Glenn Vowles
@enviroman.bsky.social
For equality, fairness, sustainability, humanism. Opposing over-exploitation of people & planet by the super-rich & rich. Bristol based. Open University Tutor, Environment, 25+ yrs. Green advocate 45+ yrs. https://conserverliving.blogspot.com/
I received no reply from my MP Kerry McCarthy @kerrymp.bsky.social to my email about attending the #NationalEmergencyBriefing on climate and nature, so I don't know if she was there. No mention of it on her Facebook page, which is active. Bristol East deserves better representation.
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I received no reply from my MP Kerry McCarthy @kerrymp.bsky.social to my email about attending the #NationalEmergencyBriefing on climate and nature, so I don't know if she was there. No mention of it on her Facebook page, which is active. Bristol East deserves better representation.
Open letter from 1000+ UK Scientists to MPs - like mine Kerry McCarthy in Bristol East (who I have emailed, urging her to attend).
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #Climate #Nature
www.nebriefing.org
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #Climate #Nature
www.nebriefing.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Open letter from 1000+ UK Scientists to MPs - like mine Kerry McCarthy in Bristol East (who I have emailed, urging her to attend).
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #Climate #Nature
www.nebriefing.org
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #Climate #Nature
www.nebriefing.org
Just emailed my MP, Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, urging her to attend the #NationalEmergencyBriefing on the climate and nature crises. Please consider inviting your MP if you haven't already done so.
www.nebriefing.org/event-details
www.nebriefing.org/event-details
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just emailed my MP, Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, urging her to attend the #NationalEmergencyBriefing on the climate and nature crises. Please consider inviting your MP if you haven't already done so.
www.nebriefing.org/event-details
www.nebriefing.org/event-details
Our economy, run by and serving the super-rich and rich, over-exploits people and planet. It needs a redesign, with new and broader goals geared to wellbeing. #WealthTaxNow #MakeRichPollutersPay
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Our economy, run by and serving the super-rich and rich, over-exploits people and planet. It needs a redesign, with new and broader goals geared to wellbeing. #WealthTaxNow #MakeRichPollutersPay
New govt #immigration policies are inhumane. Some of Labour’s own MPs are rightly criticising them. The Labour govt are again aping Reform and their former supporters are turning to @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New govt #immigration policies are inhumane. Some of Labour’s own MPs are rightly criticising them. The Labour govt are again aping Reform and their former supporters are turning to @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Increasing support for the Greens has depth, with many people (67% on average) thinking politicians don't share their values on #nature. They are abandoning the usual parties for @zackpolanski.bsky.social principles and policies.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Increasing support for the Greens has depth, with many people (67% on average) thinking politicians don't share their values on #nature. They are abandoning the usual parties for @zackpolanski.bsky.social principles and policies.
Talk by Starmer at the climate change summit but he does this. Action needed to match words 30 or 40 years ago. He's actively anti-environmentalist now because he thinks it suits his party political needs. #COP30 #makerichpolluterspay
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Talk by Starmer at the climate change summit but he does this. Action needed to match words 30 or 40 years ago. He's actively anti-environmentalist now because he thinks it suits his party political needs. #COP30 #makerichpolluterspay
The ....... formerly known as #Prince. Even after being forced out of Windsor he will live rent free on another huge estate. He should be facing a trial.
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The ....... formerly known as #Prince. Even after being forced out of Windsor he will live rent free on another huge estate. He should be facing a trial.
Excellent #Plaid Cymru win in #Caerphilly. Reform can be kept out if progressive voters support the progressive candidate most likely to beat them. Loved seeing Lindsay Whittle win as he's been standing in elections there since 1983!
October 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Excellent #Plaid Cymru win in #Caerphilly. Reform can be kept out if progressive voters support the progressive candidate most likely to beat them. Loved seeing Lindsay Whittle win as he's been standing in elections there since 1983!
Greens combining environmental, social and economic justice is appealing to more and more voters. @zackpolanski.bsky.social energy and clarity is excellent. Tax the wealthy to invest in public services and greening the economy.
October 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Greens combining environmental, social and economic justice is appealing to more and more voters. @zackpolanski.bsky.social energy and clarity is excellent. Tax the wealthy to invest in public services and greening the economy.
Cut fossil fuel imports by building #renewables (and large scale battery storage and energy saving). Tax the wealthy to help pay for investment.
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Cut fossil fuel imports by building #renewables (and large scale battery storage and energy saving). Tax the wealthy to help pay for investment.
#Tradition is accepting something without requiring justification and this should be rejected. Justification is what makes things more likely to be reasonable. Embracing/using traditions is often a feature of fascism.
October 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#Tradition is accepting something without requiring justification and this should be rejected. Justification is what makes things more likely to be reasonable. Embracing/using traditions is often a feature of fascism.
The Greens were never, ever, just about trees and animals. Redistribution of wealth on a big scale has always been there. Why? Social justice and ecological justice are inseparable. The rich and super-rich abusively exploit people and the environment. #wealthtaxes
October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Greens were never, ever, just about trees and animals. Redistribution of wealth on a big scale has always been there. Why? Social justice and ecological justice are inseparable. The rich and super-rich abusively exploit people and the environment. #wealthtaxes
Fossil fuel gas is expensive and gets more expensive into the future, compared with #renewables like solar and wind power. Not forgetting the massive costs #climatechange will continue to bring if we burn #fossilfuels for longer.
October 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Fossil fuel gas is expensive and gets more expensive into the future, compared with #renewables like solar and wind power. Not forgetting the massive costs #climatechange will continue to bring if we burn #fossilfuels for longer.
RIP #BrianPatten. Always loved the intensity of his poetry. Here's one my favourites (since reading it decades ago I often think of and say 'like a warm planet'): The Stolen Orange
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
RIP #BrianPatten. Always loved the intensity of his poetry. Here's one my favourites (since reading it decades ago I often think of and say 'like a warm planet'): The Stolen Orange
Planetary Health Check, 2025. www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...
September 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Planetary Health Check, 2025. www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...
Scientists are #trusted by the public but politicians and news journalists are distrusted. Poll on last night's Newsnight. Wish the +58% for #scientists was much higher though.
September 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Scientists are #trusted by the public but politicians and news journalists are distrusted. Poll on last night's Newsnight. Wish the +58% for #scientists was much higher though.
Yes, injustices (inequalities, unfairness, unsustainability) are challenged by critical thinking, reasoning and responsible action. Our current #education system is not as sharply focused on these as it should be, to say the least.
September 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yes, injustices (inequalities, unfairness, unsustainability) are challenged by critical thinking, reasoning and responsible action. Our current #education system is not as sharply focused on these as it should be, to say the least.
Is this you? Do you back the likes of Trump, Farage, Putin, various other despots as in the Middle East and elsewhere? #ethics #futuregenerations #children #grandchildren
September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is this you? Do you back the likes of Trump, Farage, Putin, various other despots as in the Middle East and elsewhere? #ethics #futuregenerations #children #grandchildren
#ReformUK leadership: schools attended. They are part of the #establishment, falsely portraying themselves as anti-establishment.
September 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#ReformUK leadership: schools attended. They are part of the #establishment, falsely portraying themselves as anti-establishment.
The #Starmer Labour Govt policies (or lack of) are failing as well its ethics and judgements. Previous Tory and Labour Govts have certainly failed on the #environment - but things are getting even worse under Starmer.
September 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The #Starmer Labour Govt policies (or lack of) are failing as well its ethics and judgements. Previous Tory and Labour Govts have certainly failed on the #environment - but things are getting even worse under Starmer.
So sad to have covered the #river with concrete and tarmac. Shortsighted not to maximise the river as a central city feature - just look at the state of #Bristol's city central area now (dug up and redone many times, at great cost, and it's still awful).
September 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
So sad to have covered the #river with concrete and tarmac. Shortsighted not to maximise the river as a central city feature - just look at the state of #Bristol's city central area now (dug up and redone many times, at great cost, and it's still awful).
See this! We have the #technologies. (Systemic changes needed in our politics, economics and society to make the most of them - no political will for this in the conventional parties though).
September 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
See this! We have the #technologies. (Systemic changes needed in our politics, economics and society to make the most of them - no political will for this in the conventional parties though).