by Doreen Hosking | 25, Aug, 2026 | Blog
I hope you will understand me using a poem by Amanda Gorman again! I love her work and find her inspiring. She really is a most exceptional person. As a young black woman she is accustomed to racism. Yet she has stood up to it with courage. She became the youngest...
by Doreen Hosking | 19, Aug, 2026 | Blog
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Khalil Gibran According to the Woodland Trust, “Trees are our lungs. Trees are our guardians. Trees are our health service and wildlife champions.” In addition, “They are one of our best defences against...
by Doreen Hosking | 10, Aug, 2026 | Blog
London Active Hope Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London and one of my very favourite people, has called on Andy Burnham, the new British Prime Minister, to commit to climate action. This is over fears that the new PM may allow a start to drilling in two oilfields in the...
by Doreen Hosking | 31, Jul, 2026 | Blog
The Encyclical by the late Pope Francis, Laudato Si, not only revealed his care for the Earth but according to Susan Holmberg of the Roosevelt Institute it showed that “The most consistent and profound message threaded throughout Pope Francis’s text is how...
by Doreen Hosking | 14, Jul, 2026 | Blog
What I Want I choose a future without unnecessary wars and violence. I want it to be one in which Nature flourishes, and I can walk in the hills and woods and listen to the birds. I need a tomorrow where the rivers sparkle with life, and there are beavers in the...
