The New Climate. End of year Wrap.
I’m not numbering this New(s)letter, as it’s just a quick, bonus ‘burner’ newsletter at the end of the year. Mostly just to tell my writers and regular readers that The New Climate. will be taking a break from now until 8th Jan — so don’t expect much refreshing of the homepage in that time! And writers, feel free to submit, but I won’t be editing or publishing until the 8th. So equally feel free to hold off and take a break yourselves — you deserve it.
Launching and editing The New Climate. has been the highlight of the 2023 for me. So just as a fun Wrap-style way to, well, wrap things up, I’ll leave you with the Top Stories of the Year — and these are not my picks, but based on total number of views and reads combined. Drum roll please… (my money’s on Ricky as the group’s drummer) the most read stories on TNC of the year were:
6.
Notes from the Understory with Why only Degrowth Will Save The World
3.4K Views, 2K Reads
https://medium.com/me/stats/post/2a4b1bf35011
5.
Ricky Lanusse with The Real Climate Impact of the Hunga-Tonga Volcanic Eruption
3.4K Views, 2.4K Reads
https://medium.com/p/e4b51acefd49
4.
George Dillard with Whatever You Think Climate Change Will Be Like, You’re Wrong
3.3K Views, 2.5K Reads
https://medium.com/p/b852d3fe7e3d
3.
It’s me! With I Wrote A Book About Water: Here’s What I Learned
3.7K Views, 2.2K Reads
https://medium.com/the-new-climate/i-wrote-a-book-about-water-heres-what-i-learned-cddf7e2e7dd0
2.
Peter Knapp with How bad is wood-burning? And why do people do it?
4.1K Views, 2.9K Reads
https://medium.com/p/73a5d0eb2a6b
And, our inaugural Christmas Number One, pipping himself into the top spot, is…
1.
Peter Knapp again, with Why Individual Action on the Climate Crisis Matters !
4.8K Views, 2.3K Reads
https://medium.com/p/4b9aa9447dd6
Congrats Peter! And BIG thanks to all — and whatever you do with yourself in late December, I wish you all a restorative, regenerative, renewing time.
Tim Smedley, Editor, The New Climate.
