India Bourke
@indiabourke.bsky.social
BBC enviro journalist, writing & editing for Future and Earth. Reviews in @resurgencetrust.bsky.social . Prev @newstatesman.com , AFP & others. (Recently returned from mat leave)
Just the most astonishing, zeitgeisty piece on animal ‘tyrants’ by @chrisbaraniuk.com for our BBC Earth team:
“In some cases, circumstances can lead to the removal of aggressive leaders. And some animal societies that work together appear able to evade despotism.”
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
“In some cases, circumstances can lead to the removal of aggressive leaders. And some animal societies that work together appear able to evade despotism.”
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
What animals can teach us about overcoming tyranny
Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have lessons for us.
www.bbc.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Just the most astonishing, zeitgeisty piece on animal ‘tyrants’ by @chrisbaraniuk.com for our BBC Earth team:
“In some cases, circumstances can lead to the removal of aggressive leaders. And some animal societies that work together appear able to evade despotism.”
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
“In some cases, circumstances can lead to the removal of aggressive leaders. And some animal societies that work together appear able to evade despotism.”
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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a few years ago i became fascinated by the american prairie project in montana - bring back bison! - and the dark money campaign to stop it and 'save the cowboy'
sad to see the US govt has reversed its decision to let the bison graze on public lands
reason.com/2026/01/23/b...
sad to see the US govt has reversed its decision to let the bison graze on public lands
reason.com/2026/01/23/b...
Bureau of Land Management says bison are not livestock, obstructing plans for a huge private prairie reserve
The American Prairie nonprofit seeks to create a 5,000-square-mile prairie reserve in Montana where buffalo may roam and antelope play.
reason.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:35 PM
a few years ago i became fascinated by the american prairie project in montana - bring back bison! - and the dark money campaign to stop it and 'save the cowboy'
sad to see the US govt has reversed its decision to let the bison graze on public lands
reason.com/2026/01/23/b...
sad to see the US govt has reversed its decision to let the bison graze on public lands
reason.com/2026/01/23/b...
Re-reading my 2019 interview with @alexhonnold for @newstatesman in light of his new Netflix ‘event’ coming out. ‘Skyscraper Live’.
One of my fave interviewees (and among my fave pieces of writing to read back on) www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/0...
One of my fave interviewees (and among my fave pieces of writing to read back on) www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/0...
Free Solo’s Alex Honnold on iconic male loners: “Nobody really operates in isolation”
The rockstar rock-climber discusses relationships, sex and Donald Trump.
www.newstatesman.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Re-reading my 2019 interview with @alexhonnold for @newstatesman in light of his new Netflix ‘event’ coming out. ‘Skyscraper Live’.
One of my fave interviewees (and among my fave pieces of writing to read back on) www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/0...
One of my fave interviewees (and among my fave pieces of writing to read back on) www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/0...
New Years Resolution 2026: get more into Substack, both reading and writing.
Below is one I’m excited to follow, on climate loss and damage, by the beautiful writer @sophiastories.bsky.social. And I’ve already been enjoying Diana Savarin’s, on thoughtful living that galvanises the soul.
Below is one I’m excited to follow, on climate loss and damage, by the beautiful writer @sophiastories.bsky.social. And I’ve already been enjoying Diana Savarin’s, on thoughtful living that galvanises the soul.
Something I've been thinking about for a while and have finally launched: a newsletter on Loss and Damage - do consider subscribing if you're interested in the topic, or more broadly in climate justice and questions of power, geopolitics and accountability
lossanddamage.substack.com?r=a2qm0&utm_...
lossanddamage.substack.com?r=a2qm0&utm_...
The Loss and Damage Newsletter | Sophia Brown | Substack
A fortnightly newsletter on loss and damage: the most significant climate change impacts. Click to read The Loss and Damage Newsletter, by Sophia Brown, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago.
lossanddamage.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New Years Resolution 2026: get more into Substack, both reading and writing.
Below is one I’m excited to follow, on climate loss and damage, by the beautiful writer @sophiastories.bsky.social. And I’ve already been enjoying Diana Savarin’s, on thoughtful living that galvanises the soul.
Below is one I’m excited to follow, on climate loss and damage, by the beautiful writer @sophiastories.bsky.social. And I’ve already been enjoying Diana Savarin’s, on thoughtful living that galvanises the soul.
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Via IUCN - Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025 - @indiabourke.bsky.social Isabelle GERRETSEN, Sophie HARDACH, Martha HENRIQUES, @kathla.bsky.social Lucy SHERRIFF, Jocelyn TIMPERLEY BBC
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025
Here are the year's breakthroughs for the climate and nature you might have missed.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Via IUCN - Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025 - @indiabourke.bsky.social Isabelle GERRETSEN, Sophie HARDACH, Martha HENRIQUES, @kathla.bsky.social Lucy SHERRIFF, Jocelyn TIMPERLEY BBC
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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We solved climate change! At least in the climate game, Daybreak. All it took was some climate reporters and scientists working together, an all-out effort to decarbonize the world and enhance natural carbon sinks, and CO₂ removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM) deployments. Easy. 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We solved climate change! At least in the climate game, Daybreak. All it took was some climate reporters and scientists working together, an all-out effort to decarbonize the world and enhance natural carbon sinks, and CO₂ removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM) deployments. Easy. 1/2
I returned to the super @bbcstudios.bsky.social Science team yesterday after maternity leave - clutching my coffee tightly ☕
I'm looking into stories on London air pollution, biocomputing, and animals in the age of AI, among others. (Please shout if these are on your mind too!)
I'm looking into stories on London air pollution, biocomputing, and animals in the age of AI, among others. (Please shout if these are on your mind too!)
October 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I returned to the super @bbcstudios.bsky.social Science team yesterday after maternity leave - clutching my coffee tightly ☕
I'm looking into stories on London air pollution, biocomputing, and animals in the age of AI, among others. (Please shout if these are on your mind too!)
I'm looking into stories on London air pollution, biocomputing, and animals in the age of AI, among others. (Please shout if these are on your mind too!)
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While there remains uncertainty about the timing and sequence of catastrophic earth system tipping points, they are very real.
Atlantic circulation collapse? "In short, it’s a climate scientist’s nightmare come true."
Here's a good 'deep dive' into this risk, from Yale Climate Connections.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/atla...
Here's a good 'deep dive' into this risk, from Yale Climate Connections.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/atla...
Atlantic circulation collapse? New clues on the fate of a crucial conveyor belt » Yale Climate Connections
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which includes the Gulf Stream, is vital to Earth's climate. Its weakening could spell disaster.
yaleclimateconnections.org
December 12, 2024 at 11:16 AM
While there remains uncertainty about the timing and sequence of catastrophic earth system tipping points, they are very real.
Super explainer from my @bbcstudios.bsky.social colleague @rileyfarrell.bsky.social - busting the myths about bug-eating and showing how the far-right has twisted this subject to its own ends: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
How eating insects became a conspiracy theory
Insect protein is healthy and sustainable. But now it is also at the centre of a far-reaching conspiracy theory.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Super explainer from my @bbcstudios.bsky.social colleague @rileyfarrell.bsky.social - busting the myths about bug-eating and showing how the far-right has twisted this subject to its own ends: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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New essay up at @aeon.co about the obsession I had in my 20s for excitement -- and the fear I had of the mundane. In the piece, more on my journey to find the treasure in everyday life. aeon.co/essays/like-...
Like Virginia Woolf, I now treasure a routine of my own | Aeon Essays
I once exalted in the extraordinary. But as I’ve learned from Virginia Woolf, indelible beauty is also found in the everyday
aeon.co
August 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New essay up at @aeon.co about the obsession I had in my 20s for excitement -- and the fear I had of the mundane. In the piece, more on my journey to find the treasure in everyday life. aeon.co/essays/like-...
When Diana Saverin writes, I put aside everything else I need to do (as soon as the baby is asleep) and read - or rather drink in her words like sacred wine…
"I no longer want a marriage of two solitudes. I want a marriage like a braided loaf, one in which the fragments of our lives weave together, each strand retaining some individual integrity but allowing the line to blur sometimes, too." —Diana Saverin
longreads.com/2025/07/17/m...
longreads.com/2025/07/17/m...
Bread and Honey - Longreads
Sometimes, marriage is about learning how to braid the bitter with the sweet.
longreads.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
When Diana Saverin writes, I put aside everything else I need to do (as soon as the baby is asleep) and read - or rather drink in her words like sacred wine…
Just arrived in San Francisco for a week (with 9month baby). Please shout if any must see/eat recommendations!
By chance we just stumbled upon the delightful Rick and Ann’s restaurant in Berkeley, which is apparently closing after 36years. Feel lucky to have caught the end of its 90s time warp.
By chance we just stumbled upon the delightful Rick and Ann’s restaurant in Berkeley, which is apparently closing after 36years. Feel lucky to have caught the end of its 90s time warp.
July 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just arrived in San Francisco for a week (with 9month baby). Please shout if any must see/eat recommendations!
By chance we just stumbled upon the delightful Rick and Ann’s restaurant in Berkeley, which is apparently closing after 36years. Feel lucky to have caught the end of its 90s time warp.
By chance we just stumbled upon the delightful Rick and Ann’s restaurant in Berkeley, which is apparently closing after 36years. Feel lucky to have caught the end of its 90s time warp.
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I know Bluesky is much nicer than the other place so I’m just going to be totally real:
It’s tough being a small charity, we’re trying something new, and we need your help.
Please share, and please support positive climate action if you can.
www.wearepossible.org/climatethousand
It’s tough being a small charity, we’re trying something new, and we need your help.
Please share, and please support positive climate action if you can.
www.wearepossible.org/climatethousand
July 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I know Bluesky is much nicer than the other place so I’m just going to be totally real:
It’s tough being a small charity, we’re trying something new, and we need your help.
Please share, and please support positive climate action if you can.
www.wearepossible.org/climatethousand
It’s tough being a small charity, we’re trying something new, and we need your help.
Please share, and please support positive climate action if you can.
www.wearepossible.org/climatethousand
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2023 will be remembered as a record year for the N.Atl, but it does not mark a paradigm change. This event takes place within a physical framework that is understood and anticipated by models. It illustrates the importance of rigorous scientific comm as pointed out here :
tinyurl.com/2s4eszff
11/14
tinyurl.com/2s4eszff
11/14
Jon Baker (@jonbakerocean.bsky.social)
1/ I wanted to respond to Stefan Rahmstorf's blog about our paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08544-0) due to some misunderstandings and differences in interpretation. Disagreements ar...
tinyurl.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
2023 will be remembered as a record year for the N.Atl, but it does not mark a paradigm change. This event takes place within a physical framework that is understood and anticipated by models. It illustrates the importance of rigorous scientific comm as pointed out here :
tinyurl.com/2s4eszff
11/14
tinyurl.com/2s4eszff
11/14
Fun piece @thomasgermain.bsky.social: are phones now shatterproof enough to ditch the casings?
London’s pavements have battered my previous devices so I’m not yet brave enough to risk going naked.
But the nod to combatting swift turnover feels like a ray of good: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
London’s pavements have battered my previous devices so I’m not yet brave enough to risk going naked.
But the nod to combatting swift turnover feels like a ray of good: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Is it finally safe to ditch your phone case? I put it to the test
With smartphones tougher than ever, a new wave of phone minimalists say cases are for cowards. I joined the case-free cult, called the experts and braced for the sound of broken glass.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Fun piece @thomasgermain.bsky.social: are phones now shatterproof enough to ditch the casings?
London’s pavements have battered my previous devices so I’m not yet brave enough to risk going naked.
But the nod to combatting swift turnover feels like a ray of good: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
London’s pavements have battered my previous devices so I’m not yet brave enough to risk going naked.
But the nod to combatting swift turnover feels like a ray of good: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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Read the email and thought: MUST BE A MISTAKE
...
but
"We need to rewild the internet" by @robin.berjon.com + me for @noemamag.com will be in this year's
Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology!!!!!
Thank you, @jaimealyse.bsky.social and @susanorlean.bsky.social ky.social
...
but
"We need to rewild the internet" by @robin.berjon.com + me for @noemamag.com will be in this year's
Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology!!!!!
Thank you, @jaimealyse.bsky.social and @susanorlean.bsky.social ky.social
We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.
www.noemamag.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Read the email and thought: MUST BE A MISTAKE
...
but
"We need to rewild the internet" by @robin.berjon.com + me for @noemamag.com will be in this year's
Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology!!!!!
Thank you, @jaimealyse.bsky.social and @susanorlean.bsky.social ky.social
...
but
"We need to rewild the internet" by @robin.berjon.com + me for @noemamag.com will be in this year's
Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology!!!!!
Thank you, @jaimealyse.bsky.social and @susanorlean.bsky.social ky.social
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BREAKING: DEFRA asks England’s biggest landowners to come up with plans to restore nature.
The new National Estate for Nature is a bold move by Labour, summoning landowners who own a tenth of the country to report on their stewardship.
With comment from me:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The new National Estate for Nature is a bold move by Labour, summoning landowners who own a tenth of the country to report on their stewardship.
With comment from me:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defra asks England’s biggest landowners to come up with plans to restore nature
Exclusive: Representatives of king, National Trust and others called on to work together to protect environment
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BREAKING: DEFRA asks England’s biggest landowners to come up with plans to restore nature.
The new National Estate for Nature is a bold move by Labour, summoning landowners who own a tenth of the country to report on their stewardship.
With comment from me:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The new National Estate for Nature is a bold move by Labour, summoning landowners who own a tenth of the country to report on their stewardship.
With comment from me:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants
Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
When poaching destroys not just individuals but a whole group’s “love language”…
A new study highlights the urgent need to integrate chimpanzee cultural preservation with conservation.
It documents the loss of a socially-learned behavior — a mating signal — among a group of chimps following the poaching of all of the male members.
Once lost, behaviors take years to reemerge.
It documents the loss of a socially-learned behavior — a mating signal — among a group of chimps following the poaching of all of the male members.
Once lost, behaviors take years to reemerge.
When a chimp community lost its males, it also lost part of its love language
Male chimpanzees in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park use distinct “auditory gestures” to attract females. However, researchers have found that when the males die, these behaviors can disappear with t...
news.mongabay.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
When poaching destroys not just individuals but a whole group’s “love language”…
Daybreak: the board game about stopping climate change. Administratively intense… but engrossing!
With @zdboren.bsky.social @oliviarudgard.bsky.social @lukewbarratt.bsky.social
With @zdboren.bsky.social @oliviarudgard.bsky.social @lukewbarratt.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Daybreak: the board game about stopping climate change. Administratively intense… but engrossing!
With @zdboren.bsky.social @oliviarudgard.bsky.social @lukewbarratt.bsky.social
With @zdboren.bsky.social @oliviarudgard.bsky.social @lukewbarratt.bsky.social
Very keen to connect with anyone exploring the crossover between AI and animals / plants / natural systems.
Do shout if this is you!
Do shout if this is you!
March 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Very keen to connect with anyone exploring the crossover between AI and animals / plants / natural systems.
Do shout if this is you!
Do shout if this is you!
Saw Kyoto at Soho Place Theatre last night - and feel so grateful for playwrights and diplomats alike
A story for our “Age of Disagreement”
About the strategies used to bring about discord
And about a (flawed but hopeful) moment when the world came together against the odds to speak as one
A story for our “Age of Disagreement”
About the strategies used to bring about discord
And about a (flawed but hopeful) moment when the world came together against the odds to speak as one
February 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Saw Kyoto at Soho Place Theatre last night - and feel so grateful for playwrights and diplomats alike
A story for our “Age of Disagreement”
About the strategies used to bring about discord
And about a (flawed but hopeful) moment when the world came together against the odds to speak as one
A story for our “Age of Disagreement”
About the strategies used to bring about discord
And about a (flawed but hopeful) moment when the world came together against the odds to speak as one
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On climate disinformation, a valuable presentation from @imranahmed.bsky.social, warning that gen AI offers "a perpetual self-powering bullshit machine", lowering the barrier to entry for producing convincing-sounding climate denial material. @counterhate.com
Curious about climate disinformation? Wondering what we can do about it? Join our webinar today at 5:00 PM CET / 11:00 AM EST, where experts will join @caadcoalition.bsky.social to discuss how Big Tech and Big Carbon are making Big Disinfo a Big Problem.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Techno-Feudalism & Climate Disinformation Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Climate Action Against Disinformation would like to invite you to Techno-Feudalism: Big Carbon and Big Tech’s Disinfo, a webinar on Wednesday about how Big Tech and Big Carbon’s team-up makes…
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
On climate disinformation, a valuable presentation from @imranahmed.bsky.social, warning that gen AI offers "a perpetual self-powering bullshit machine", lowering the barrier to entry for producing convincing-sounding climate denial material. @counterhate.com
Life goals: pancakes with syrup made from collected birch sap.
To welcome Spring.
Lovely country diary from Michael White: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To welcome Spring.
Lovely country diary from Michael White: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: A sip of sap puts spring in your step | Michael White
Cranbrook, Kent: Somewhere in the copse is a glimmering birch tree – we call her the Lady of the Woods – which has a sweet gift to bear
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Life goals: pancakes with syrup made from collected birch sap.
To welcome Spring.
Lovely country diary from Michael White: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To welcome Spring.
Lovely country diary from Michael White: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At my wedding earlier this year, friends surprised me with a set of “Desert Island Books” (US people check out the wonderful Desert Island Discs podcast for the ref).
Among them were books by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social (who is very much worth following on here if not already), and Lucy Jones:
Among them were books by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social (who is very much worth following on here if not already), and Lucy Jones:
February 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
At my wedding earlier this year, friends surprised me with a set of “Desert Island Books” (US people check out the wonderful Desert Island Discs podcast for the ref).
Among them were books by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social (who is very much worth following on here if not already), and Lucy Jones:
Among them were books by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social (who is very much worth following on here if not already), and Lucy Jones: