This is designed for audiences that want to engage with our environment and deepen their understanding of our situation. Starting with an account of Edward’s circumnavigation and spiced with first-hand experiences of the effects of global warming on oceans and mountains, this illustrated session will explore some of the realities of the Climate Crisis. Edward will also outline how he is trying to use politics, the church and local action to bring about change. The international ‘COP’ conferences seem to come and go, with fine speeches and rhetoric, but actions only seem to be agreed after loopholes have been inserted. We are heading towards 3 degrees of warming by the end of this century. Can humanity survive that? What can we do about it?
Views: 43 | Enquiries: 0Edward’s life changed as a result of sailing around the world in the Clipper Around the World Yacht Race. Spending months at sea, negotiating powerful storms and extreme weather, gave him a powerful insight into the impacts of overheated oceans. Those experiences, coupled with the birth of his 4 grandsons, are his motivation as an environmental activist. A former inner city headteacher and educational consultant, he now works through the Church, the Green Party, Greenpeace and Al Gore’s Climate Reality organisation to ensure the future of everyone’s children. His degree at Cambridge was in English Literature and the History of Art. This gave him profound insights into the work of William Blake and an on-going love of Fine Art and the Insights you can gain when you really look deeply at a painting.
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