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Tom Bowman
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Humanity may find its intelligence surpassed. It will still need wisdom.
This article should have been illustrated with this cartoon #EU #climatecrisis #sustainability www.csofutures.com/news/disastr...
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities #energy #transition #solar www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ bring electricity to remote communities
Replacing smoky lamps with solar energy, local women are helping light homes and protect communities.
www.euronews.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Royal Mail is working towards a 2040 net-zero target. This spring, it unveiled its 7,000th electric vehicle, positioning it as having the UK’s largest electric delivery fleet. Never mind politicians. Love how business just gets on with it. #transport #transition #EV www.edie.net/royal-mail-l...
Royal Mail launches ‘UK’s largest’ micro electric vehicle fleet - edie
Royal Mail has launched a fleet of more than 100 micro electric vehicles (MEV), replacing 52 red vans and saving 242 tonnes of carbon emissions a year.
www.edie.net
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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The reception @zackpolanski.bsky.social gets here tells you all you need to know about how people are crying out for hope.
He’s working so hard.But he can’t do it alone so if you share Zack’s beliefs get out there & spread the word, share the hope, make the change ❤️☮️🇵🇸 Do it!

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November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just the other morning, autumn only just seems to be arriving
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Like a stubborn bloom
Living in cracks of concrete
You cannot kill hope.

#poetry #Haiku

Photo by Stockcake
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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There is no future for humanity under 2.6C of global warming. That is it. Nothing else matters.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Former US vice-president Al Gore told delegates that it is “literally insane that we are allowing [global heating] to continue”. #COP30 #globalheating #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Via Euronews: How much hotter is the world since the Paris Agreement? Here's what a decade of data shows www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
A decade after Paris, how much hotter has our planet become?
The past decade has seen record temperatures, soaring emissions and extreme heat becoming the new normal.
www.euronews.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Depressing story, indicative of humanity’s all too frequent inability to stay the course. #COP30 #environment #funding #government observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in London (1916). 📷 Paul Thompson
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Something of an economic crisis in the European recycling industry. This is where traditional economics can be counter productive, we need to think more creatively to achieve what is needed . www.edie.net/europes-plas... #recycling #plastics
Europe’s plastics industry risks ‘collapsing’ under broken market economics - edie
More than 110 organisations within Europe’s plastics value chain have warned EU policymakers that the continent’s recycling industry is failing to cope with persistent challenges including the widenin...
www.edie.net
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Economic self interest has to be the most compelling reason for countries to act, it’s a stronger motivation than ‘purpose’ #COP30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
wewinganycar.com 😂 says it all really #tax
We Wing Any Car - Pay tax like a billionaire
Add wings to your car and enjoy the same tax loopholes as private jets.
wewinganycar.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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I am an atheist, but I like this Pope!
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Great read from @fionaharvey.bsky.social setting the scene for COP30 and analysing what’s at stake.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A masterpiece of an ad. Only a parent could make this, I imagine, and really understand the longing. For everyone who has felt that hard to bridge time, please bridge it. #advertising #families youtu.be/z1bRlnyQeDk?...
Where Love Lives | John Lewis & Partners | Christmas Ad 2025
YouTube video by John Lewis
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November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM