Approaching menopause as a childfree woman
By Gudrun Cartwright As a woman in my late forties, I am definitely approaching menopause. I feel in that ‘peri’ state. Even though I am…
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Having kids in a climate crisis: can you do it? I’m too scared
By Gudrun Cartwright As always, I was fascinated by what happened in Davos this year. If not necessarily encouraged. Donald Trump criticised climate ’prophets of…
Writing to get my mojo back
By Gudrun Cartwright Today I need to write. For the last few weeks I have been consumed with work. I have written for that purpose,…
Calling Generation X: is it up to us to save the planet?
By Gudrun Cartwright Will Generation X please stand up? It is time for us to own our power and create a world that works for…
What does it mean to be an adult in the 21st Century?
By Gudrun Cartwright What does the term ‘grown up’ bring to mind for you? In a society where growing older is seen as a bad…
Where have all the grownups gone? Ecological responsibility
By Gudrun Cartwright Having recently had a birthday that makes me closer to 50 than to 40, I am, if we’re honest well into middle age.…
We are the ones we are been waiting for
By Gudrun Cartwright I was born in 1972. This means, that by any stretch of the imagination, I am halfway through my life now. Depending…
Reasons to be cheerful
By Gudrun Cartwright Reasons to be cheerful In my life, I find it so easy to dwell on what’s wrong. To angst over the small…
Reasons to be fearful
By Gudrun Cartwright At the weekend I was out cycling in the New Forest. It was a beautiful day and all was well with my…
Living on the Edges
One of the many things that I connect with in permaculture, is that ‘edges are where the action is’. I have spent my whole life…