Philip Brown is the Secretary of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch which organises Coventry Climate Action Network.
The organiser of a litter pick needs to ensure they cover themselves against any claim of negligence. This is achieved by writing a risk assessment before the event and briefing the volunteers on the day of the event. A sample … Continue reading →
Litter picking has certain risks you may not have thought of: abandoned hypodermic needles, falling into water, dogs, one of the party getting lost or injured and perhaps taken to hospital. You need to be as prepared as you can … Continue reading →
Coventry and Oxford have been selected from 19 towns and cities who applied to be the UK’s first all-electric bus cities – having shown how the scheme could help solve poor air quality. The project aims to improve air quality, … Continue reading →
Warwick Sustainability Summit took place on 3 December 2020 hosted by Sustainability at Warwick. The speakers (plus links to videos of some of their presentations) were: Creating a Sustainable City (Bret Willers, Coventry City Council) Climate Emergency Action Plan (Dave … Continue reading →
We published an article in 2019 explaining that Climate Anxiety is Normal and Healthy and since then a lot of people have been suffering from COVID anxiety. But we were not aware at the time of writing that a plan … Continue reading →
We have had to update our weekly newsletter due to a software change beyond our control, so hopefully you should receive an email every week that new content is added to this website. Philip Brown, Editor CovCAN website
Continue reading →Meet others interested in taking action on climate change and sustainable development goals, share knowledge, make plans Coventry Climate Action Network, the Sustainable Development Forum and anyone else interested in these issues are invited to attend telemeetings at 7pm on … Continue reading →
This article is a very personal lament for our natural world by Sara Maycock, a long time Coventry resident and climate change campaigner who just sees conflict in Coventry’s many grandiose policy statements and no recognition of the impact on … Continue reading →
This is part of an article first published on the Seriously Smoked website on November 27, 2020 and is reproduced with permission. The Complete Guide to Plant-Based Meats & Meat Alternatives Plant based meat is seeing significant growth around the … Continue reading →
The United Nations Environment Programme has issued their Emissions Gap Report 2020: An Inflection Point which shows that, despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions from the COVID-19 economic slowdown, the world is still heading for a catastrophic temperature rise … Continue reading →