This is episode 2 of a 3 episode series from Dream Space hosted via The SpaceShip Earth podcast.

“2020 was the hottest year on record, I mean, we’re just breaking records left, right and centre, is a terrifying reality, particularly when most of the world’s population didn’t go anywhere, and life as we know it was on hold. However, despite this huge huge challenge ahead of us, I do feel hopeful, and genuinely the reason I feel hopeful, is by hearing stories like this, whether it’s knowing there’s a way through climate grief, or hearing about all the brilliant work happening on a local level, which is being led by grassroots community organisations, you know we’re not waiting for change to happen elsewhere, we’re taking that and owning it….”

Dream Space crew member, Bex Fox has been involved in the climate movement since moving to Bath five years ago, and hosts this episode ‘Life in Bath and the climate & ecological crisis,’ bringing together some of the fascinating and inspiring personal stories shared with Dream Space in Autumn/Winter 2020. Through poetry, reflections and ramblings, these stories give us a unique insight into Bath’s climate movement, and encourage us all to imagine what a city in balance with nature could look like in the future.
Recorded in February 2021 - Listen to this selection of stories and discover:
The different paths a green journey can take
What it means to be an activist or ‘actively’ involved in the climate movement on a local level
How communities are leading climate action in Bath
The challenges of working / gifting time in this space, and how we can overcome them
The opportunities for change here in Bath
Links:
The Dream Space Website: https://thedreamspace.co.uk
The Dream Space exhibition: https://thedreamspace.co.uk/exhibition featuring a series of short films, podcast episodes and stories gallery and all of the stories shared with Dream Space, which revealed the lived experiences of the pandemic, racism and the climate & ecological crisis in Bath.
Thanks for listening to The Dream Space Bath podcast
Host: Bex Fox @bexbexfoxfox (twitter + instagram)
Edit: Charlie Shread
Shownotes: Bex Fox
Join us on Instagram: @the_dream_space #DreamSpaceBath
Dream Space is a collaboration with Good for Nothing and Wild Labs supported by the Emerging Futures fund from the National Lottery

Organisations / Resources mentioned

Bath & North East Somerset Green Party https://bath.greenparty.org.uk/
Blooming Whiteway https://www.bloomingwhiteway.com/
Extinction Rebellion Bath https://xrbath.org.uk/
Extinction Rebellion Bath Youth https://xrbath.org.uk/event/bath-xr-youth-130820/ / https://www.instagram.com/xryouth.bath/
FACE (Families Acting on Climate Emergency) http://www.familiesactingonclimateemergency.org.uk/
Greenpeace Bath - https://greenwire.greenpeace.org.uk/s/group/0F94H000000CHkxSAG/bath-greenpeace
Liveable Neighborhoods - https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/liveable-neighbourhoods
The Work That Reconnects - https://workthatreconnects.org/
Tufa Field Campaign - https://tufafield.ddns.net/

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