog owners are being warned to be careful when walking their dogs on Formby beach due to a toxic substance being washed up.
Killer Whales
Nerve writer Charlotte Kenny has written an article about Killer Whales.
Plastic Pollution
Nerve writer Charlotte Kenny has written an article about plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.
Fireweed* – The Big Garden Birdwatch
Sandra Gibson writes about the Big Garden Birdwatch which takes place on the last weekend of January when anyone can spend one hour counting birds and recording the results online.
Fireweed* – A Question of Scale
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, comparing urban and rural experiences of wildlife and scenery.
Fireweed* – Your Garden is not a Climate Change Denier!
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the effects of climate change in our gardens.
Fireweed* – Apple Blossom Time
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at apple trees and the blossom that appears in May.
Benefit to Defend our Parks and Open Spaces
Benefit on 28th February at Mt Carmel Catholic Social Club to help stop Calderstones Park being built on and defend our parks and open spaces.
Fireweed* – Crow Black
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the corvid family and their relationship with humans.
Fireweed* – Autumn Leaves
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the colourful beauty of autumn leaves.
Children want to play on Grass, NOT 3G hazardous toxic waste
Carlee Graham looks at the health threat of 3G pitches and the chemical soup of carcinogens they bring into our greenspaces.
Aberfan
A commemoration by Linda Yong for those whose lives were lost in the Aberfan disaster which was 50 years ago and which devastated the mining community and the nation.
Fireweed* – Daisygate, or How to Stop Worrying about Weeds
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, looking at the never-ending battle between gardeners and weeds.
Fireweed* – The Anthropomorphic Gardener Changes her Mind
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions.
Ditch Coal
Feature by Katy Brown on the lack of transparency in the coal supply chain and the sourcing of coal from areas where mining is causing grave problems for local ecosystems and communities.
Fireweed* – Summer Time and the Livin’ is in the Back Garden
When you travel by train you realise how much green there is in Britain, not just the dull Constable green where the cows munch, but the smaller areas of green that are part of urban settlement.
Food for thought: greedy giants and agricultural angels
You may never have heard of Cargill, but it’s a company that along with four others – Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Glencore International and Louis Dreyfus – controls between 75% and 90% of the world’s grain trade.
In the Absence of Nature
Carlee Graham, Founder of Blue Ocean Planet (BOP), talks about the disengagement of children from nature.
Fireweed* – Bluebells
Sandra Gibson celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions.
Coal Action Network Roadshow
The Coal Action Network Roadshow, on tour to expose the UK’s coal industry, visits Liverpool on Wednesday 13th April at Next To Nowhere.
VENT! Liverpool Air Quality Festival
Liverpool Air Quality Festival launches on Saturday 20th February, with a fortnight programme to raise awareness of Liverpool’s air quality.
Fireweed* – Something Not Right
Sandra Gibson, in her column which celebrates the persistence of wildlife in urban conditions, wonders when winter will appear.
Fireweed* – Harvest Home: Give us this Day our Daily Bread
Sandra Gibson, in her Fireweed column, remembers the Harvest Home ceremonies.