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/
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Glenn Vowles
@enviroman.bsky.social
· Aug 10
Humanism means: using #evidence based #reason to form your views; developing your own and others wellbeing; being concerned for others; drawing meaning from connections and experiences, with other people, with the environment...
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A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.
January 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.
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Within the next few years, renewable energy sources will surpass coal, oil, and gas on a global scale.
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Experts predict major shift in global energy production: '[It] will dominate the future'
The International Energy Agency's 2025 report lays out how global renewable energy production is expected to double between now and 2030.
www.thecooldown.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Within the next few years, renewable energy sources will surpass coal, oil, and gas on a global scale.
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
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The essence of fascism…
January 8, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The essence of fascism…
There's a big appetite for Green policies and MPs underestimate the level. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
There's a big appetite for Green policies and MPs underestimate the level. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Exclusive: Labour's support has collapsed among school & college staff, according to a poll carried out for UK's biggest education union NEU
NEU general sec @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social tells me conditions have worsened for teachers since Labour took power
NEU general sec @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social tells me conditions have worsened for teachers since Labour took power
Support For Labour Has Collapsed Among Teachers, Union Poll Shows
Exclusive: Labour's support has collapsed among school and college staff, according to a poll carried out on behalf of the country's biggest educat...
www.politicshome.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Exclusive: Labour's support has collapsed among school & college staff, according to a poll carried out for UK's biggest education union NEU
NEU general sec @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social tells me conditions have worsened for teachers since Labour took power
NEU general sec @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social tells me conditions have worsened for teachers since Labour took power
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Who would NEU members vote for if there were an election tomorrow?
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
Support For Labour Has Collapsed Among Teachers, Union Poll Shows
Exclusive: Labour's support has collapsed among school and college staff, according to a poll carried out on behalf of the country's biggest educat...
www.politicshome.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Who would NEU members vote for if there were an election tomorrow?
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
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Let's go! 💚🙌🏼
Nothing is ever going to change...
Unless we organise.
Find out your Green role at greensorganise.uk/your-green-role , and get involved with your local party today.
Unless we organise.
Find out your Green role at greensorganise.uk/your-green-role , and get involved with your local party today.
January 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Let's go! 💚🙌🏼
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Shades of Thomas Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure Here' where Oxbridge was reserved for the rich 'Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment' www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment
Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Shades of Thomas Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure Here' where Oxbridge was reserved for the rich 'Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment' www.theguardian.com/education/20...
'...President Donald #Trump has withdrawn the US from...66 groups, nearly half of them are bodies of the United Nations, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...'
Tackling #climatebreakdown is apparently not in the US interest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tackling #climatebreakdown is apparently not in the US interest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty and dozens of other groups
The White House says the decision was taken because those entities
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 AM
'...President Donald #Trump has withdrawn the US from...66 groups, nearly half of them are bodies of the United Nations, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...'
Tackling #climatebreakdown is apparently not in the US interest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tackling #climatebreakdown is apparently not in the US interest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some good news amidst all the bad. We need to push at the opening door.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025
Wind, solar and other renewables hit a new high last year but the government is still some way off its clean power target.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Some good news amidst all the bad. We need to push at the opening door.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What does #Trump's US have to do before #Starmer is critical? 'Asked if he condemned the US action, as a number of other UK politicians have, he told reporters he wanted to "establish facts" and speak to Trump first...' #Venezuela
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Keir Starmer says UK 'not involved in any way' in US strike on Venezuela
The PM has not spoken to US President Donald Trump about the US seizure of President Nicolas Maduro.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
What does #Trump's US have to do before #Starmer is critical? 'Asked if he condemned the US action, as a number of other UK politicians have, he told reporters he wanted to "establish facts" and speak to Trump first...' #Venezuela
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.
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The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
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In #WildLondon #DavidAttenborough is '...inspired as he learns how people across the capital are ensuring some of Britain’s most-loved species can continue to call #London their home...'
Highly recommended. Shows the threats but also hope & actions.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Highly recommended. Shows the threats but also hope & actions.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Wild London
Sir David Attenborough explores the surprising wildlife of his hometown – London.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
In #WildLondon #DavidAttenborough is '...inspired as he learns how people across the capital are ensuring some of Britain’s most-loved species can continue to call #London their home...'
Highly recommended. Shows the threats but also hope & actions.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Highly recommended. Shows the threats but also hope & actions.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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I had a very swift reply to this saying she did not think it would be effective because a lot of the public don't respond positively to government messaging! I've asked her if she is ok with me publishing her responses to me about the @nebriefing.bsky.social in full.
Copy of my email to my MP in Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, asking her to add her name to the Parliamentary Call for a Televised Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature threats. Maybe you could ask your MP too? #NationalEmergencyBriefing
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Televised Emergency Briefing
A blog about the environment, sustainability, ecology, ethics & politics, by Glenn Vowles
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December 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I had a very swift reply to this saying she did not think it would be effective because a lot of the public don't respond positively to government messaging! I've asked her if she is ok with me publishing her responses to me about the @nebriefing.bsky.social in full.
' #Greatwhitesharks in the Mediterranean Sea are in danger of disappearing, with illegal fishing contributing to their decline.'
The massive, unsustainable scale of human taking from the environment is far from limited to fossil fuels. #overfishing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The massive, unsustainable scale of human taking from the environment is far from limited to fossil fuels. #overfishing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great white sharks face extinction in Mediterranean, say researchers
Overfishing and illegal fishing are contributing to the loss of sharks, including great whites.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
' #Greatwhitesharks in the Mediterranean Sea are in danger of disappearing, with illegal fishing contributing to their decline.'
The massive, unsustainable scale of human taking from the environment is far from limited to fossil fuels. #overfishing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The massive, unsustainable scale of human taking from the environment is far from limited to fossil fuels. #overfishing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Reform is not asking people to join its party so they can work together to build community spirit and support each other in response to the problems they face. But that is almost 100% of the Green message. It is so positive to be part of a growing band of active citizens like ours.”
‘Zack is a phenomenal leader’: Siân Berry on the Green party’s next steps as membership doubles
‘Zack is a phenomenal leader’: Siân Berry on the Green party’s next steps as membership doubles
Since Zack Polanski took over as leader, the party has doubled its membership and its four MPs want to take on Reform’s anger and build community spirit
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Reform is not asking people to join its party so they can work together to build community spirit and support each other in response to the problems they face. But that is almost 100% of the Green message. It is so positive to be part of a growing band of active citizens like ours.”
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UK Government backs home batteries to boost solar PV www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Economists should also back home solar PV and batteries instead of belittlling them. See ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...
Economists should also back home solar PV and batteries instead of belittlling them. See ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...
Rise of the zero-bill home? Ed Miliband pins hopes on solar power
The energy secretary hopes that households could pay little or nothing for power after a mass expansion of solar panels, heat pumps and battery storage
www.thetimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
UK Government backs home batteries to boost solar PV www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Economists should also back home solar PV and batteries instead of belittlling them. See ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...
Economists should also back home solar PV and batteries instead of belittlling them. See ‘How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...
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Not talking about the App here!
At a time when many things are speeding up, we'd do well to listen to the wisdom of David Fleming.
At a time when many things are speeding up, we'd do well to listen to the wisdom of David Fleming.
December 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Not talking about the App here!
At a time when many things are speeding up, we'd do well to listen to the wisdom of David Fleming.
At a time when many things are speeding up, we'd do well to listen to the wisdom of David Fleming.
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Grand state visits and warm words count for little if tech deals are frozen and trade talks threaten our farmers, public health and animal welfare. What are we actually gaining?
#ForeignPolicy #DonaldTrump
#ForeignPolicy #DonaldTrump
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Grand state visits and warm words count for little if tech deals are frozen and trade talks threaten our farmers, public health and animal welfare. What are we actually gaining?
#ForeignPolicy #DonaldTrump
#ForeignPolicy #DonaldTrump
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Hard hitting piece by @rupertread.bsky.social on the dangers of “climate optimism” - at least 30 years of failure to take the threat seriously has led to multiplying risks and locked-in harm and suffering @climatemajority.bsky.social
The end of 2025 must be the end of the inane rule of climate ‘optimism’
We should admit that widely-mandated climate optimism has been actively harmful to the needful acknowledgement of reality - and to the active collective self-protection that we now desperately need to...
www.resilience.org
December 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hard hitting piece by @rupertread.bsky.social on the dangers of “climate optimism” - at least 30 years of failure to take the threat seriously has led to multiplying risks and locked-in harm and suffering @climatemajority.bsky.social
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When it is more profitable to break things than to fix them then there will a world of broken things.
December 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When it is more profitable to break things than to fix them then there will a world of broken things.