Tolmeia Gregory

😢😢😢 Don’t be like my outie and make sure you’re subscribed to @lightsclimateaction (Thanks for the inspo @thatcurlytop 🤣) #podcasts #severance #outie

🍿🌍🎙️ SURPRISE! We’ve made a podcast! We, being, @tolmeia and @theoriginaljake. Lights, Climate, Action is our new climate film podcast where we discuss movies and TV through a climate lens @lightsclimateaction 🎬 We had this idea over 2 years ago and are finally making our little passion project happen! In each episode, we’re taking a look at a film or a TV series to discuss what it does and doesn’t get right on climate change, from fossil fuel propaganda and environmental disasters to cartoons and comedy. An intro as well as our first episode, discussing @mr.ghostpanther’s Don’t Look Up, are now available on all your favourite podcast platforms (Spotify, Apple etc) and we hope you enjoy listening! 🔗 Links in the bio. 🔥 We think this podcast is launching at the perfect moment! Now, more than ever, we need the media we consume to show us the way - whether that’s helping us to imagine a better future or helping us to wake up and take action. A little about us… 🎞️ @theoriginaljake is a cinephile with a film degree, a love for all things @a24, and the odd musical. He works in comms and video production in the climate change and human rights sector. 🎨 @tolmeia is an artist who loves a tearjerker or a rom-com. She currently works as an artist and climate campaigner focused on fossil fuel advertising. (You may remember @idealisticallypod!) 📷 Thank you to @the.roses.theatre for letting us use your theatre for our photos - we love supporting independent creative spaces, especially in towns that are already facing climate impacts such as flooding. Our wonderful music is by @stowe__ 🎶 Please bear with us as we get to grips with all the technical podcast stuff - our set-up is a little more than imperfect for perfect recording but we hope it’s still enjoyable 🎧

🚝🇳🇱 Hopped on the direct train from London ➡️ Amsterdam for a little wintery city break. Being surrounded by such efficient public transport just hits different 😌👌 Recommendations for fellow vegan slow travellers: 🍜 @soil.vegancafe - absolutely delicious food and vibes. We also visited Meatless District but wish we’d just gone to Soil twice instead. 🪑 Find the @klimaatmuseum’s bench just outside the old Shell HQ (down the road from their new Energy Transition Research Center… 🧐) and take a moment to understand how the city will change if we continue on our current climate trajectory. 🛍️ The weekend flea market at NDSM-Plein - a huge array of second-hand clothes and antiques (I found some old fossil fuel merch 👀). 🥪 Bbrood by NDSM does a tasty vegan toastie which is perfect after thrifting on a cold day. 🖌️ @straatmuseum - very cool exhibit of street art including some political and environmental works. 🚝 Zaanse Schans - hop on a train out of the city and visit the windmills. It’s very wholesome. 🍕 @pizzadam_nl - sometimes you just need a good takeaway pizza and the vegan option hit the spot.

⏰ 2025 is the year we need a @fossilfueltreaty. With more wildfires, floods, droughts and storms, we need to call for a rapid and just transition to move away from coal, oil and gas now. Will you be part of this change? Head to www.fossilfueltreaty.org to endorse now. Featuring: @aditimayer, @annetheresegennari, @ariasaleja, @ativiviam, @brianeno, @briannafruean, @cameronrussell, @carmendanae, @climatediva, @climateliveuk, @domipalmer, @earthwanderess, @ethicalunicorn, @escanlon_, @francesffox, @franzeeska, @gillians_voice, @ginamartin, @itsthegarbagequeen, @jessie_mei_li, @laiyonelth, @lauraclarkeuk, @leavecaricealone, @madamegandhi, @maggiebaird, @mikaelaloach, @misanharriman, @nogalevyrapoport, @nihaelety, @olifro.st, @prishita_eloise, @relauren, @r.h.sin, @raeekayassaie, @robbie_lockie, @rozzymikes, @sanj___, @stevieyaaaay, @thisisrozzi, @toritsui_, @tolmeia, @vanessanakate1, @willowonearth Edited by @francesffox

🌹🥳 The world feels pretty beautiful today! (Although, I’d like to correct my sign - it should have said *if @stopcambo stop Rosebank 😉) 📍London, January 2023, on one of many many protests that led to today’s news that the Rosebank oil field has been blocked in the courts based on the environmental impact of burning the fossil fuels it would generate.

🫥 Starting To Feel Numb 🔥 ✏️ 13•01•25 by me. 🧠 I think this is the best way to explain how I feel when people ask me, “How does it make you feel?” in response to watching yet another catastrophe unfold. I don’t think I can go fully into the depths of the grief, fear and anger that I feel because my future feels all too real now. I think it’s okay to freeze a little sometimes, as long as you’re acknowledging that it’s there, beneath the surface. As long as you acknowledge what a privilege it is to turn away from it for a while. These comics are always from my very personal perspective. Of course, my heart and mind are with those dealing with the direct impacts of decades of fossil fuel-induced recklessness. 🆘 Find ways to help at @mutualaidla #Wildfires #ClimateAnxiety #ClimateArt #EcoAnxiety

2️⃣4️⃣ Leaving 2024 with the thought that literally every single % of a degree of warming matters - it matters because it is lives lived, days enjoyed, people loved, sports won, paintings painted, seas swam, trees hugged, meals eaten, smiles smiled, babies born, laughter given. I am extremely grateful to have experienced many of these things in 2024. So, here’s a moment to reflect on all of the things that make life worth fighting for: 🌼 The flowers out in full bloom in the local park. 💉 Tattoo #1 in Paris. 🤝 Tiny moments with @theoriginaljake 🏆 A surprise delivery from my team after we won a @shortyawards 📦 Making a home together. 🎤 Hosting events and seeing the impact of our work at @clean_creatives 🏃 Watching @theoriginaljake prepare, commit to and complete a marathon was very special. 🚆 Making my way to Cannes for the 3rd year running. 🪪 We made it to the big time at @cannes_lions! 🇧🇪 Exploring Europe with my favourite travel partner. 🌲 Witnessing the beauty of nature. 🛶 A moment of calm and serenity. ☀️ Sunshine. Always sunshine. 🇫🇷 Endlessly grateful for the opportunity to escape to places of immense beauty. 🍝 Heavenly food made of plants after almost 4 years vegan 🌱 🌊 The sea breeze in Cassis. 💉 Another tattoo, this time in honour of friendship. All of this is what makes it all worth not giving up on, even when the news seems bleak. See you in the New Year! 👋 #2024 #YearInReview

😌 Some things that have made me feel grateful recently 👉 (🔗 This risograph print is now available on my shop at the link in bio!) 🪧 People who show up for people and planet ❤️ Having a partner who shows up alongside me 📄 Words and art that keep me grounded 🍁 The colours changing with the seasons Spending my weekends alongside others who care to make the world a better place helps me not to forget how many people are in this with me 🫶 💭 What do you have gratitude for? #art #autumn #gratitude