Alex Ekins
@alexekins.bsky.social
Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor, Artist, Photojournalist and Writer. Director of Beyond the Edge.
Http://alexekins.co.uk
Http://alexekins.co.uk
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China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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So, this happened… thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So, this happened… thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social
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One of my favorite stories I’ve written for ExWeb. Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He combined the two to come up with a formula on how far you can hike unsupported.
explorersweb.com/how-far-can-...
explorersweb.com/how-far-can-...
How Far Can You Hike With Only What’s on Your Back? » Explorersweb
Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He combined the two to come up with a formula on how far you can hike unsupported.
explorersweb.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
One of my favorite stories I’ve written for ExWeb. Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He combined the two to come up with a formula on how far you can hike unsupported.
explorersweb.com/how-far-can-...
explorersweb.com/how-far-can-...
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Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
September 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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Collapse of Grande Motte north face Glacier (~3300 m, Tignes) likely during thursday night! 🧊🌊
📷 Eric Charamel
📷 Eric Charamel
August 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Collapse of Grande Motte north face Glacier (~3300 m, Tignes) likely during thursday night! 🧊🌊
📷 Eric Charamel
📷 Eric Charamel
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Ice thickness loss at this place on Mer de Glace exceeds 10 cm per day since the August heatwave began! 🔥 📈
Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
Mer de Glace, Chamonix, earlier this week. The sad tarpaulin over the visitor glacier grotto shows how desperate it is to save this glacier. It also shows how hopeless it is. The only way to save the glaciers is to urgently cut carbon emissions.
August 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ice thickness loss at this place on Mer de Glace exceeds 10 cm per day since the August heatwave began! 🔥 📈
Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
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Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for the community
Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for community
Moscar Moor is not for sale, but the group hopes to secure it under new Community Right to Buy law.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for the community
Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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'Glacier des Bossons'
Francis Frith
c. 1870
Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰
Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
Francis Frith
c. 1870
Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰
Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
July 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
'Glacier des Bossons'
Francis Frith
c. 1870
Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰
Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
Francis Frith
c. 1870
Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰
Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
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“If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,” @helenlewis.bsky.social writes. “Let’s call them journalists.”
‘Just Asking Questions’ Got No Answers About Epstein
Right-wing internet personalities have a lot to learn from the mainstream media that they decry.
bit.ly
July 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,” @helenlewis.bsky.social writes. “Let’s call them journalists.”
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Demand on mountain rescue teams 'unsustainable' ahead of busy summer season | UK News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/demand...
Demand on mountain rescue teams 'unsustainable' ahead of busy summer season
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation in North Wales says it is seeing an "increasing number of calls which are really unnecessary".
news.sky.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Demand on mountain rescue teams 'unsustainable' ahead of busy summer season | UK News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/demand...
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Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
www.newyorker.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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Bid to bring black grouse back to Peak District. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bid to bring wild black grouse back to Derbyshire's Peak District
The birds once danced across the moorland of Derbyshire and the endangered species could return.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Bid to bring black grouse back to Peak District. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Forestry England owns 100s of 'Ghost Woods' - ancient woodlands felled to make way for monoculture plantations.
They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century!
Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century!
Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Step up restoration of ancient woodland before it is lost, Forestry England urged
Campaigners say just 5.8% of irreplaceable habitat at publicly owned sites has been fully restored in 10 years
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Forestry England owns 100s of 'Ghost Woods' - ancient woodlands felled to make way for monoculture plantations.
They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century!
Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century!
Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I’m annoyed that I didn’t read The Salt Path so I could be annoyed about being conned. I think I’m more annoyed by that than I would’ve been if I’d been conned.
July 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I’m annoyed that I didn’t read The Salt Path so I could be annoyed about being conned. I think I’m more annoyed by that than I would’ve been if I’d been conned.
Cheeky Bivouac during the last heatwave in May #bivouac #wildcamp @firepotfood.bsky.social @mountainequipment.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Cheeky Bivouac during the last heatwave in May #bivouac #wildcamp @firepotfood.bsky.social @mountainequipment.bsky.social
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There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
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‘Reclaim Our Moors’ – local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of ‘trashed’ grouse moors – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/19/r...
‘Reclaim Our Moors’ – local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of ‘trashed’ grouse moors
Around 40 local residents from Sheffield and North Derbyshire have started a campaign to bring local grouse moors in to community ownership. The group ‘Reclaim Our Moors’ held its inaug…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
‘Reclaim Our Moors’ – local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of ‘trashed’ grouse moors – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/19/r...
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The BMC is standing up for wild campers - The British Mountaineering Council www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-i...
The BMC is standing up for wild campers - The British Mountaineering Council
Wild camping - pitching your tent in a quiet place and leaving no trace - has long been a much-loved part of outdoor adventure. But across most of England and Wales, it remains off-limits, unclear, or...
www.thebmc.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The BMC is standing up for wild campers - The British Mountaineering Council www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-i...
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Deserts are spreading across Britain, yet scarcely anyone in public life even seems to have noticed. This week's column seeks to open our eyes to something that has been too big to see. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Deserts are spreading across Britain, yet scarcely anyone in public life even seems to have noticed. This week's column seeks to open our eyes to something that has been too big to see. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...