Elia Valentini
@eval80.bsky.social
Psychologist, Researcher, Educator. We are in a planetary emergency.
1,279 and growing. Please help us to make pressure on decision-makers to look into the alternative savings, we have already shown, are possible! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Essex: Stop the Cuts, Save Southend, Protect Education
These proposed cuts mean people losing their livelihoods in a higher education sector already facing a jobs crisis, where alternative employment is scarce and careers built over many years can be dest...
www.megaphone.org.uk
February 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
1,279 and growing. Please help us to make pressure on decision-makers to look into the alternative savings, we have already shown, are possible! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
For many of us is now or never.
Help us protect these jobs.
Help us protect these jobs.
400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close.
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
For many of us is now or never.
Help us protect these jobs.
Help us protect these jobs.
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🐝 Zero Hour is proud to work with many inspiring champions helping to advance the Climate and Nature Bill.
👩🔬 On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we want to highlight some of the incredible voices advocating for climate and nature action!
👇 See below! 🧵
👩🔬 On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we want to highlight some of the incredible voices advocating for climate and nature action!
👇 See below! 🧵
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM
🐝 Zero Hour is proud to work with many inspiring champions helping to advance the Climate and Nature Bill.
👩🔬 On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we want to highlight some of the incredible voices advocating for climate and nature action!
👇 See below! 🧵
👩🔬 On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we want to highlight some of the incredible voices advocating for climate and nature action!
👇 See below! 🧵
I just signed the campaign: Save Essex: Stop the Cuts, Save Southend, Protect Education
Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Essex: Stop the Cuts, Save Southend, Protect Education
These proposed cuts mean people losing their livelihoods in a higher education sector already facing a jobs crisis, where alternative employment is scarce and careers built over many years can be dest...
www.megaphone.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
I just signed the campaign: Save Essex: Stop the Cuts, Save Southend, Protect Education
Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
We have a different idea of the future for our University
400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close.
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 PM
We have a different idea of the future for our University
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Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
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🔥🌍 The biggest barrier to climate solutions isn’t just denial, it’s propaganda that shapes what we believe is possible.
Fossil fuel narratives define what counts as ‘practical’ and subtly limit our imagination. 🎧 Listen, share, and help reshape the conversation. 🔄
Fossil fuel narratives define what counts as ‘practical’ and subtly limit our imagination. 🎧 Listen, share, and help reshape the conversation. 🔄
I interviewed @doctorvive.bsky.social about fossil fuel propaganda and the language of climate politics. Genevieve discovered ways of talking about climate that are immune to being hijacked by fossil fuel interests!
open.spotify.com/episode/2Sz7...
open.spotify.com/episode/2Sz7...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:16 AM
🔥🌍 The biggest barrier to climate solutions isn’t just denial, it’s propaganda that shapes what we believe is possible.
Fossil fuel narratives define what counts as ‘practical’ and subtly limit our imagination. 🎧 Listen, share, and help reshape the conversation. 🔄
Fossil fuel narratives define what counts as ‘practical’ and subtly limit our imagination. 🎧 Listen, share, and help reshape the conversation. 🔄
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BREAKING: Allianz stop insuring Israel's biggest weapons company, Elbit Systems.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Allianz stop insuring Israel's biggest weapons company, Elbit Systems.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
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We have written a further letter to the Vice Chancellor at the University of Essex further to meetings held over the last week and additional questions and concerns that have been raised!
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We have written a further letter to the Vice Chancellor at the University of Essex further to meetings held over the last week and additional questions and concerns that have been raised!
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A warning that we could see "-20°C in London for 3 frozen months of the year", and -30°C in Edinburgh for 5 months.
Everyone needs to hear this whilst there's still time to avoid it. #NEB2025
Everyone needs to hear this whilst there's still time to avoid it. #NEB2025
Professor Tim Lenton of @exeter.ac.uk with an incredibly important warning about the dire consequences for the UK if we continue burning fossil fuels and cause the #AMOC ocean current to cross a tipping point—which could happen at 2°C.
Full talk: link below.
#NEB2025 #FoodShortages
Full talk: link below.
#NEB2025 #FoodShortages
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A warning that we could see "-20°C in London for 3 frozen months of the year", and -30°C in Edinburgh for 5 months.
Everyone needs to hear this whilst there's still time to avoid it. #NEB2025
Everyone needs to hear this whilst there's still time to avoid it. #NEB2025
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Trade unionists call on the Labour government to do the right thing by our planet, UK communities and workers, and refuse approval for the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
If you're a union member sign the open letter 👇 and share!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you're a union member sign the open letter 👇 and share!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Trade unionists call on the Labour government to do the right thing by our planet, UK communities and workers, and refuse approval for the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
If you're a union member sign the open letter 👇 and share!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you're a union member sign the open letter 👇 and share!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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Respect and gratitude to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for asking this vitally important question in Parliament👇
Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Respect and gratitude to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for asking this vitally important question in Parliament👇
I just signed a petition: QBE: STOP INSURING REFORM UK. #BoycottBloodyInsurance
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/qb...
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/qb...
QBE: STOP INSURING REFORM UK
Without insurance, Reform UK cannot function, cannot hold events, and cannot spread its toxic agenda. QBE has a choice: stand with the people and the planet, or stand with the polluters and the purvey...
actionnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I just signed a petition: QBE: STOP INSURING REFORM UK. #BoycottBloodyInsurance
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/qb...
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/qb...
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It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
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"As scientists, we are duty-bound to speak plainly about the dangers that lie ahead.
We urge all our elected representatives to take responsibility for being fully informed and to join this critical @nebriefing.bsky.social on 27 November"
Please contact your MP via:
www.nebriefing.org
We urge all our elected representatives to take responsibility for being fully informed and to join this critical @nebriefing.bsky.social on 27 November"
Please contact your MP via:
www.nebriefing.org
Over 1,000 scientists urge MPs to attend landmark climate briefing https://geographical.co.uk/climate-change/1000-scientists-urge-mps-to-attend-national-emergency-briefing
Over 1,000 scientists urge MPs to attend landmark climate briefing
UK experts issue urgent call to MPs ahead of next week’s National Emergency Briefing on the climate crisis
geographical.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"As scientists, we are duty-bound to speak plainly about the dangers that lie ahead.
We urge all our elected representatives to take responsibility for being fully informed and to join this critical @nebriefing.bsky.social on 27 November"
Please contact your MP via:
www.nebriefing.org
We urge all our elected representatives to take responsibility for being fully informed and to join this critical @nebriefing.bsky.social on 27 November"
Please contact your MP via:
www.nebriefing.org
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Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
National Emergency Briefing
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
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The large increase from 2018-2021 was driven by #Climate activism.
Lesson: The widespread mobilisation of the climate emergency movement ( @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @endegelaende.bsky.social ) was crucial for creating political salience
Lesson: The widespread mobilisation of the climate emergency movement ( @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @endegelaende.bsky.social ) was crucial for creating political salience
Look at storytelling in the news media about climate change over the last 25 years. Online vs print
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The large increase from 2018-2021 was driven by #Climate activism.
Lesson: The widespread mobilisation of the climate emergency movement ( @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @endegelaende.bsky.social ) was crucial for creating political salience
Lesson: The widespread mobilisation of the climate emergency movement ( @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @endegelaende.bsky.social ) was crucial for creating political salience
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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"Science in Resistance" on book tour! 📖
🚂 Fernando will be on a train tour over the next few weeks across various countries in Europe presenting his book.
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🚂 Fernando will be on a train tour over the next few weeks across various countries in Europe presenting his book.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Science in Resistance" on book tour! 📖
🚂 Fernando will be on a train tour over the next few weeks across various countries in Europe presenting his book.
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🚂 Fernando will be on a train tour over the next few weeks across various countries in Europe presenting his book.
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