#WriteCBC task from Anna Davis: I'd you to write a mini-scene or story which features a goodbye. It can be poignant, humorous, dark, exciting, strange or whatever you like. Your goodbye should be the end of something and also a beginning – make me want to read on!
It started after they waved their youngest off. He'd suggested his wife lose weight before but now? One new drug and poof! Half disappeared! He hated the haircut too. Next came 'decluttering' (none of his stuff thank God). Now she wanted a job. What next?! He glanced in the mirror. Surely not...
There is currently no Nobel Prize dedicated to consistently rewarding efforts to keep our planet liveable. Ecosis thinks there should be (and I agree) blog.ecosia.org/climate-nobe...
Research confirms the devastation caused to people and communities by Hurricane Melissa was made worse by the #ClimateCrisis.
We still have the power to change our future, only if we act now.
Something governments should keep in mind at #COP30 next week.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#WriteCBC task from @jessicabull.bsky.social: Write an exchange in which a character says one thing but communicates something else entirely. Allow your narrator to draw their own conclusions as to what is really being said. Extra points if you make it festive!
"He's behind you!" There was an edge to El's voice. It was Charming's cue but she said it to me, our eyes meeting under Daisy's drooping lashes. Tom! I'd assumed he'd had backache earlier - common when you're playing the rear. But if it was him she'd beaten off? Well he'd struggle to run away now.
#WriteCBC task from @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social: Halloween is coming, so let’s introduce a spooky setting! The house lights dim, and the curtain rises on your location: where are we? What small details intrigue us in the opening lines? And why does it make us feel subtly uneasy?
Silver patches rise like ghosts on the path ahead. It's the moon, she thinks. But it's also the trees. They know death. Have grown twisted following its progress across the graveyard. Their branches lift on a breeze she cannot feel. It whispers though. She starts running. It's her name #WriteCBC
#WriteCBC task from @rowancoleman.bsky.social: One way to imbue authenticity into a character is to discover their secrets. What memento do they keep in their beside drawer? Write a scene involving this memento. What subtle secret does this reveal? What does this tell you about the character?
At first she'd feared the chirruping would give her away. Now only silence filled the drawer and it was deafening. Daylight revealed the sad clump of feathers inside. So tiny, so fragile. It reminded her of herself, except freedom hadn't come too late for her. She must never forget that. #writeCBC
Keen to find out which of these inspired and inspiring writers is going to win! @womensprize.bsky.social #books
#writeCBC Good omen: he has red hair like my first crush. Bad? He's in short sleeves and the rain's made an angel tattoo on one smooth bicep weep. As he hands me the bag, he smiles. Decision made. I slip my stolen scrap into his fingers. Soft, warm, human. His eyes widen as he reads my note: Help.
cardboard box labeled "poetry a-f"
How poetry is it?
We don't want to be moving backwards. ❌
Right now, the UK is a world leader in rolling out renewable energy. Decarbonising our economy is the biggest business opportunity of the century. 🌍
Stepping back from climate action would be an out of touch move.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The 10 largest contributors to historical CO2 emissions*
*fossil emissions only, not including land use.
From one of our data insights this week: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
😢 Sea life along Norfolk coast under new threat from toxic plastic.
A recent North Sea cargo collision released a devastating plastic spill.
The RSPB reports it is threatening Norfolk’s fragile coastline wildlife at the start of nesting season. 🪺
18 maps showing decadal average temperature changes since 1850 to present, getting redder in recent decades
Mapping changes in temperature: every decade from the 1850s to 2020s
A professor of environmental sciences gives a quick punchy take on the "eye-popping" numbers re. how clean air promotes economic growth.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
🚨 BREAKING: The government has just committed to NOT issuing new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea.
This is a HUGE WIN for the climate 💚
The house conspired with my Aunt to put visitors in their place. I had to bow my head to enter but the walls inside were impossibly tall. Salt greased the windows; the glass tasted of tears. Where the view drowned me, the stubborn house held its face to the spray, kept its watch on the sea #writeCBC
For years, climate scientists have warned us. Now, the very people who calculate financial risk—actuaries—are sounding the alarm. Their latest report projects a 50% collapse in global GDP within decades...
@forbes www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
Scientists Discover Low-Cost Way to Trap Carbon Using Common Rocks – And it Could Help Farmers Too www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-d...
BREAKING: We’ve WON a historic case against the Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields. 🎉
👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣
This is GAME-CHANGING.
And it’s ONLY been possible thanks to YEARS of fighting by THOUSANDS of climate campaigners! Power to the people. ✊
