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Mum, tennis player, occasionally runner/cyclist/French. Learning about modelling/mapping/rivers. For an economy where people and the environment matter.
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Bradford City of Climate Culture - Global Justice Now
YouTube video by Bradford 2025 City of Climate Culture
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This month’s Bradford City of Climate Culture Emergency Garden interview is out. We highlight activists and activist organisations who are making a difference in the BD area.
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
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Power distances politicians from the communities they claim to represent.
Changing that takes serious work and that work starts now.
Let's do that work.
Let's put people before profit.
greensorganise.uk/go-member/
@tamhauyu.bsky.social
Changing that takes serious work and that work starts now.
Let's do that work.
Let's put people before profit.
greensorganise.uk/go-member/
@tamhauyu.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Power distances politicians from the communities they claim to represent.
Changing that takes serious work and that work starts now.
Let's do that work.
Let's put people before profit.
greensorganise.uk/go-member/
@tamhauyu.bsky.social
Changing that takes serious work and that work starts now.
Let's do that work.
Let's put people before profit.
greensorganise.uk/go-member/
@tamhauyu.bsky.social
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
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Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Tetra Pak launches integrated heat pump system to electrify pasteurization and cut energy use by up to 77%
Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with its new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump system for pasteurizers, designed t
www.foodtechbiz.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
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€17.3 billion - imagine if that amount of investment were channeled into rolling out renewable tech that is proven to work, instead of into carbon capture which nobody so far has been able to get to work efficiently 🤔
Breaking: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17.3 billion of public funds poured into carbon capture in Europe since 2001.
The result of letting fossil fuel lobbyists set the agenda via the annual #ICMForum, coming up 8-9 Dec
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/b...
The result of letting fossil fuel lobbyists set the agenda via the annual #ICMForum, coming up 8-9 Dec
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/b...
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
€17.3 billion - imagine if that amount of investment were channeled into rolling out renewable tech that is proven to work, instead of into carbon capture which nobody so far has been able to get to work efficiently 🤔
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🌿 Our natural world is in free fall, and the UK is now among the most nature-depleted countries on Earth. But we have the solution to the crisis: our collective power.
🌎 DOUBLE your donation to Zero Hour's climate and nature campaign today!
🐝 Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #CANBill
🌎 DOUBLE your donation to Zero Hour's climate and nature campaign today!
🐝 Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #CANBill
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🌿 Our natural world is in free fall, and the UK is now among the most nature-depleted countries on Earth. But we have the solution to the crisis: our collective power.
🌎 DOUBLE your donation to Zero Hour's climate and nature campaign today!
🐝 Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #CANBill
🌎 DOUBLE your donation to Zero Hour's climate and nature campaign today!
🐝 Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #CANBill
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This month’s Bradford City of Climate Culture Emergency Garden interview is out. We highlight activists and activist organisations who are making a difference in the BD area.
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
Bradford City of Climate Culture - Global Justice Now
YouTube video by Bradford 2025 City of Climate Culture
m.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This month’s Bradford City of Climate Culture Emergency Garden interview is out. We highlight activists and activist organisations who are making a difference in the BD area.
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
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We surveyed ecologists’ opinions on activism & advocacy in the biodiversity & climate crises
>100 responded; see our findings - incl this chart - in the @britishecologicalsociety.org’s Niche
We are the BES Cascade Network @bes-cascade.bsky.social. I’ll be at the BES Annual Meeting & happy to chat!
>100 responded; see our findings - incl this chart - in the @britishecologicalsociety.org’s Niche
We are the BES Cascade Network @bes-cascade.bsky.social. I’ll be at the BES Annual Meeting & happy to chat!
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We surveyed ecologists’ opinions on activism & advocacy in the biodiversity & climate crises
>100 responded; see our findings - incl this chart - in the @britishecologicalsociety.org’s Niche
We are the BES Cascade Network @bes-cascade.bsky.social. I’ll be at the BES Annual Meeting & happy to chat!
>100 responded; see our findings - incl this chart - in the @britishecologicalsociety.org’s Niche
We are the BES Cascade Network @bes-cascade.bsky.social. I’ll be at the BES Annual Meeting & happy to chat!
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Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
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Huge News from the Western Amazon: it's the year 2025 and we are still describing entirely new, strikingly-distinctive large-bodied bird species! Behold Tinamus resonans sp. nov. the Slaty-masked Tinamou mapress.com/zt/article/v... #Ornithology @tetzoo.bsky.social 🪶
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Huge News from the Western Amazon: it's the year 2025 and we are still describing entirely new, strikingly-distinctive large-bodied bird species! Behold Tinamus resonans sp. nov. the Slaty-masked Tinamou mapress.com/zt/article/v... #Ornithology @tetzoo.bsky.social 🪶
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"We will keep saying it: nature is not a luxury. It is a necessity for us all that underpins our economy, the air we breathe, the water we need and the food we eat."
Beccy Speight, CEO @rspb.bsky.social, discusses what's at stake with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill now in its final stages ⤵️
Beccy Speight, CEO @rspb.bsky.social, discusses what's at stake with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill now in its final stages ⤵️
What the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tells us about the government’s approach to nature recovery
This post is by Beccy Speight, chief executive officer of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"We will keep saying it: nature is not a luxury. It is a necessity for us all that underpins our economy, the air we breathe, the water we need and the food we eat."
Beccy Speight, CEO @rspb.bsky.social, discusses what's at stake with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill now in its final stages ⤵️
Beccy Speight, CEO @rspb.bsky.social, discusses what's at stake with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill now in its final stages ⤵️
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There is an actual interesting little deceit in the budget, namely ther have the OBR still forecasting based on increasing net immigration back to 300-350k whilst the Home Secretary is promising to bring it down from 200k, which does dissolve about half the headroom, but somehow we're doing vibes.
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
All this budget news, claims, counter claims is confusing, but two things of consequence.
1. We're all talking about that, not any financial benefits (or losses) of the budget.
2. Yet more focus on the very weird few weeks and politics of it all. Starting to feel dangerously like a norm.
1. We're all talking about that, not any financial benefits (or losses) of the budget.
2. Yet more focus on the very weird few weeks and politics of it all. Starting to feel dangerously like a norm.
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There is an actual interesting little deceit in the budget, namely ther have the OBR still forecasting based on increasing net immigration back to 300-350k whilst the Home Secretary is promising to bring it down from 200k, which does dissolve about half the headroom, but somehow we're doing vibes.
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Today the Government announced they will publish a new Trees Action Plan in 2026.
Here's what I think a Trees Action Plan needs to do to meet nature targets, restore rainforests and 'ghost woods', & support the natural regeneration of trees & scrub:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/25/a...
Here's what I think a Trees Action Plan needs to do to meet nature targets, restore rainforests and 'ghost woods', & support the natural regeneration of trees & scrub:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/25/a...
A new Trees Action Plan for England is in the works. Here’s what I think it should focus on
This is a post by Guy Shrubsole. Photo: Sticta sylvatica, a temperate rainforest lichen, taken by the author near Colliford Reservoir, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Recently I was contacted by DEFRA, who …
lostrainforestsofbritain.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today the Government announced they will publish a new Trees Action Plan in 2026.
Here's what I think a Trees Action Plan needs to do to meet nature targets, restore rainforests and 'ghost woods', & support the natural regeneration of trees & scrub:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/25/a...
Here's what I think a Trees Action Plan needs to do to meet nature targets, restore rainforests and 'ghost woods', & support the natural regeneration of trees & scrub:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/25/a...
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🌾We wanted this plan to show how farmers will be supported to play their crucial role in restoring nature. So it’s great to see new ‘delivery plans’ as part of this new plan.
🔗But they lack specificity, particularly around the farming budget. We still need to see more detail and better join up.
🔗But they lack specificity, particularly around the farming budget. We still need to see more detail and better join up.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🌾We wanted this plan to show how farmers will be supported to play their crucial role in restoring nature. So it’s great to see new ‘delivery plans’ as part of this new plan.
🔗But they lack specificity, particularly around the farming budget. We still need to see more detail and better join up.
🔗But they lack specificity, particularly around the farming budget. We still need to see more detail and better join up.
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📗 It’s been a long wait, but the government’s new environment plan is finally out.
✅ The good news? It’s an improvement on its predecessor, with more detail and accountability.
🚀 But more ambition is needed to drive systemic change, with united action across government.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
✅ The good news? It’s an improvement on its predecessor, with more detail and accountability.
🚀 But more ambition is needed to drive systemic change, with united action across government.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Environmental Improvement Plan
Publications related to the Environmental Improvement Plan for England, including delivery plans for the Environment Act 2021 targets and annual progress reports.
www.gov.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
📗 It’s been a long wait, but the government’s new environment plan is finally out.
✅ The good news? It’s an improvement on its predecessor, with more detail and accountability.
🚀 But more ambition is needed to drive systemic change, with united action across government.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
✅ The good news? It’s an improvement on its predecessor, with more detail and accountability.
🚀 But more ambition is needed to drive systemic change, with united action across government.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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"An exodus of UK citizens is being driven by tens of thousands of eastern Europeans moving home and taking British partners with them."
Going over there, taking their jobs, etc. ~AA
Going over there, taking their jobs, etc. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"An exodus of UK citizens is being driven by tens of thousands of eastern Europeans moving home and taking British partners with them."
Going over there, taking their jobs, etc. ~AA
Going over there, taking their jobs, etc. ~AA
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Do Good December - Day 1: Spread kindness and share the December calendar with others actionforhappiness.org/do-good-dece... #DoGoodDecember
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Do Good December - Day 1: Spread kindness and share the December calendar with others actionforhappiness.org/do-good-dece... #DoGoodDecember
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The Environmental Improvement Plan (published today!) can deliver...
🥗healthier food
🐦thriving wildlife
🌊clean rivers
🌤️climate resilience
🌳fairer access to green spaces
But only by supporting farmers to move to nature-friendly systems - more here 👉 www.soilassociation.org/news/2025/de...
🥗healthier food
🐦thriving wildlife
🌊clean rivers
🌤️climate resilience
🌳fairer access to green spaces
But only by supporting farmers to move to nature-friendly systems - more here 👉 www.soilassociation.org/news/2025/de...
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Environmental Improvement Plan (published today!) can deliver...
🥗healthier food
🐦thriving wildlife
🌊clean rivers
🌤️climate resilience
🌳fairer access to green spaces
But only by supporting farmers to move to nature-friendly systems - more here 👉 www.soilassociation.org/news/2025/de...
🥗healthier food
🐦thriving wildlife
🌊clean rivers
🌤️climate resilience
🌳fairer access to green spaces
But only by supporting farmers to move to nature-friendly systems - more here 👉 www.soilassociation.org/news/2025/de...
Great thread about the current effects of climate change throughout the world bsky.app/profile/thie...
X is for Xi’an (China),
flooded as rivers deluge all.
25/🧵
flooded as rivers deluge all.
25/🧵
Heavy rains bring deadly flash flood and landslide to northwest China | CNN
At least 21 people are dead and six others missing after a flash flood and landslide following torrential rains in the outskirts of northwestern China’s Xi’an city, local authorities said Sunday.
edition.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Great thread about the current effects of climate change throughout the world bsky.app/profile/thie...
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'The Earthlycrumb Tragedies'
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
'The Earthlycrumb Tragedies'
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
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This confected attack on Reeves's integrity is just so depressing
We can all remember that Boris Johnson was just a bare-faced liar but was treated more favorably
And it distracts attention from the very serious economic problems we face that we need to address together
We can all remember that Boris Johnson was just a bare-faced liar but was treated more favorably
And it distracts attention from the very serious economic problems we face that we need to address together
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This confected attack on Reeves's integrity is just so depressing
We can all remember that Boris Johnson was just a bare-faced liar but was treated more favorably
And it distracts attention from the very serious economic problems we face that we need to address together
We can all remember that Boris Johnson was just a bare-faced liar but was treated more favorably
And it distracts attention from the very serious economic problems we face that we need to address together
This month’s Bradford City of Climate Culture Emergency Garden interview is out. We highlight activists and activist organisations who are making a difference in the BD area.
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
Bradford City of Climate Culture - Global Justice Now
YouTube video by Bradford 2025 City of Climate Culture
m.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This month’s Bradford City of Climate Culture Emergency Garden interview is out. We highlight activists and activist organisations who are making a difference in the BD area.
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
#Bradford #Climate #Activism m.youtube.com/watch?v=moBV...
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
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🌍 Your Daily Climate News Haiku 🌎
From @theguardian.com
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Share and follow.
#climate #news #climatenewshaikus #climatechange #climatecrisis
From @theguardian.com
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Share and follow.
#climate #news #climatenewshaikus #climatechange #climatecrisis
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🌍 Your Daily Climate News Haiku 🌎
From @theguardian.com
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Share and follow.
#climate #news #climatenewshaikus #climatechange #climatecrisis
From @theguardian.com
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Share and follow.
#climate #news #climatenewshaikus #climatechange #climatecrisis
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Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u