Monday, 8 August 2022
Living Safely with Covid-19
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Open University Research Project
This was an intense day at the Open University in Milton Keynes. 10 different sociologists all reading and then discussing their research papers on the different aspects of food delivery riders. A whole new world to discover!
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Merton Meetings
Yesterday I was working for Merton council in southwest London. There was a buzz in the air, with the first staff conference since pre-covid times, hooray! Great to hear about their ambitious plans for the borough.
Citizens Climate Change Assembly - Land Use
This subject was very emotive. Perhaps because the symbolism of Hereford beef cattle is a strong one in Herefordshire (not surprising really!), and being asked to eat differently, eg a more plant-based diet, is a very personal incursion into people's lives.
I think it's going to be a tough one to shift. The other two subjects of Transport and Buildings are equally tough to change because of the huge costs and massive infrastructure changes - and this all should have been attended to years ago (as they've been doing in Sweden and Germany). It's a mammoth task.
Friday, 10 June 2022
What Family Means to Us
I was asked to draw up this image after a recent workshop.
The dandelion imagery came from one of the participants: dandelions grow tightly together like a family unit, and then disperse as individual seeds, in order to establish their own new 'family'.
What does family mean to you?