Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet)
@craftygreenpoet.bsky.social
Adult Education Tutor, Poet, Short Story writer, Wildlife Surveyor, Conservation Volunteer. Edinburgh, Scotland
Blog: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com
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Blog: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CraftyGreenMagpie
Substack: https://craftygreenpoet.substack.com
I love how the irridescence shows in the wings of this Jackdaw that we saw today. In summer the Jackdaws nest in holes like this, maybe they roost there in winter?
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I love how the irridescence shows in the wings of this Jackdaw that we saw today. In summer the Jackdaws nest in holes like this, maybe they roost there in winter?
I've just reposed my old found poem 'Not in Our Name' on my Shapeshifting Green blog. The words seem always relevant, sadly foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2009/04/not-...
Not in Our Name (a found poem)
There were mutterings that each day grew louder, signs and portents that we refused to believe. Local militia were organizing and drilling g...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've just reposed my old found poem 'Not in Our Name' on my Shapeshifting Green blog. The words seem always relevant, sadly foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2009/04/not-...
Winter trees
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Winter trees
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Spring, summer and autumn are the party seasons for trees but winter is when you really get to know them as people.
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Spring, summer and autumn are the party seasons for trees but winter is when you really get to know them as people.
Scotland's Climate Stories invite people from Scotland to write a story (up to 1,000 words) about climate change. They want to hear from a wide range of people with different feelings & experiences of Scotland’s changing climate climatestories.co.uk
Home - Scotland's Climate Stories
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December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Scotland's Climate Stories invite people from Scotland to write a story (up to 1,000 words) about climate change. They want to hear from a wide range of people with different feelings & experiences of Scotland’s changing climate climatestories.co.uk
@imogenforster.bsky.social isn't this wee moth an absolute beauty?
Moth Advent 3. Back to Surrey mid-May for another evening on the heath, but on the way I stopped in Berkshire to scratch a long-time itch – Geoff! And he didn’t disappoint. Alabonia geoffrella isn’t just one of Britain’s most beautiful moths, it’s one of our most beautiful animals. #TeamMoth
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
@imogenforster.bsky.social isn't this wee moth an absolute beauty?
The January Challenge from 64 Million Artists (@64millionartists.bsky.social) offers 31 days of quick creative prompts designed to set your mind on an adventure and brighten up the coldest, darkest month of the year
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64millionartists.com/thejanuarych...
Sign up for The January Challenge - 64 Million Artists
Sign up for free Sign up now for free The January Challenge is 31 days of quick creative prompts designed to spark confidence, conversation and connection. Each creative prompt is designed by brillian...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The January Challenge from 64 Million Artists (@64millionartists.bsky.social) offers 31 days of quick creative prompts designed to set your mind on an adventure and brighten up the coldest, darkest month of the year
64millionartists.com/thejanuarych...
64millionartists.com/thejanuarych...
In advance of World Soil Day (5 December), my latest post on my Crafty Green Poet Substack focuses on soil. You can read it here: craftygreenpoet.substack.com/p/whats-unde...
What's under your Feet?
A few thoughts for World Soil Day
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December 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
In advance of World Soil Day (5 December), my latest post on my Crafty Green Poet Substack focuses on soil. You can read it here: craftygreenpoet.substack.com/p/whats-unde...
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🪽 Our swift population is in sharp decline. They've fallen by two thirds since 1995 and were added to the UK's conservation red list in 2020.
📨 But we have a simple, low-cost solution. Tell the government that now is the time to act to save our swifts.
🔗 greens.scot/saveourswifts
📨 But we have a simple, low-cost solution. Tell the government that now is the time to act to save our swifts.
🔗 greens.scot/saveourswifts
Safe homes for Scotland’s swifts
Safe homes for Scotland’s swifts -
greens.scot
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🪽 Our swift population is in sharp decline. They've fallen by two thirds since 1995 and were added to the UK's conservation red list in 2020.
📨 But we have a simple, low-cost solution. Tell the government that now is the time to act to save our swifts.
🔗 greens.scot/saveourswifts
📨 But we have a simple, low-cost solution. Tell the government that now is the time to act to save our swifts.
🔗 greens.scot/saveourswifts
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The 2025 #ChristmasChallenge is LIVE! 🎄
Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday
Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The 2025 #ChristmasChallenge is LIVE! 🎄
Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday
Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday
Plantlife is helping to save the UK's temperate rainforests! Read more here www.plantlife.org.uk/6-ways-we-ar...
6 Ways We Are Helping to Save the Temperate Rainforest - Plantlife
Did you know the temperate rainforest is one of the rarest habitats on Earth? It’s up to all of us to secure their future..
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December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Plantlife is helping to save the UK's temperate rainforests! Read more here www.plantlife.org.uk/6-ways-we-ar...
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Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
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The Environmental Improvement Plan is out🎉
We took the Government to court over the last one. This time, warm words won’t cut it – nature needs delivery.
1/5 🧵
We took the Government to court over the last one. This time, warm words won’t cut it – nature needs delivery.
1/5 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Environmental Improvement Plan is out🎉
We took the Government to court over the last one. This time, warm words won’t cut it – nature needs delivery.
1/5 🧵
We took the Government to court over the last one. This time, warm words won’t cut it – nature needs delivery.
1/5 🧵
Some nice ideas here from Scottish Wildlife Trust (@scotwildlife.bsky.social) on having an eco-conscious festive season scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2025/11/how-...
How to be eco-conscious this Christmas
With Christmas fast approaching, our Engagement Officer, Rachel Faichnie, has put together some tips for being more eco-friendly this festive period. Christmas is a time of year I always look …
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December 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Some nice ideas here from Scottish Wildlife Trust (@scotwildlife.bsky.social) on having an eco-conscious festive season scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2025/11/how-...
It's Remembrance Day for Lost Species today. Read more here: www.lostspeciesday.org
Remembrance Day For Lost Species
November 30th
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November 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's Remembrance Day for Lost Species today. Read more here: www.lostspeciesday.org
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It's Remembrance Day for Lost Species today, but few seem to mark it this year... Have we lost our ability to grieve, or tossed it away?
Remembrance Day
for Lost Species.
They're not lost,
though, are they?
Not misplaced.
Nor did they stray.
But tossed away
on the galaxy's sea.
We pushed them out,
like little lantern boats.
I hope they find their way.
for Lost Species.
They're not lost,
though, are they?
Not misplaced.
Nor did they stray.
But tossed away
on the galaxy's sea.
We pushed them out,
like little lantern boats.
I hope they find their way.
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's Remembrance Day for Lost Species today, but few seem to mark it this year... Have we lost our ability to grieve, or tossed it away?
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I’m delighted to be facilitating this Winter Workshop, ‘Caring for the Soul’ in Hampshire, UK. All creatives are welcome. Please contact me to book a place or for more information.
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#Poetry
#Story
#Soul
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#Poetry
#Story
#Soul
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’m delighted to be facilitating this Winter Workshop, ‘Caring for the Soul’ in Hampshire, UK. All creatives are welcome. Please contact me to book a place or for more information.
@hedgehogpress.co.uk @wcorklitfest.bsky.social @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social @fft.bsky.social
#Poetry
#Story
#Soul
@hedgehogpress.co.uk @wcorklitfest.bsky.social @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social @fft.bsky.social
#Poetry
#Story
#Soul
This week's book review is The Sloth Lemur's Song by Alison Richard. You can read it here: craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Sloth Lemur's Song by Alison Richard
Subtitled 'Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Future' this is a fascinating overview of the natural history of Madagascar and...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This week's book review is The Sloth Lemur's Song by Alison Richard. You can read it here: craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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On Saturday at Leith Market, we asked what you wanted to say to the Scottish Government about sewage pollution.
Here's Alice's message ⬇️
Sign the petition: www.ercs.scot/clean-up-sco...
Here's Alice's message ⬇️
Sign the petition: www.ercs.scot/clean-up-sco...
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On Saturday at Leith Market, we asked what you wanted to say to the Scottish Government about sewage pollution.
Here's Alice's message ⬇️
Sign the petition: www.ercs.scot/clean-up-sco...
Here's Alice's message ⬇️
Sign the petition: www.ercs.scot/clean-up-sco...
Amazing today to see Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Dipper and Kingfisher all in the same small stretch of Edinburgh's Water of Leith. Most amazing was watching the Kingfisher dive, catch a fish then take it to a branch and eat it. No photos, unfortunately, but what a moment! @wolct.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Amazing today to see Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Dipper and Kingfisher all in the same small stretch of Edinburgh's Water of Leith. Most amazing was watching the Kingfisher dive, catch a fish then take it to a branch and eat it. No photos, unfortunately, but what a moment! @wolct.bsky.social
My latest Substack post is now up craftygreenpoet.substack.com/p/getting-re...
Getting ready....
It's that time of year again
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November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
My latest Substack post is now up craftygreenpoet.substack.com/p/getting-re...
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PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
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I have many reasons for never lending Labour my vote again. Most relate to their decisions impacting humans but this is now added to my list. www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/public-...
A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill | The Wildlife Trusts
Despite valiant efforts by nature champions in the House of Lords, last night saw the Government bulldoze the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through its last remaining hurdles. Matt B...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I have many reasons for never lending Labour my vote again. Most relate to their decisions impacting humans but this is now added to my list. www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/public-...
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"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
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November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement, excellent, inspiring article in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement, excellent, inspiring article in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...