On the Subject of Clooties…..

As the Pagan Federation environmental policy officer, I’m sure you can imagine I am very passionate about all things green.  I have a deep seated belief that as Pagans we must do everything we can to protect Mother Earth and all her creatures.  It was in this regard I joined the clootie debate.  I wish … Read more

How you can support the Green Heart campaign from the Climate Coalition

Climate change doesn’t care about our differences, and that’s why people here in the UK and across the world are putting them aside and doing what they can to tackle climate change and protect what we love. In February 2022, The climate coalition are asking us all to send a Green heart to our MP to … Read more

Parliament of World Religions October 2021

With many events moving online over this last year, I was able to attend and participate in the Parliament of World Religions last month. As one of the largest Interfaith events in the world, the parliament is an opportunity to connect with people of many different faiths, beliefs and traditions as well as to learn … Read more

Samhain Poetry

Toast to the Ancestors The ancestors have trod the pathsour feet are treading now.They’ve known the sameecstatic joys,wept with self-same sighs.Heed their softly whispered words,knowledge from the wise.Hear it in the sighing of the treesblowing in the breeze,in the patter of raindrops falling.Hear it calling. To those who came before us,and those who came before … Read more

This Samhain Night

The Ford Fiesta pulled into the car park, its colour indefinable in the deepening twilight. The doors opened, spewing its contents onto the skittering gravel underfoot. ‘Come on Sarah, we need to get all this stuff out of the boot, and the others are waiting.’ Two supermarket bags clinked heavily to the ground. Sarah pulled … Read more

Big Green Competition

EXCITING NEWS for all you clever people For the BIG GREEN week, we are running a BIG GREEN competition. We would like you to make something using materials that you would normally throw away.  So can you make a piece of artwork using scrap materials, old plastic, paper or card.  A mosaic from your broken … Read more

Historic UN Resolution Passes!

Some time ago, Professor Ronald Hutton emailed me asking if we at the Pagan Federation could support the efforts of WHRIN (The Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network) in their attempts to get the UN to pass a resolution on Harmful Practices: Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks (HPAWRA). He sent me a bundle of … Read more

Your opinions matter!

Last year, the main committee set up a sub-committee to investigate how we communicated with people and organisations outside of the Pagan Federation. You can read the blog I wrote about it here. The work is progressing and at Beltane we launched a survey for both members and non-members to gain insight into how our … Read more

Foraging

Hi, Sorry it’s been awhile, but unfortunately I have been ill. I want to talk about foraging as there has been a lot of talk about it on social media and various blogs.  There are several things you need to remember if you do want to give it a go.  Firstly and most importantly is … Read more