Part 2 of The Hopeful #Climate Letters out now! For the years 2028-2030, it explores an optimistic COP34, how the Hajj could benefit from fancy paint, the UK smashing it's 2030 climate targets and a controversial role for UN Peacekeepers! #climatefiction jacobashton.net/the-climate-le…

Hopeful #Climate Letters Part 3! Including a cleaned-up New York, the 2032 Kashmir situation, a replacement for the EU, and lab-grown haggis, and plenty more intriguing potential future developments. Do have a read xo #climatefiction #climatechange jacobashton.net/the-climate-le…

Hopeful #Climate Letters Part 4 is live! Featuring a Trans-Siberian adventure, artificial intelligence and forest bathing in Japan, the future of #biofuels and the concept of 'Displaced Reality'. Please do have a read! #climatefiction jacobashton.net/the-climate-le…

Final Hopeful Climate Letters is out! Has been hugely fulfilling to write, and I hope it paints a realistically optimistic vision for the future, if we do things we right. Please do have a read :) #climatefiction #climatechange jacobashton.net/the-climate-le…

Oh my days FINALLY - it was five-odd years ago I was in @ZeroCarbonSoc at its inception, and it felt like an uphill struggle. So thrilled the university has finally listened. It's been a long hard slog - huge kudos to everyone that helped make it happen! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

A little birthday treat for me - I've been published! A short story of mine is in LatelyTheSun's #climatefiction anthology, telling a hopeful tale of how we could build a better future by addressing #climatechange. The e-book is available here: amazon.com/dp/B08LQSPL74

Important and interesting summary of how #climatechange is affecting UK #fishing, and the importance of collaboration between scientists and industry - had a lot of fun helping put this together! Do have a read :)

Possibly my smuggest article yet - but I promise it's written in earnest! Do have a read to see how I'm making my money do good things through donating 5% of my income to charity: jacobashton2711.medium.com/why-and-how-im… #climatechange #effectivegiving Giving What We Can 🔸 Carbon180

"Societal changes start small, and then snowball as more and more people get on board. People follow those leading by example." - Jacob Ashton Full article: bit.ly/3mC1cIg

Here at MWC we're not big fans of impenetrable jargon. That's why our policy whizz Jacob Ashton has put together a handy blog explaining the key parts of #FisheriesAct & what it means for our fishermen & marine environment ⚓ Read it here! 👉 buff.ly/2MNhAJO

Thank you for your lovely review! So glad you liked my story, it was a joy to write😁 #climatefiction

Silly little bit of #ClimateFiction I put together, out now on With Many Roots - featuring solar heating, a reedbed-filtered communal pool, and a vile old man. Enjoy! withmanyroots.com/blog/reeds-and…

Very excited to be shortlisted for this!! #ClimateFiction

Thrilled to have got first prize in the Sustainability First writing competition!! Lovely prizegiving event and wonderfully imaginative array of entries. Amazing to hear the entries will be heading to COP26 too. Watch this space for the link to the published works! #ClimateFiction

My story 'Eels and Reeds' is live on the Sustainability First website - please do give it and the other great entries a peruse! The People's Vote Award is also open, so do vote for your fave - doesn't have to be mine but, y'know, would be nice 😉sustainabilityfirst.org.uk/writing-prize #ClimateFiction

My little story 'Sunflowers' got second place in the Sapiens Plurum writing competition! It's about bioremediation and bioredemption (definitely just made that word up) - please do have a read :) #ClimateFiction #CliFi #EcoFiction sapiensplurum.org/winning-storie…

Start your 2022 by diving into exciting science & policy projects, creating engaging communications & making a positive impact on the marine environment. We're searching for a new Science & Policy Officer! Apply here: bit.ly/3J3tyaI

Happy #EarthDay ! Here's a little #ClimateFiction story I wrote last year that got second prize in the Sapiens Plurum short fiction contest - it draws on the hope found throughout the natural world and the people within it. 🌻sapiensplurum.org/winning-storie… #CliFi

(Anyone still here?) Back in April-May I spent a month hiking through Spain, covering a total of 600km through forests, farmland, wetland, scrub, and eventually the Valencian coast - including some sobering exposure to #climatechange effects: calltoadventure.uk/post/camino-de…

After a several-year hiatus, I have a new Medium article out! #CostaRica's national Payments for #EcosystemServices programme is the longest-running in the world - and has a lot to teach us about how to restore and conserve ecosystems in the long term. shorturl.at/evRV0