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Urban parks: a safe haven for bees

April 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM

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Urban parks = bee havens!
🏙️🐝 While rural bees struggle, city bees thrive in diverse gardens.
🌸🌿 In Valencia, @apiurbanavlc is proving that urban beekeeping boosts biodiversity & food production. Let’s protect our pollinators & #JoltTheChange!
⚡💚 #Climate

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Ways of transitioning towards climate-smart agriculture

March 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM

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Your choices shape our food system!
🌱 Climate-smart agriculture needs farmers, retailers & consumers working together. The @beatles_EU project studies our behaviors to drive real change toward sustainable food. Ready to #JoltTheChange?
⚡💚 #Climate

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What is the Climate Emotions Wheel?

March 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM

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The climate crisis isn’t just about the planet—it affects our mental health too.
🌍💭 Eco-anxiety is real, but understanding our emotions can turn fear into action. Let’s talk, support each other & #JoltTheChange together!
Credit: @ClimateMentalHealthNetwork
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Why is Climate-smart agriculture a game-changer?

March 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM

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Our food system is broken! 🍽️❌ 58M tonnes of food wasted in the EU while overproduction fuels #climate change.
🌍🔥 Climate-Smart Agriculture & the EU Green Deal can fix this—but we ALL need to cut waste & rethink consumption.
Ready to #JoltTheChange? ⚡💚

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Farmers are key to keeping our food supply steady

March 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM

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Farmers are essential! 🌾
💚 Climate-smart agriculture can secure our food & fight #climate change, but the transition is tough. They need support, fair business models & incentives to make it happen. Let’s back those driving sustainable farming! 🚜
⚡ #JoltTheChange

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Life is all about connection with biodiversity

March 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM

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Everything is connected—even your fries!
💚 Healthy soil = thriving ecosystems = food, jobs & biodiversity. But climate change puts it all at risk. We need smart policies & sustainable farming to protect our future.
Let’s #JoltTheChange & keep nature thriving!
#Climate

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Overwhelmed by too much bad climate news? Me too

March 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM

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Feeling overwhelmed by climate news? You’re not alone.
🌍💔 Climate anxiety is real, but we can turn fear into action!
⚡ Limit doom scrolling, focus on solutions & connect with others who care. Together, we can #JoltTheChange!
💚✨ Share your tips below! 👇
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March 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM

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Our values shape how we treat nature! 🌱🌍
To fight #climate change & restore #biodiversity, we must see nature as an ally, not an infinite resource.
Healthy ecosystems = clean air, water & a resilient future.
Let’s shift mindsets & #JoltTheChange! ⚡💚
#climateaction
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Everything matters

Coral reefs need sea turtles more than ever

March 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM

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Sea turtles aren’t just cute—they’re ocean heroes!

🐢💙 They keep coral reefs thriving & seagrass beds healthy.

But climate change, pollution & overfishing put them at risk. It’s time to act & protect them before it’s too late!

🌊⚡ #Climate #JoltTheChange

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Surprising indoor solar cells

February 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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A bedside table that powers your phone with solar energy?
☀️🔋 Architect Rita Gomes just won the Women in Energy award for Seenergy—furniture that generates power indoors!

⚡🌱 Innovation like this is shaping a greener future. 💡🌍

#Climate #JoltTheChange

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Drowning in single-use plastic bags

February 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM

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Plastic pollution is out, reusable is in! 🚫🛍️ This #InternationalPlasticBagFreeDay, ditch single-use plastics & push for policies that cut waste. Small swaps = big impact for our planet & health!

🌍♻️ Ready to #JoltTheChange?

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Greenfluencing at the European Sustainable Energy Day

February 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM

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We may not be responsible for climate change, but we ARE part of the solution. 🌱✨ Leaders must act, but young voices matter too! Let’s build a powerful sustainability movement—sharing hope, innovation & action.

💚⚡ Watch @margreen_s talk!

#climate #joltthechange

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Fighting climate change as you pedal away

February 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM

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With help of citizens across Europe, the project I-CHANGE is collecting data to track air pollution and travel habits to pinpoint improvements and suggest strategies to reduce carbon emissions.

#climateaction #youthclimateaction #climate #joltthechange

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Is recycling really worth? What you should know about...

February 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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Recycling isn't just about tossing stuff into different trashcans. It's a game-changer in our battle against waste. Each of us toss aside 42.6 kg of plastic per year.

Sources: EEA - European Environmental Agency, The Sea Cleaners, InfoLibre

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Carbon farming aka Regenerative agriculture

February 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM

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🌱 The very food we eat is contributing to climate change. But regenerative agriculture, aka carbon farming, offers solutions to help reverse it.

Sources: EU Commission, EIT Food, Carbon Cycle Institute.

#climatechange #carbonfarming #climate #joltthechange

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From flat to stack - Vertical farming

February 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM

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The very food we eat is contributing to climate change. But regenerative agriculture, aka carbon farming, offers solutions to help reverse it.

Sources: EU Commission, EIT Food, Carbon Cycle Institute.

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#climatechange #regenerativeagriculture #climate #joltthechange

Damaged coastline - EU Nature Restoration Law explained (Part 1)

February 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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Montgat Beach near Barcelona is eroding, harming ecosystems and biodiversity. With 81% of EU habitats in poor condition, the Nature Restoration Law aims to restore 30% of habitats by 2030. Protecting nature is key to our future.

#Natura2000 #climate #joltthechange

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