Author Archives: marekbidwell

I recently read ‘The Northumbrians’ by Dan Jackson and loved it. It opened my eyes as to how history has shaped the place I am proud to call my home. I am hoping to host a book club on Zoom to discuss Dan’s book on Monday 30th November 2020. The meeting will start at 7.30Continue reading “‘The Northumbrians’ A Lockdown Book Club Special”

Whatever you views on genetically modified crops (drought-busting tech or biotech evil), you are welcome to join Green Thinkers’ 24th book club to discuss ‘Seeds of Science‘ by Mark Lynas. Mark is an excellent writer and was author of our first book ‘The God Species’ in 2013. In ‘Seeds of Science’ Lynas takes us backContinue reading “‘Seeds of Science’ by Mark Lynas – 28th Jan 2021”

‘Green Thinkers’ next read is ‘Who Owns England?‘ by Guy Shrubsole on 29th October 2020 (17:00 – 18:30 UK time, by Video Conference). The question posed by this book is of the utmost relevance. I started thinking about land ownership as suitability issue when reading ‘Doughnut Economics’ by Kate Raworth. She writes that from theContinue reading “‘Who Owns England?’ by Guy Shrubsole: 29th Oct 2020”

‘Green Thinkers’ will be discussing BBC Radio 4’s broadcast Costing the Earth ‘Is this something I should be doing?‘ on carbon offsetting on Friday 29th May 2020 (16:00 – 17:15 UK time). The discussion will be online via ‘zoom’ and access is free, but places are limited. To request an invite email me (marek@green-thinkers.org) veryContinue reading “Next Meeting: “Is this something I should be doing?” – Carbon Offsetting (29th May 2020)”

‘Green Thinkers’ will be discussing BBC Radio 4’s broadcast Costing the Earth ‘Covid-19: the environmental impact‘ on Monday 20th April 2020 (15:30-16:45 UK time, UTC+1). The discussion will be online via ‘zoom’. Access is free, but places are limited. To request an invite email me (marek@green-thinkers.org) very briefly introducing yourself with either a link toContinue reading “‘Green Thinkers’ discusses ‘Covid-19: the environmental impact’ by ‘Costing the Earth’, BBC Radio 4”

Our next meeting will be on 5th December 2019 to discuss ‘Climate: A New Story‘ by Charles Eisenstein. In 2014 we read the excellent and informative ‘The Burning Question’ by Mike Berners-Lee & Duncan Clark that set out the hard facts. But are the facts (eg: how many Gigatonnes of CO2 we can pump intoContinue reading “‘Climate: A New Story’ by Charles Eisenstein (5th Dec 2019)”

Our next meeting will be on 15th August 2019 to discuss ‘Wilding’ by Isabella Tree. Wilding is one of the most inspiring books on nature that I have ever read. The author and her husband transformed their struggling arable farm in West Sussex into a landscape overflowing with life – including turtle doves, nightingales, hedgehogs,Continue reading “Wilding by Isabella Tree (15th Aug 2019)”

Our next meeting will be on 2nd May 2019 to discuss ‘The Invisible Killer’ by Gary Fuller.  This will be our 20th GreenThinkers’ book and our first on air pollution, a subject that has been in the news many times over the last few years due to the diesel emission scandal and the UK governmentContinue reading “Next Book: ‘The Invisible Killer’ by Gary Fuller”

Our next meeting will be on 17th January 2019 to discuss George Monbiot’s latest book ‘Out of the Wreckage: A new politics for an age of crisis‘. Monbiot doesn’t really need an introduction: he is one of Britain’s leading environmental and political activists; has written eleven books – including ‘Feral’, which helped to popularise theContinue reading “Next Book: ‘Out of the Wreckage: ‘A new politics for an age of crisis’ by George Monbiot”

‘Green Thinkers book club discusses Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth’  Seven of us met on Thursday night to discuss Doughnut Economics. It was a balmy October evening in Newcastle, and we sat outside for most of the discussion, imagining that we lived in Barcelona-on-Tyne, rather than the North East of England. Unusually for our group,Continue reading “Living within the Dough”