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The Carbon Conversation Course: Tools for Change
By Lizzie Pell, Course Participant Autumn 2019 I was feeling frustrated and exhausted from climate crisis activism, which was taking huge amounts of my energy and returning very little tangible results. Carbon Conversations gave me something different. Focussed on...
Rewilding politics
For Today's podcast we sat down with Mike Love to talk about the city, politics and how we can rewild politics. You can find more conversations and talks from the Leeds Church Institute here on our blog or by subscribing to the Leeds Church Institute Podcast in apple...
Stories from the dementia awareness day
Today’s podcast is taken from our recent event for people who live or work with those diagnosed with dementia. We spoke to Jean Tottie from the Life Story Network and Together in Dementia Every Day (TIDE) carer network about their work and to Dr. Helen Reid about the...
Deacon Merry Evans discusses gambling, gaming and casinos
Deacon Merry Evans discusses gambling, gaming and casinos. For the Autumn 2019 copy of CITYtheology Merry wrote a prose poem about his experiences visiting The Victoria Gate Casino as part of the Leeds Responsible Gaming Forum. We discuss the responsibilities that...
How can we fix dementia care?
Today’s podcast is taken from our recent event for people who live or work with those diagnosed with dementia. Neil Courtman from Alzheimer's Society spoke to us about the Fix Dementia Care campaign. What are Alzheimer's Society Campaigning for? "It is a scandal that...
Through Whose Eyes?
Kelly Scott from The National Holocaust Museum talks about Eye as Witness: Recording The Holocaust. From 2nd to 13th December LCI has been hosting a new exhibition, co-produced by the National Holocaust Centre and Museum and academics from the University of Nottingham...
A Muslim Perspective On Climate Change
Today’s podcast is taken from our recent Faith Leader’s and Climate Change event where Imam Qari Asim spoke about climate change from an Islamic perspective. Imam Asim talks about how the world was created in balance, and asks how we, as stewards of this world, have...
How can we best support those with dementia and cancer
Today’s podcast is taken from our recent event for people who live or work with those diagnosed with dementia. Professor Claire Surr presents the finding of a study that the Department of Dementia Studies at Leeds Met University recently completed looking at the...
How can we celebrate a low carbon Christmas?
At our recent Low Carbon Christmas event, in partnership with Leeds Methodist Mission, we were joined by community leader and Green Party candidate Ed Carlisle who shared some ideas and principles to help us celebrate Christmas without harming the planet. This is our...
The disfigurement of the earth is a disfigurement of our own bodies
Today's podcast is taken from our recent Faith Leader's and Climate Change event where Dr Carmody Grey spoke about Laudato Si, Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment and human ecology. Carmody explains that care for the environment has been a theme of Catholic...