Accessible on Paper, Unliveable in Practice
Accessible on Paper, Unlivable in Practice. A Climate Connector Story The Crisis We Are Not Talking About When we discuss climate change and its impacts, we often speak in statistics. Rising sea levels. Increased flood risk. Billions of pounds in infrastructure damage. What we rarely discuss is who bears the heaviest burden when disaster strikes. […]
The Hidden Cause of UK Flooding: 200 Square Kilometres of Paved Gardens
WHY WE ARE FLOODING: THE SCIENCE WE IGNORED Right now, across the United Kingdom, people are wading through their living rooms. Rescuing photo albums from rising water. Watching their possessions float away. And asking the same question: why does this keep happening? The headlines blame the water companies. The politicians blame the drainage systems. But […]
Mrs Kowalski’s Independence: How Climate-Resilient Design Saved Her Life
Mrs Kowalski’s Independence: How Climate-Resilient Design Saved Her Life Series: From Ghost Town to Living Heart, Part 1 Welcome to Part 1 of my new series: From Ghost Town to Living Heart. Over the next few weeks, I am looking at how town centres must evolve and move beyond simple green trends to explore how […]
Story 10: Your Great Great Granddaughter: 2100, The Future We Built
This is Story is part of the 5 Generations series. I showed you what climate failure looks like for vulnerable people in the United Kingdom. Now I am showing you what climate success delivers. Same five people. Same five generations. Different choices. Based on UK Net Zero pathways and Climate Change Committee scenarios, this is […]
Story 9: Your Great Great Granddaughter: 2100, The Future We Are Creating
Story 9: 2100, The Future We Are Creating By the end of the century, the consequences of decisions made in the 2020s and 2030s will have played out across three generations. A young person in 2100 inherits either a world of managed adaptation and relative stability, or one of compounding crises and system collapse. They […]
Story 8: Your Great Granddaughter: 2075, The City That Cares
This is Story 4 of 5 of the Hopeful Alternatives, a part of the 5 Generations series. I showed you what climate failure looks like for vulnerable people in the United Kingdom. Now I am showing you what climate success delivers. Same five people. Same five generations. Different choices. Based on UK Net Zero pathways […]
Story 7: Your Great Granddaughter: 2075, The City That Could Not Cope
Story 7: 2075 – The City That Could Not Cope This is Story 4 of the Five Generations series, following one British family through the climate emergency from 2035 to 2100. Each story shows two possible futures: what happens if we fail to act, and what becomes possible when we choose climate action. These are […]
Story 6: Your Granddaughter: 2058, The Summer of Abundance
Story 6: 2058: The Summer of Abundance What Climate Action Delivers for Food Security This is Story 3 of 5 of the Hopeful Alternatives, a part of the 5 Generations series. I showed you what climate failure looks like for vulnerable people in the United Kingdom. Now I am showing you what climate success delivers. […]
Story 5: Your Granddaughter: 2058, The Summer Without Water
Story 5: 2058 – The Summer Without Water This is part three of the Five Generations series, following one British family through the climate emergency from 2035 to 2100. Each story shows two possible futures: what happens if we fail to act, and what becomes possible when we choose climate action. These are not predictions; […]
Story 4: Your Daughter: 2043, The Coast That Adapts
Story 4: 2043, The Coast That Adapts – What Climate Action Delivers for Coastal Communities This is Story 4, a part of the 5 Generations series. I showed you what climate failure looks like for vulnerable people in the United Kingdom. Now I am showing you what climate success delivers. Same five people. Same five […]
Story 3: Your Daughter, aged 18: 2043, The Coast That Vanished
This is part of the Five Generations series, following one British family through the climate emergency from 2035 to 2100. Each story shows two possible futures: what happens if we fail to act, and what becomes possible when we choose climate action. These are not predictions; they are possibilities. The future is not written yet […]
Story 2: Your Son 2035, The Summer That Works
This is Story 2 is a part of the 5 Generations series. I showed you what climate failure looks like for vulnerable people in the United Kingdom. Now I am showing you what climate success delivers. Same five people. Same five generations. Different choices. Based on UK Net Zero pathways and Climate Change Committee scenarios, […]
Story 1: Your Son: 2035, The Summer That Changed Everything
Story 1: Your Son, Age 10 – The Summer That Changed Everything This is part of the Five Generations series, following one British family through the climate emergency from 2035 to 2100. Each story shows two possible futures: what happens if we fail to act, and what becomes possible when we choose climate action. These […]
Why Stories Matter: The Human Face of Climate Action.
Climate change communicated through technical language excludes most people. Stories connect abstract data to lived experience, transforming statistics into people you care about. Environmental and social sustainability are inseparable. The Five Generations series shows why climate storytelling must centre vulnerable communities and connect inclusion with environmental action