tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869114099575333932024-03-19T04:30:05.389+00:00Tina LouiseTales from my personal realityTina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.comBlogger448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-61702805117434323692023-03-18T16:52:00.010+00:002023-03-18T17:56:54.503+00:00Back to the Philosophical Basis Thank you to Ecosocialist Alliance for publishing my piece in time for last week's Green Party of England & Wales, Spring conference:Back to basics – back to the Philosophical Basis "We’re not in the orchestra – but they’re playing our tune"We’re in an ecological crisis, it’s the greatest threat we face and is the absolute definition of an emergency - yet politics continues to dance Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-10524761139303177272023-02-20T13:19:00.002+00:002023-02-20T13:20:31.451+00:00Dear Nanas...A few weeks ago I received an invitation that insisted on secrecy and simply asked that I hold the date - 16th Feb 2023. I did as it came from Vivienne Westwood's family and was an invitation to the Memorial - then a couple of days before, another mail with a QR code and the location: Southwark Cathedral and time: from 1pmThe invitation made clear it was one person and only the named person... I Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-55325553451118337492023-02-10T00:40:00.000+00:002023-02-10T00:40:40.498+00:00OUT-LAWS OUT-LAWSWhy should we as individuals have to protest to get our government to meet its legal obligations and act on its promises?Where is the law that ensures the government prevents further harm to the quality of our air, water, soil, nature - OUR actual life-support-system?Protest forces us to accept sacrifices and accept damage to ourselves and those around us: family time, work, job Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-3661408942694359272022-12-07T13:14:00.001+00:002022-12-07T13:14:42.353+00:00This Crisis Demands Action - Blackpool November 12th 2022Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-12226867377454968152022-11-24T18:05:00.000+00:002022-11-24T18:05:26.756+00:00The Daily Climate Show: Just Stop Oil should be named 'terrorist group' ...Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-51894582076045470362022-10-31T13:13:00.004+00:002022-10-31T13:13:44.620+00:00Mastodon social test <a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@tinalouise">Mastodon</a>Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-71788777654037946672022-10-15T22:02:00.003+01:002022-10-15T22:02:42.876+01:00What's precious?"What matters to you and what will you do to protect it?" There are countless interesting discussions resulting from the vandlising of art (thankfully protected by glass) done by young folk trying to get action on the decimation of our life-support system that's happening across our vandalised world. To be clear, my view is that in the image attached... NONE of the scenes should be happening.TheTina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-18859104733963140622022-08-13T23:46:00.000+01:002022-08-13T23:46:11.447+01:00Preston Climate Emergency Centre OPEN DAY 13 Aug 2022A big day for the wonderful Deb's Whiteside and her family as they open the UK's 19th Climate Emergency Centres @climateEcentres (the first in the North!) in Preston, Lancashire.About Preston Climate Emergency Centre.:[The aim of the Climate Emergency Centre is to provide a space where the people of Preston can come together to learn, and discuss how to reduce our carbon footprint and tackle Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-11953020211039786932022-02-21T00:55:00.003+00:002022-02-21T00:55:49.703+00:0010 Hours in A&EValentine’s Day and I was floored by a terrifying chest pain – I’d been uncomfortable for a few days, just thought I’d ‘pulled something’ but this was impossible to ignore. Thankfully one niece is a nurse and another a carer and we were all at the same location… they were their usual fabulous selves and took my vital signs, reassured me, booked an ambulance and explained to staff etc.I ended up Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-71758978157739448472021-11-06T01:12:00.001+00:002021-11-06T01:12:25.081+00:00Activist is not a dirty wordIt’s been all waves of hope and despair churning away at my optimism/pessimism as #COP26 fills the screen… I’m speaking later today in Glasgow at the Rally (from the top of a fire engine!) and it’s hard to know what’s even worth saying and I can’t work out how I feel about where we’re at right now and whatever’s next ☹
What the hell is the appropriate tone to take when discussing potential Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-8013467519365704632021-10-31T14:09:00.001+00:002021-10-31T14:09:14.251+00:00The Era of Injustice is Over: COP26 Coalition Opening EventTina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-2519618908794066682021-09-03T10:15:00.000+01:002021-09-03T10:15:03.874+01:00Love, Inclusion & Environmental Activism 29 Aug 2020Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-68831620776407380562021-08-22T15:38:00.008+01:002021-09-02T16:14:20.672+01:00Motivational Gifts...Campaigning to prevent the worst of climate change and strive for a better, safer, fairer, more optimistic future may not be easy but I can’t imagine anything else that matters as much. In the moments before each public talk to residents about the process of extracting shale gas by fracking, I always felt huge remorse. I used to call the talk “The Unwelcome Gift” because I knew that once they Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-1895743179111688432021-08-20T21:30:00.001+01:002021-08-20T21:31:17.539+01:00Just... a single issue?We're on a planet aflame (or as Greta Thunberg would say "Our house is on fire.") and those least able to escape, least able to build-back - are already experiencing the droughts, floods, fires and failed crops that lead to suffering, death, upheaval, war, migration. There is no justice for them and won't be unless those with the power to act decisively on climate-harming industries, actually do Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-40160470353416374162021-07-19T13:30:00.001+01:002021-07-19T13:30:57.884+01:00Extinguishing Fires... I'm on social media quite a lot and since Green Party Leaders made public statements recently (Jonathan's resignation then Sian's public statement about not standing again) the other parties have been relishing sharing what looks like a breakdown of our Party. A busy decade of climate campaigning means I didn't pay as much attention to the discussions on sex & gender that now seem to Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-11141455762631348512021-05-01T22:31:00.000+01:002021-05-01T22:31:03.169+01:00Nanas at May Day Lancaster 2021 Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-17693048904205700542021-04-17T15:25:00.002+01:002021-04-17T15:25:34.386+01:00Moments at 16... Was dropping my 16 year old
granddaughter at her friend's house just now and she was telling me about how
her day went yesterday. Then she said I wasn't to worry cause it was alright in
the end but:
"Grandma - an old man came and
sat next to me at the bus stop - but right next to me and started talking to me
- he asked if I'd heard of 'virtual worlds' - I said yeah."
At this point I Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-25749200014934772162021-04-07T00:01:00.002+01:002021-04-07T00:01:45.443+01:00Urgency of Focus It looks like COP26 climate talks will go ahead in November in Glasgow and there's a great deal going on with environment/nature/climate/divestment groups as we try to make this COP actually count - to force urgent issues onto the table and make its outcomes legally enforceable. Lockdown has hindered campaigning for this precious planet but hopefully not for much longer - we really don't Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-33248595471377964112021-03-27T13:01:00.005+00:002021-03-27T13:05:40.627+00:00CAN-do I used to think politics was too awful to even consider, let alone get involved in; then I watched the government choose austerity and cut funding (or not match what was needed) to services that are vital to us all - the NHS, education, elder care, environmental protection, youth and disability services, local transport - and the list goes on. All the while also witnessing the use of Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-91316669978046614532021-03-14T20:18:00.003+00:002021-03-14T20:18:54.490+00:00Tina's SongTina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-58393092018372639732021-03-14T20:18:00.002+00:002021-03-14T20:18:36.581+00:00Chatting with GreensCANTina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-46918531086933509942020-10-28T23:08:00.002+00:002020-10-28T23:08:15.727+00:00Mum's beachball...Dear friends have lost their mothers more recently than I lost mine (May 2011) and I was thinking about where I am in my grief nearly 10 years on... the raw, vicious pain of the start seem to have made way for more acceptance and less encounters with the bottomless sense of loss. I couldn't love my mum more so that hasn't dwindled but I think time forces acceptance of a 'new relationship' Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-59605036603433808192020-10-06T17:18:00.008+01:002020-10-06T17:22:06.359+01:00God has been kidnapped...God has been kidnappedhijackedstolentorn to shredswholly brokenre-packaged in bite sitelittle parcelssnippets of god in digestible globuleseach a little differentfrom the otheras worshippers worship each one with wonderseeing only what each perceivesIS the whole in their make-believecreation story that can never bethe wholethe truthof our eternityfor bits of the whole are as a body Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-27814680273297202852020-07-23T13:37:00.001+01:002020-07-23T13:41:10.040+01:00What now?
The
environment seems least on the list of govenment concerns anywhere in
the world right now. Puffed-up super-powers busy themselves with
foreplay to war - threatening this and that and threatening to take
back, roll-back, retract agreements promises... to
stop recognising, acknowledging or complying with each other in a world
so interconnected that they know... the pulling of one thing, Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286911409957533393.post-860182340799523732020-07-18T17:15:00.001+01:002020-07-18T17:15:12.989+01:00Chatting with Green Party Women 28-06-2020Tina Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434465515735523539noreply@blogger.com0