Sam Bentley
@sambentley.bsky.social
Good news and climate solutions you may not have heard about!
🌳 Colombia has become the first country to declare its entire Amazon region off limits to large-scale mining and hydrocarbons.
The decision protects nearly half a million square kilometers of the Colombian Amazon, reaffirming that for Colombia, life is above any extractive model.
The decision protects nearly half a million square kilometers of the Colombian Amazon, reaffirming that for Colombia, life is above any extractive model.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🌳 Colombia has become the first country to declare its entire Amazon region off limits to large-scale mining and hydrocarbons.
The decision protects nearly half a million square kilometers of the Colombian Amazon, reaffirming that for Colombia, life is above any extractive model.
The decision protects nearly half a million square kilometers of the Colombian Amazon, reaffirming that for Colombia, life is above any extractive model.
🇧🇷 Brazil recorded its largest drop in emissions since 2009, falling by 16.7% last year, driven by a major crackdown on illegal deforestation in the Amazon.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🇧🇷 Brazil recorded its largest drop in emissions since 2009, falling by 16.7% last year, driven by a major crackdown on illegal deforestation in the Amazon.
🇦🇺Australia has so much solar, they’re giving it away for free!
From July 2026, the ’solar sharer’ scheme will launch in 3 states, offering 3 hours of free solar power in the middle of the day. Using the abundance of excess solar, and helping reduce grid pressure during peak evening times.
From July 2026, the ’solar sharer’ scheme will launch in 3 states, offering 3 hours of free solar power in the middle of the day. Using the abundance of excess solar, and helping reduce grid pressure during peak evening times.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🇦🇺Australia has so much solar, they’re giving it away for free!
From July 2026, the ’solar sharer’ scheme will launch in 3 states, offering 3 hours of free solar power in the middle of the day. Using the abundance of excess solar, and helping reduce grid pressure during peak evening times.
From July 2026, the ’solar sharer’ scheme will launch in 3 states, offering 3 hours of free solar power in the middle of the day. Using the abundance of excess solar, and helping reduce grid pressure during peak evening times.
🦐 Holland & Barrett became the first major UK retailer to phase out all krill products, marking a huge win for protecting Antarctic wildlife.
Now let’s hope other stores follow soon.
Now let’s hope other stores follow soon.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🦐 Holland & Barrett became the first major UK retailer to phase out all krill products, marking a huge win for protecting Antarctic wildlife.
Now let’s hope other stores follow soon.
Now let’s hope other stores follow soon.
🦩 Flamingos are nesting in Florida after 100 years!
After initially being blown off their migration course by Hurricane Ilda and arriving in Florida, the populations may be able to thrive there again, thanks to large efforts to restore the coastal ecosystems.
After initially being blown off their migration course by Hurricane Ilda and arriving in Florida, the populations may be able to thrive there again, thanks to large efforts to restore the coastal ecosystems.
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🦩 Flamingos are nesting in Florida after 100 years!
After initially being blown off their migration course by Hurricane Ilda and arriving in Florida, the populations may be able to thrive there again, thanks to large efforts to restore the coastal ecosystems.
After initially being blown off their migration course by Hurricane Ilda and arriving in Florida, the populations may be able to thrive there again, thanks to large efforts to restore the coastal ecosystems.
🦉Barn owl numbers in West Cheshire, England are SOARING thanks to Dot Bramall who launched a volunteer group in 1995 with her husband.
From just 6 pairs in 1994, there are around 160 today thanks to nest boxes being placed in key spots and habitats being protected. We need more Dots in this world!
From just 6 pairs in 1994, there are around 160 today thanks to nest boxes being placed in key spots and habitats being protected. We need more Dots in this world!
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🦉Barn owl numbers in West Cheshire, England are SOARING thanks to Dot Bramall who launched a volunteer group in 1995 with her husband.
From just 6 pairs in 1994, there are around 160 today thanks to nest boxes being placed in key spots and habitats being protected. We need more Dots in this world!
From just 6 pairs in 1994, there are around 160 today thanks to nest boxes being placed in key spots and habitats being protected. We need more Dots in this world!
🦮Good news for pets! UK’s new 'Renter’s Rights Bill' includes the right to have a pet.
Landlords now can't ban pets without a justifiable reason, shifting the default status on rentals rejecting pet owners, keeping more animals and families together, and reducing the number of animals in shelters.
Landlords now can't ban pets without a justifiable reason, shifting the default status on rentals rejecting pet owners, keeping more animals and families together, and reducing the number of animals in shelters.
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🦮Good news for pets! UK’s new 'Renter’s Rights Bill' includes the right to have a pet.
Landlords now can't ban pets without a justifiable reason, shifting the default status on rentals rejecting pet owners, keeping more animals and families together, and reducing the number of animals in shelters.
Landlords now can't ban pets without a justifiable reason, shifting the default status on rentals rejecting pet owners, keeping more animals and families together, and reducing the number of animals in shelters.
🏭 California is cutting off its last major coal supply this month!
While only 2.2% of California’s electricity came from coal in 2024, this gesture alongside the state's huge investments in wind and solar, shows that the US is still moving towards a more sustainable energy mix for the future!
While only 2.2% of California’s electricity came from coal in 2024, this gesture alongside the state's huge investments in wind and solar, shows that the US is still moving towards a more sustainable energy mix for the future!
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🏭 California is cutting off its last major coal supply this month!
While only 2.2% of California’s electricity came from coal in 2024, this gesture alongside the state's huge investments in wind and solar, shows that the US is still moving towards a more sustainable energy mix for the future!
While only 2.2% of California’s electricity came from coal in 2024, this gesture alongside the state's huge investments in wind and solar, shows that the US is still moving towards a more sustainable energy mix for the future!
🪶 Stella McCartney unveils world first plant based feathers!
With over a billion birds killed each year for their feathers and many plucked alive, this innovation is an ethical, creative and sustainable alternative for the fashion industry.
With over a billion birds killed each year for their feathers and many plucked alive, this innovation is an ethical, creative and sustainable alternative for the fashion industry.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🪶 Stella McCartney unveils world first plant based feathers!
With over a billion birds killed each year for their feathers and many plucked alive, this innovation is an ethical, creative and sustainable alternative for the fashion industry.
With over a billion birds killed each year for their feathers and many plucked alive, this innovation is an ethical, creative and sustainable alternative for the fashion industry.
🪵 US company Inventwood engineers a ”superwood” 10 times stronger than steel.
With 90% lower carbon emissions than steel production, and being lighter and faster to work with, it’s much more sustainable and has just launched commercially!
With 90% lower carbon emissions than steel production, and being lighter and faster to work with, it’s much more sustainable and has just launched commercially!
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🪵 US company Inventwood engineers a ”superwood” 10 times stronger than steel.
With 90% lower carbon emissions than steel production, and being lighter and faster to work with, it’s much more sustainable and has just launched commercially!
With 90% lower carbon emissions than steel production, and being lighter and faster to work with, it’s much more sustainable and has just launched commercially!
🇮🇪 Ireland makes their Artists Basic Income programme permanent!
After several years of trialling, the programme supporting 2,000 artists a year has shown increased further income, quality of life, happiness, and more money generated for the economy than the cost of the scheme.
After several years of trialling, the programme supporting 2,000 artists a year has shown increased further income, quality of life, happiness, and more money generated for the economy than the cost of the scheme.
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🇮🇪 Ireland makes their Artists Basic Income programme permanent!
After several years of trialling, the programme supporting 2,000 artists a year has shown increased further income, quality of life, happiness, and more money generated for the economy than the cost of the scheme.
After several years of trialling, the programme supporting 2,000 artists a year has shown increased further income, quality of life, happiness, and more money generated for the economy than the cost of the scheme.
🚨BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is elected as Mayor of New York.
His ambitious community focussed policies include freezing rent, making city buses free, universal childcare, as well as a tax on the city’s wealthiest residents to fund the policies.
His ambitious community focussed policies include freezing rent, making city buses free, universal childcare, as well as a tax on the city’s wealthiest residents to fund the policies.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚨BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is elected as Mayor of New York.
His ambitious community focussed policies include freezing rent, making city buses free, universal childcare, as well as a tax on the city’s wealthiest residents to fund the policies.
His ambitious community focussed policies include freezing rent, making city buses free, universal childcare, as well as a tax on the city’s wealthiest residents to fund the policies.
🇲🇽 Women in Mexico are preserving ancient Aztec ecosystems!
’Chinampas’ are island farms built thousands of years ago. A growing group of women are buying land to help preserve these rare ecosystems that are threatened by over development, tourism and pollution.
’Chinampas’ are island farms built thousands of years ago. A growing group of women are buying land to help preserve these rare ecosystems that are threatened by over development, tourism and pollution.
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🇲🇽 Women in Mexico are preserving ancient Aztec ecosystems!
’Chinampas’ are island farms built thousands of years ago. A growing group of women are buying land to help preserve these rare ecosystems that are threatened by over development, tourism and pollution.
’Chinampas’ are island farms built thousands of years ago. A growing group of women are buying land to help preserve these rare ecosystems that are threatened by over development, tourism and pollution.
🛳️ EU proposes stricter rules to tackle the second largest source of microplastics in the ocean!
New proposed rules around the transportation of “nurdles” (plastic pellets used in plastic production) aim to reduce accidents like ship spills and reduce the number of nurdles released by up to 74%!
New proposed rules around the transportation of “nurdles” (plastic pellets used in plastic production) aim to reduce accidents like ship spills and reduce the number of nurdles released by up to 74%!
November 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🛳️ EU proposes stricter rules to tackle the second largest source of microplastics in the ocean!
New proposed rules around the transportation of “nurdles” (plastic pellets used in plastic production) aim to reduce accidents like ship spills and reduce the number of nurdles released by up to 74%!
New proposed rules around the transportation of “nurdles” (plastic pellets used in plastic production) aim to reduce accidents like ship spills and reduce the number of nurdles released by up to 74%!
🇦🇺 Australians use leaf blowers to help guide 100 million migrating crabs towards the shore!
Each year the locals on Christmas Island use rakes and leaf blowers to help clear millions of migrating crabs from the roads, so they’re safe from vehicles and can complete their journey.
Each year the locals on Christmas Island use rakes and leaf blowers to help clear millions of migrating crabs from the roads, so they’re safe from vehicles and can complete their journey.
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🇦🇺 Australians use leaf blowers to help guide 100 million migrating crabs towards the shore!
Each year the locals on Christmas Island use rakes and leaf blowers to help clear millions of migrating crabs from the roads, so they’re safe from vehicles and can complete their journey.
Each year the locals on Christmas Island use rakes and leaf blowers to help clear millions of migrating crabs from the roads, so they’re safe from vehicles and can complete their journey.
🥬 Plant rich diets could save 40,000 early deaths a day!
A new report from global experts lays out how low-meat and high-plant diets could increase life expectancy, feed a larger population, and cut global food emissions in half by 2050!
A new report from global experts lays out how low-meat and high-plant diets could increase life expectancy, feed a larger population, and cut global food emissions in half by 2050!
October 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🥬 Plant rich diets could save 40,000 early deaths a day!
A new report from global experts lays out how low-meat and high-plant diets could increase life expectancy, feed a larger population, and cut global food emissions in half by 2050!
A new report from global experts lays out how low-meat and high-plant diets could increase life expectancy, feed a larger population, and cut global food emissions in half by 2050!
🚶🏼A high school in Maine has introduced “detention hikes," where students walk local trails as an alternative to being isolated in a room.
The initiative is already showing promising results, with students reporting better moods, fewer repeat offences, and even a newfound love for the outdoors.
The initiative is already showing promising results, with students reporting better moods, fewer repeat offences, and even a newfound love for the outdoors.
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🚶🏼A high school in Maine has introduced “detention hikes," where students walk local trails as an alternative to being isolated in a room.
The initiative is already showing promising results, with students reporting better moods, fewer repeat offences, and even a newfound love for the outdoors.
The initiative is already showing promising results, with students reporting better moods, fewer repeat offences, and even a newfound love for the outdoors.
🌳 Native Pine Martens return to the UK for the first time in a century!
19 of the species (from the weasel family!) have been released in secret locations around Exmoor National Park in a pioneering nature recovery project. They’ll be tracked with radio collars that will fall off in 6-9 months.
19 of the species (from the weasel family!) have been released in secret locations around Exmoor National Park in a pioneering nature recovery project. They’ll be tracked with radio collars that will fall off in 6-9 months.
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌳 Native Pine Martens return to the UK for the first time in a century!
19 of the species (from the weasel family!) have been released in secret locations around Exmoor National Park in a pioneering nature recovery project. They’ll be tracked with radio collars that will fall off in 6-9 months.
19 of the species (from the weasel family!) have been released in secret locations around Exmoor National Park in a pioneering nature recovery project. They’ll be tracked with radio collars that will fall off in 6-9 months.
🌳 Trees in the Amazon Rainforest are getting fatter!
A Cambridge University study over 30 years found the number and size of large trees is increasing, which is a good sign of their resilience to climate change, and also means they are storing more carbon.
A Cambridge University study over 30 years found the number and size of large trees is increasing, which is a good sign of their resilience to climate change, and also means they are storing more carbon.
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🌳 Trees in the Amazon Rainforest are getting fatter!
A Cambridge University study over 30 years found the number and size of large trees is increasing, which is a good sign of their resilience to climate change, and also means they are storing more carbon.
A Cambridge University study over 30 years found the number and size of large trees is increasing, which is a good sign of their resilience to climate change, and also means they are storing more carbon.
🇨🇱 Chile’s air pollution policies are helping lift the smog cloud in the city of Santiago!
After 30 years of efforts including reducing agricultural burning, electrifying public transport and more, the number of hours people are exposed to high levels of pollution has fallen by an epic 66%!
After 30 years of efforts including reducing agricultural burning, electrifying public transport and more, the number of hours people are exposed to high levels of pollution has fallen by an epic 66%!
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🇨🇱 Chile’s air pollution policies are helping lift the smog cloud in the city of Santiago!
After 30 years of efforts including reducing agricultural burning, electrifying public transport and more, the number of hours people are exposed to high levels of pollution has fallen by an epic 66%!
After 30 years of efforts including reducing agricultural burning, electrifying public transport and more, the number of hours people are exposed to high levels of pollution has fallen by an epic 66%!
🎣 After 40 years, Muskegon Lake in Michigan is no longer toxic!
After years of waste water, debris, metals and oils being dumped in the lake, $84 million was invested to remove waste and restore the habitat, wetlands and lakebed.
After years of waste water, debris, metals and oils being dumped in the lake, $84 million was invested to remove waste and restore the habitat, wetlands and lakebed.
October 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎣 After 40 years, Muskegon Lake in Michigan is no longer toxic!
After years of waste water, debris, metals and oils being dumped in the lake, $84 million was invested to remove waste and restore the habitat, wetlands and lakebed.
After years of waste water, debris, metals and oils being dumped in the lake, $84 million was invested to remove waste and restore the habitat, wetlands and lakebed.
☀️ Solar power is on track to take over wind and coal as leading energy sources for the US!
Experts looking ahead to 2028 say solar and wind have the most capacity to grow, while coal is not forecasted to increase.
Experts looking ahead to 2028 say solar and wind have the most capacity to grow, while coal is not forecasted to increase.
October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
☀️ Solar power is on track to take over wind and coal as leading energy sources for the US!
Experts looking ahead to 2028 say solar and wind have the most capacity to grow, while coal is not forecasted to increase.
Experts looking ahead to 2028 say solar and wind have the most capacity to grow, while coal is not forecasted to increase.
🚗 London meets legal limits for NO2 air pollution 200 years earlier than expected!
Ambitious efforts from the Mayor over the past 9 years included creating the world’s largest clean air zone with the expanded ULEZ scheme and largest zero-emission bus fleet in Western Europe.
Ambitious efforts from the Mayor over the past 9 years included creating the world’s largest clean air zone with the expanded ULEZ scheme and largest zero-emission bus fleet in Western Europe.
October 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚗 London meets legal limits for NO2 air pollution 200 years earlier than expected!
Ambitious efforts from the Mayor over the past 9 years included creating the world’s largest clean air zone with the expanded ULEZ scheme and largest zero-emission bus fleet in Western Europe.
Ambitious efforts from the Mayor over the past 9 years included creating the world’s largest clean air zone with the expanded ULEZ scheme and largest zero-emission bus fleet in Western Europe.
🌳 Madagascar programme helps farmers gain land ownership and reduces deforestation!
To help protect 14,000 species (90% of which are found nowhere else!) in Madagascars forests, this programme worked alongside farmers and helped them shift from illegal farming across 11 protected areas.
To help protect 14,000 species (90% of which are found nowhere else!) in Madagascars forests, this programme worked alongside farmers and helped them shift from illegal farming across 11 protected areas.
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🌳 Madagascar programme helps farmers gain land ownership and reduces deforestation!
To help protect 14,000 species (90% of which are found nowhere else!) in Madagascars forests, this programme worked alongside farmers and helped them shift from illegal farming across 11 protected areas.
To help protect 14,000 species (90% of which are found nowhere else!) in Madagascars forests, this programme worked alongside farmers and helped them shift from illegal farming across 11 protected areas.
🌊 Global agreement to protect oceans is set to become international law!
The High Seas Treaty agreeing to protect 30% of ocean waters by 2030 will now be legally binding as 60 countries have agreed to it - and in record time too!
The High Seas Treaty agreeing to protect 30% of ocean waters by 2030 will now be legally binding as 60 countries have agreed to it - and in record time too!
October 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🌊 Global agreement to protect oceans is set to become international law!
The High Seas Treaty agreeing to protect 30% of ocean waters by 2030 will now be legally binding as 60 countries have agreed to it - and in record time too!
The High Seas Treaty agreeing to protect 30% of ocean waters by 2030 will now be legally binding as 60 countries have agreed to it - and in record time too!