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D.A. Baden

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I work in the area of sustainability and climate change, and the more you know the scarier it is. Like the sun, you can’t look too closely at it, but face to one side, you make your way, because in fact, it’s easy to put everything right. All the solutions are right here, they just have to catch on. Walking lightly and mindfully upon the earth is so doable. I started writing as therapy, with green solutions as the main ingredient, stories to soothe my soul. Then my characters and their stories took over centre stage, leaving the green solutions to season the stew.

I set up the series of free Green Stories writing competitions in 2018 to inspire writers to create positive visions of what a sustainable society might look like, to tell stories
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D.A. Baden Real life is often the starting point for my characters and stories then I add the creative twist. I've been lucky to have known some amazingly fun, q…moreReal life is often the starting point for my characters and stories then I add the creative twist. I've been lucky to have known some amazingly fun, quirky and adorably weird people. (less)
D.A. Baden My mother confined to a chair in a care home bedroom during Covid. Sorry - bit grim, but truly horrible for her and for me, unable to do anything.
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