Donald Gray
@dsg01.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor, environmentalist, academic, researcher, educator, husband, father, brother, climber, walker, gardener.
It's a fine morning on Corstorphine Hill!
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It's a fine morning on Corstorphine Hill!
Came across a sleeping fox yesterday. It was a little high up on an old quarry ledge, but close enough to get a decent photo with the phone #foxoftheday
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Came across a sleeping fox yesterday. It was a little high up on an old quarry ledge, but close enough to get a decent photo with the phone #foxoftheday
Satya Tripathi and Ross Greer, Green MSP, at the Action for a Fairer World event at the Scottish Parliament "From vision to action: Global Insights with Satya Tripathi
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - What now and What Next?"
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - What now and What Next?"
September 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Satya Tripathi and Ross Greer, Green MSP, at the Action for a Fairer World event at the Scottish Parliament "From vision to action: Global Insights with Satya Tripathi
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - What now and What Next?"
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - What now and What Next?"
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The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years.
CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.
Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.
Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
August 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years.
CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.
Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.
Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
We heard the Cicada's "singing" in the trees opposite the holiday apartment in Liguria. On closer inspection today I found several exoskeletons from the Cicada nymphs, now emerged as adults, attached to the trunks of the trees. Possibly the ones we heard singing the past few days!
July 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We heard the Cicada's "singing" in the trees opposite the holiday apartment in Liguria. On closer inspection today I found several exoskeletons from the Cicada nymphs, now emerged as adults, attached to the trunks of the trees. Possibly the ones we heard singing the past few days!
Test print for my linocut red squirrel. My skills/technique coming along, but still early days and much to work on.
June 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Test print for my linocut red squirrel. My skills/technique coming along, but still early days and much to work on.
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If this all sounds a bit risky and radical, don't just take my word for it - check out @davegoulson.bsky.social 's excellent video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ1a...
Why you don't need pesticides in your garden!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If this all sounds a bit risky and radical, don't just take my word for it - check out @davegoulson.bsky.social 's excellent video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ1a...
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"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza."
My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
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My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
zeteo.com/subscribe
May 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza."
My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
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My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
zeteo.com/subscribe
"Il Ciabot", my attempt at a linocut print. Still a bit to learn and improve. (A Ciabot is a Piemontese term in north west Italy, for a kind of hut/small building, often in the middle of vineyards).
May 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"Il Ciabot", my attempt at a linocut print. Still a bit to learn and improve. (A Ciabot is a Piemontese term in north west Italy, for a kind of hut/small building, often in the middle of vineyards).
Today is World Bee day. www.un.org/en/observanc...
World Bee Day | United Nations
The Day aims to raise awareness on the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development.
www.un.org
May 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Today is World Bee day. www.un.org/en/observanc...
Working in my garden office hut on this warm and sunny day with the door open. A nice sky!
April 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Working in my garden office hut on this warm and sunny day with the door open. A nice sky!
It's time to reduce your meat consumption, if you haven't already done so. You don't have to give up completely, just reduce, although I've been vegetarian for 53 years now and I can vouch for it.
April 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It's time to reduce your meat consumption, if you haven't already done so. You don't have to give up completely, just reduce, although I've been vegetarian for 53 years now and I can vouch for it.
A quick experiment with home made ink (knopper oak gall - black) and beetroot (red). With acknowledgement to the Bridget Davies book for artistic expression
April 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A quick experiment with home made ink (knopper oak gall - black) and beetroot (red). With acknowledgement to the Bridget Davies book for artistic expression
Corstorphine wood is lively today - Merlin identifies.
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Corstorphine wood is lively today - Merlin identifies.
Scotland needs to do the same! Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Scotland needs to do the same! Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving
Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving
For the next few weeks we’re asking readers to nominate their invertebrate of the year: click here to give us your suggestions
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving
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Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany.
“BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
“BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
February 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany.
“BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
“BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
I’m back in sight of Monviso.
February 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I’m back in sight of Monviso.
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BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
January 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
An excellent gift from my wife on my big birthday, following on from the pre-birthday lunch and the Whisky Experience yesterday. Looking forward to this.
January 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
An excellent gift from my wife on my big birthday, following on from the pre-birthday lunch and the Whisky Experience yesterday. Looking forward to this.
Found some photographs of self portraits I drew/painted many years ago: "but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now". The painting (colour) was called Mr Gray's School Daze! Whatever happened to it? I think I still have the other two drawing somewhere.
January 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Found some photographs of self portraits I drew/painted many years ago: "but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now". The painting (colour) was called Mr Gray's School Daze! Whatever happened to it? I think I still have the other two drawing somewhere.
A Complete Unknown. Brilliant!
January 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A Complete Unknown. Brilliant!
Great keynote by Tami Spry at ECQI2025.
January 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Great keynote by Tami Spry at ECQI2025.
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Shooting birds is not a "sport"; it's a cruel and outdated pastime that has no place in a modern, compassionate society.
January 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Shooting birds is not a "sport"; it's a cruel and outdated pastime that has no place in a modern, compassionate society.