Camden postcards: air pollution

facing left: my photo of gorgeous Brunswick Plan in late spring, in front of Brunswick centre. Right half: very high air pollution shown on addresspollution.org website report.

Part of Camden’s Adult community learning included a callout to create postcards.Im a climate activist – with a Breathe London monitor, and working with Global Action plan. So , obviously, I wanted to do something on local air pollution. I think www.addresspollution.org produces great graphics.So I’ve linked my photos with the relevant postcode data. I …

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Dadafest 40 portfolio

For my Dadafest40 application, here’s some examples from my portfolio:please click on the links, if you’d like to know more about the specific visuals / audio. Oct 24: Wired Hands: to be shown Royal Academy restaurantPhotography of my hand-wire sculpture. Selection: Sep 24: Camden postcards: to be shown Swiss Cottage Library Collages of my Photography plus …

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What the party manifestos should cover on health and social care but probably won’t

David Oliver wrote an article on this in the BMJ(1). But he didnt mention clean air. I sent a rapid response saying …Surely we also need a Clean Air Election.Everyone took notice when 230,000 people died from Covid in the UK in the last four years. There was lots of money. Lots of ideas. Incidentally, also …

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WE NEED A CLEAN AIR ELECTION

We all need clean air – so we need a clean air election. Labour is ahead in the polls – which gives them space to do the Right Thing(s). Sadiq Khan’s election victory proved that sticking to principles can work – and that its not just Sadiq that’s not wedded to motonormativity. 1. So lets campaign! For much …

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My balcony

I love my balcony! Its great being out there with plant- and insect-life. Here’s what full sun looks like: Now im increasingly disabled, i struggle to walk out into my little heaven.To do the proper watering , primping and cooing. With recent hospital admissions, and the changeable winter spring, ive very sadly lost some plantsIm …

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Weblink RUPT mawer:

eight images in Wake wash work

For my RUPT CADA application, here’s some examples of my work:If you’d like to know more about the linked images / audio, please scroll down and click on the links in title. Living experience: Wake Wash Work: a narrative of (some of) my disabilities: collage including digital drawing, photos, and x-rays. See aggregate image up …

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Can voting / activism make a difference? How? DRAFT

Im personally keen on activism. But does it make a real difference to air pollution / the climate crisis? The journal Scientific American (Sci. Am.) has reviewed this (i summarised their work here). They say: governments and companies “need to do the lion’s share of the work”, but ordinary people also need to make changes …

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Is the area where I live a problem? DRAFT

If you’re in a high risk group, please sign up for an automatic text advisory service for spikes of bad air pollution. But different areas also have different ongoing or ‘baseline’ levels of air pollution. Please don’t assume you live in a ‘clean air’ area!I can see one of the top ten trees in London from …

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What about the transport we use: cars / public transport / active travel DRAFT

There’s good news .. and bad news : The good news: Small particle (PM2.5) emissions from road transport have reduced very significantly.This follows improved vehicle design – and road traffic controls like ULEZ in London. Pedestrians experience less pollution than drivers and passengers inside vehicles. Its even better if you can walk along side roads. …

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