Louise Cook – Green Christian

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Send a letter to the new Prime Minister about the climate emergency TODAY

Posted on July 16, 2019 by by

Louise Cook Posted in Climate Emergency, Uncategorized No Comments ↓

On 24th July the UK will have a new prime minister. Please write to him – an actual hand written letter – and let him know that there is no more time to lose. I am not asking you to block a road or chain yourself to a fence,

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There is no more “later” – The Time is Now.

Posted on June 24, 2019 by by

Louise Cook Posted in Climate Change, Opinion No Comments ↓

I have recently been working as an exam invigilator, supervising GCSE and A-Level students in one of the top boys Grammar schools in London. In between collecting in their mobile phones and handing out extra paper, there has been quite a lot of time to think.

I think about the boys and wonder whether they are interested in what they are studying or if it is just a means to an end for them.

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What are you doing about it mummy?

Posted on June 8, 2019 by by

Louise Cook Posted in Climate Change, Opinion 3 Comments ↓

A journey of awareness and action

First published in Woman Alive magazine, June 2019

Last Summer, in temperatures approaching 30 degrees C, I was walking through London with my eight-year-old son. He was crying. This in itself was not unusual, he is a sensitive child, and it was incredibly hot and dusty.

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