Avoiding Ecological Disaster

In this Podcast we interview Alison Teal who faced up to two years in jail for allegedly ignoring an injunction brought by Sheffield city council over its controversial programme, which has resulted in about 5,500 mature trees being chopped down. This was dismissed by the judge when it went to Court.

Alison has worked closely with Rupert Read an academic and a campaigner and a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion. Read is a reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia. The precautionary principle in climate and environmental affairs underlies many of his talks and presentations as he believes without precaution we are on the way to ecological disaster.

Alison has advocated ways we should act to avoid ecological catastrophe. So in this webinar we will discuss how climate change and the decline in bio diversity is endangering our future and what immediate measure we need to take to avert disaster.

Alison’s professional background is in psychology and family therapy and I’ve worked with enough individuals, couples and families to know how damaging low income, inequality, poor health and lack of opportunity can be to a person’s wellbeing and relationships. I’ve previously been involved in campaigns for social justice, women’s equality, the environment, and democracy..