Patrick Lacey – the story of a remarkable life
as told by Anuradha Vittachi at the June 2015 Memorial Service.
Author Archive for: admin
About admin
This author has not written his bio yet.
But we are proud to say that admin contributed 232 entries already.
Entries by admin
Christmas Message
/in Filming, Human Rights, Politics, Poverty/by adminA moving installation above the congregation at St James Piccadilly on Christmas Day.
Remembering Patricia Lacey
/in Filming, Gathering, Personal/by adminThe unforgettable Patricia Lacey – friends’ favourite stories.
Climate Health Check
/in Education, Filming, Fossil fuels, Health, OneClimate, Politics/by adminWhy the ‘old story’ of climate change must remain the new story, not least in the context of human health which it profoundly threatens. Professor Hugh Montgomery makes a powerful case in his Climate Health Check, delivered at the 2014 CleanMed conference in Oxford. After his talk he spoke to Anuradha Vittachi about why he […]
Sheryl Sandberg on more real philanthropy
/in Education, Empathy Blog, Filming, Health, Poverty, Word Pictures/by adminSpeaking at the Full Circle philanthropy conference in San Francisco, the COO of FaceBook Sheryl Sandberg made an inspiring plea. Our humanitarian response to emotional appeals in newsworthy emergencies is fine, but it can blind us to the much greater invisible tragedies that are happening every day. Children are dying unseen in their tens of […]
We called it ‘ecoCasting’
/in Education, Filming, Gathering, Green Living, Word Pictures/by adminWe were excited in the noughties about the power of livestreaming. We called our version of it ‘ecoCasting’ because it represented participation in events without the carbon cost of travel – particularly flying. Here’s a taste of some of the events we covered live.
Mosaic Earth Backstory
/in Uncategorised/by admin“It’s possible to develop a sustainable future for this planet, but it needs all of us to get involved” Kumi Naidoo, Director, Greenpeace Mosaic Earth is coming of age. Mosaic Earth and her daughter Mosaics are en route to becoming a creative, empowering way to generate and empower individuals and communities everywhere to become visible, find […]
The Power of the Hut
/in Uncategorised/by adminPsychotherapist Chris Robertson reflects on spaces of healing beyond the consulting room – based on a favourite story told by Carl Jung. How can this help address the issue of the tendency to deny the reality of climate change?
Walking to Boo
/in Boo Armstrong, Uncategorised/by adminBluebell Wood, at the top of Hedgerley Wood, is where Boo Armstrong is buried. To ensure that it is protected for the future, the area has now been registered with a new Bluebell Wood Trust, ensuring that it can never be developed or sold.
Age of Stupid – The Build Up
/in Filming, Fossil fuels, OneClimate, Politics/by adminIt’s eight years since the launch of The Age of Stupid. Here’s a nostalgic look back and some of the informal coverage we made in the weeks leading up to the big day. It starts with the last two days of post production before this feature documentary on climate change is ready for its crew screening […]
A Moment of History
/in Fossil fuels, Human Rights, OneClimate, Politics, Renewable Energy, UN Climate COP's/by admin12th December 2015, when the historic Paris agreement on climate change was finally confirmed. The President of the COP, Laurent Fabius, was taking no chances on objections and banged his gavel with the words ‘hearing no objections’ barely uttered. For all its limitations, the agreement is clear signpost setting the world in the right direction for a […]
Oxford’s Refugee Welcome
/in Filming, Human Rights, Politics/by adminSeptember 6th 2015, saw a remarkable demonstration calling for action to support refugees wanting to come to the UK – as well as for those already here. It had become clear that the public mood on the issue was undergoing sea change, but the passionate response to the event surprised even the organisers.
British boxing champ takes on Anuradha – in the ring and on climate change
/in Education, OneClimate, Personal, Speaking/by adminChris Fensom, who was crowned British Light Heavyweight (MMA) boxing champ this November, is very, very tall. Hence his nickname ‘The Giraffe’. Together with his follically-challenged friend Daren Headley, aka the Slaphead, he interviewed Anuradha Vittachi, founder of OneClimate, about climate change. The pair run a series of popular podcasts, The Slaphead and The Giraffe, usually bantering about lighter […]
Greening of Hedgerley
/in Filming, Greening of Hedgerley/by adminThe Passion behind the Project The reason for doing all this was reinforced today when I read an application Anuradha is preparing to fund a mass blog on this subject under the OneWorld banner. She writes: “I had been writing about Climate Change with a generalised anxiety since 1980 – but, like many anti-poverty activists, […]
Danny Dorling on Inequality
/in Empathy Blog, Filming, Human Rights, Latest Videos, Politics, Poverty, Word Pictures/by adminProfessor Danny Dorling, University of Oxford, offering a tour d’horizon of different forms of inequalities in the social and political scene. This was part of a fascinating evening on the occasion of the New Internationalist launch of their latest series of NoNonsense books in September 2015.