Owen King
@geosomerset.bsky.social
Researcher, recovering academic, writer of stuff social-environmental in Frome, Somerset.
Substack: Geo Somerset https://okprojects.substack.com/
Instagram @ok.research
Substack: Geo Somerset https://okprojects.substack.com/
Instagram @ok.research
#Climate activism is "not about stopping this disaster. It's about making a better world, where all of us get to live freer, more dignified, more joyful lives." - @mikaelaloach.bsky.social speaks on Building #Equity in #ClimateAction to @tnlcomfund.bsky.social Climate Action Fund projects.
March 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#Climate activism is "not about stopping this disaster. It's about making a better world, where all of us get to live freer, more dignified, more joyful lives." - @mikaelaloach.bsky.social speaks on Building #Equity in #ClimateAction to @tnlcomfund.bsky.social Climate Action Fund projects.
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Owen King from Frome Town Council presenting ‘social infrastructure for green dreaming at the periphery’ Members of the community have connected over shared interests (sustainability, social issues, climate etc)
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January 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Owen King from Frome Town Council presenting ‘social infrastructure for green dreaming at the periphery’ Members of the community have connected over shared interests (sustainability, social issues, climate etc)
#RSAWebinar
#RSAWebinar
My latest Geo Somerset Journal piece, inspired by a talk I gave at RSA @regstud.bsky.social EdgeNet Policy Series and a new partnership with Michael Howcroft of @uofglasgow.bsky.social and his @ukri.org Future Leaders project on Civic Imaginaries and 'Green Dreaming'.
The market town of Frome, Somerset built a radical social infrastucture for a more sustainable town. But multiple, intersecting crises threaten its future. It's time to stop resting on laurels and dream again. open.substack.com/pub/okprojec... [subscribe to Geo Somerset journal 👍]
Green Dreams May Come Again: What Next for Frome?
Frome built a social infrastucture for the realisation of a more sustainable future. But multiple, intersecting crises threaten its future. It's time to stop resting on laurels.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
My latest Geo Somerset Journal piece, inspired by a talk I gave at RSA @regstud.bsky.social EdgeNet Policy Series and a new partnership with Michael Howcroft of @uofglasgow.bsky.social and his @ukri.org Future Leaders project on Civic Imaginaries and 'Green Dreaming'.
The market town of Frome, Somerset built a radical social infrastucture for a more sustainable town. But multiple, intersecting crises threaten its future. It's time to stop resting on laurels and dream again. open.substack.com/pub/okprojec... [subscribe to Geo Somerset journal 👍]
Green Dreams May Come Again: What Next for Frome?
Frome built a social infrastucture for the realisation of a more sustainable future. But multiple, intersecting crises threaten its future. It's time to stop resting on laurels.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The market town of Frome, Somerset built a radical social infrastucture for a more sustainable town. But multiple, intersecting crises threaten its future. It's time to stop resting on laurels and dream again. open.substack.com/pub/okprojec... [subscribe to Geo Somerset journal 👍]
Enjoyed taking part in RSA's @regstud.bsky.social Edgenet network webinar... presenting "Social Infrastructure for Green Dreaming at the Periphery: The Case of Frome, Somerset" youtube.com/watch?v=jaaN...
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February 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Enjoyed taking part in RSA's @regstud.bsky.social Edgenet network webinar... presenting "Social Infrastructure for Green Dreaming at the Periphery: The Case of Frome, Somerset" youtube.com/watch?v=jaaN...
With Somerset Council due to approve the sale of a much-contested site in Frome to a community-focused developer today, is Saxonvale a landmark for localism and democratic innovation?
January 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
With Somerset Council due to approve the sale of a much-contested site in Frome to a community-focused developer today, is Saxonvale a landmark for localism and democratic innovation?
The Case for Letting Malibu Burn longreads.com/2018/12/04/t...
The Case for Letting Malibu Burn - Longreads
Many of California's native ecosystems evolved to burn. Modern fire suppression creates fuels that lead to catastrophic fires. So why do people insist on rebuilding in the firebelt?
longreads.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Case for Letting Malibu Burn longreads.com/2018/12/04/t...
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The data is in.
2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year yet
These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe for 2024.
theconversation.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The data is in.
2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
Geo Somerset: A Journal of People and Environment in Somerset - Substack - First Article Availabe Free! okprojects.substack.com?r=271b7f&utm...
January 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Geo Somerset: A Journal of People and Environment in Somerset - Substack - First Article Availabe Free! okprojects.substack.com?r=271b7f&utm...
Reposted by Owen King
Even restaurants with an overt, farm-to-fork idyll can harbour toxic and abusive cultures within their kitchens.
www.thewfj.co.uk/p/modern-sla...
www.thewfj.co.uk/p/modern-sla...
"Pain, tears, humiliation" in a Somerset restaurant kitchen
Toxic work cultures exist in restaurants more than you probably think – even ones claiming to be ‘ethical’ and ‘sustainable’
www.thewfj.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Even restaurants with an overt, farm-to-fork idyll can harbour toxic and abusive cultures within their kitchens.
www.thewfj.co.uk/p/modern-sla...
www.thewfj.co.uk/p/modern-sla...
NEW First post on my Substack! "Slow Food: The Culinary Geology of Snail-Eating in Somerset". From the Romans to The Miners Arms, how geology has shaped our food culture, and how it might again! okprojects.substack.com/p/slow-food-...
January 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
NEW First post on my Substack! "Slow Food: The Culinary Geology of Snail-Eating in Somerset". From the Romans to The Miners Arms, how geology has shaped our food culture, and how it might again! okprojects.substack.com/p/slow-food-...
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate; it oppresses and I am the oppressor of the person I condemn, not his friend and fellow sufferer — Carl Jung #pubphilosophy #hellobluesky
January 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate; it oppresses and I am the oppressor of the person I condemn, not his friend and fellow sufferer — Carl Jung #pubphilosophy #hellobluesky