Jan Stannard
@janstannard.bsky.social
A life with someone I love, made two beloved daughters, founded Heal Rewilding. “To take action, you have to actually do something.” Yvon Chouinard.
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Jan Stannard
@janstannard.bsky.social
· Nov 15
This is our charity Heal Rewilding’s beautiful first site in Somerset, England. In this place, the land is healing and nature is recovering faster than you can imagine. There are skylarks, kestrels, hares and wild-living beavers 🦫 Spiders everywhere. So much life. This is what hope looks like 💜
I got excited there for a moment…
June 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I got excited there for a moment…
So pleased to have you on the programme, James 👍🏻 💜
Looking forward to taking part in @healrewilding.org.uk’s Into the Light Festival next week
I’ll be presenting on grasslands and their importance for rewilding projects
www.healsomerset.org.uk/events/into-...
I’ll be presenting on grasslands and their importance for rewilding projects
www.healsomerset.org.uk/events/into-...
Into The Light | Heal Somerset
www.healsomerset.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
So pleased to have you on the programme, James 👍🏻 💜
Absolutely joyful moment, just heard a familiar scream overhead and saw my first swifts of the year in Enfield over my Mum’s house! Three so far. She has two twin boxes with long-established pairs using them. Fingers crossed they make it back safely. @katebradbury.bsky.social, any down your way yet?
April 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Absolutely joyful moment, just heard a familiar scream overhead and saw my first swifts of the year in Enfield over my Mum’s house! Three so far. She has two twin boxes with long-established pairs using them. Fingers crossed they make it back safely. @katebradbury.bsky.social, any down your way yet?
Do read the brilliant essay in this weekend’s @financialtimes.com by Philippe Sands on nature’s (our) future and giving it legal ‘personhood’, with reviews on new books by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @tonyjuniper.bsky.social. Inspiring piece. One day, we can but hope.
April 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Do read the brilliant essay in this weekend’s @financialtimes.com by Philippe Sands on nature’s (our) future and giving it legal ‘personhood’, with reviews on new books by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @tonyjuniper.bsky.social. Inspiring piece. One day, we can but hope.
Afternoon of tree talk with the venerable Ted Green (I asked if I could call him that). The ancient oaks of Windsor Great Park always make me feel humble.
April 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Afternoon of tree talk with the venerable Ted Green (I asked if I could call him that). The ancient oaks of Windsor Great Park always make me feel humble.
Grey skies again first thing today (England), same as it has been day after day for weeks and weeks, with only brief glimpses of blue. And so much rain: hosing, drizzling, dripping. Hard to endure, so I think about droughts, find this map and feel thankful for another wet morning.
February 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Grey skies again first thing today (England), same as it has been day after day for weeks and weeks, with only brief glimpses of blue. And so much rain: hosing, drizzling, dripping. Hard to endure, so I think about droughts, find this map and feel thankful for another wet morning.
@katebradbury.bsky.social saw this and thought of you. It’s an American post, so wondering if applicable in England, if you know
Pruning tips to assist #CavityNesting insects and more from the excellent "Nesting & Overwintering Habitat for Pollinators and other Beneficial Insects" guide from @xercessociety.bsky.social - a Science-based invertebrate conservation nonprofit.
#Bugsky
PDF here:
xerces.org/sites/defaul...
#Bugsky
PDF here:
xerces.org/sites/defaul...
January 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@katebradbury.bsky.social saw this and thought of you. It’s an American post, so wondering if applicable in England, if you know
Reading this excellent new book by Jo Kirby. Who knew that there are 75 natural enemies of slugs and snails in the UK? The book gives a new set of strategies for reducing slug and snail damage and we’re going to try them in our new food garden at the Heal Somerset site.
January 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reading this excellent new book by Jo Kirby. Who knew that there are 75 natural enemies of slugs and snails in the UK? The book gives a new set of strategies for reducing slug and snail damage and we’re going to try them in our new food garden at the Heal Somerset site.
This is such a wonderful story of environmental recovery. ‘California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’
After four dams were blasted from the Klamath River, the work to restore the ecosystem is under way
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is such a wonderful story of environmental recovery. ‘California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How can any decent person or responsible business/charity still be active on Twitter? Elon Musk is absolutely vile.
January 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
How can any decent person or responsible business/charity still be active on Twitter? Elon Musk is absolutely vile.
Such an exciting and astonishing project. The thread is great because it goes into the fieldwork detail and shows all these cheerful people collaborating. Thinking of Mary Anning and how she would have loved this!
Last year myself, @kirstymedgar.bsky.social @dremmanicholls.bsky.social & @djemurdock.bsky.social led a huge week-long excavation of a truly remarkable dinosaur track site. We can now finally talk about it & it will be on Digging for Britain on the BBC next Wednesday! 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Such an exciting and astonishing project. The thread is great because it goes into the fieldwork detail and shows all these cheerful people collaborating. Thinking of Mary Anning and how she would have loved this!
Reposted by Jan Stannard
Nigel Farage says Elon Musk is "an absolute hero figure" to young Britons.
Simply untrue for most young people
YouGov had Musk approval
18-24
approve 10%
disapprove 74%
25-49
Approve 20%
Disapprove 64%
Simply untrue for most young people
YouGov had Musk approval
18-24
approve 10%
disapprove 74%
25-49
Approve 20%
Disapprove 64%
December 27, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Nigel Farage says Elon Musk is "an absolute hero figure" to young Britons.
Simply untrue for most young people
YouGov had Musk approval
18-24
approve 10%
disapprove 74%
25-49
Approve 20%
Disapprove 64%
Simply untrue for most young people
YouGov had Musk approval
18-24
approve 10%
disapprove 74%
25-49
Approve 20%
Disapprove 64%
UK housing minister @matthewpennycook.bsky.social gave examples of grey belt sites incl “just low-value scrub land”.
Please update the narrative on this - scrub is NOT low value. Scrub is VITAL habitat for wildlife.
Getting that wrong historically is one reason nature in the UK is in such crisis.
Please update the narrative on this - scrub is NOT low value. Scrub is VITAL habitat for wildlife.
Getting that wrong historically is one reason nature in the UK is in such crisis.
Housing must take priority over nature, says Starmer in green belt reform plan
Councils given mandatory targets to deliver 370,000 homes a year in England, including through review of green belt boundaries
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:46 PM
UK housing minister @matthewpennycook.bsky.social gave examples of grey belt sites incl “just low-value scrub land”.
Please update the narrative on this - scrub is NOT low value. Scrub is VITAL habitat for wildlife.
Getting that wrong historically is one reason nature in the UK is in such crisis.
Please update the narrative on this - scrub is NOT low value. Scrub is VITAL habitat for wildlife.
Getting that wrong historically is one reason nature in the UK is in such crisis.
Dismal news. Good developers should be praised. Those exploiting the ‘checking up gap’ because councils are overstretched should face VERY large fines with cash ring-fenced to go back into council budgets for more checks.
Well done University of Sheffield and @wildjustice.bsky.social
Well done University of Sheffield and @wildjustice.bsky.social
Housebuilders supply only half of promised nature-friendly features, survey finds
Developers in England deliver 53% of features such as trees and bird boxes demanded in planning permissions, study says
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Dismal news. Good developers should be praised. Those exploiting the ‘checking up gap’ because councils are overstretched should face VERY large fines with cash ring-fenced to go back into council budgets for more checks.
Well done University of Sheffield and @wildjustice.bsky.social
Well done University of Sheffield and @wildjustice.bsky.social
Reposted by Jan Stannard
Last few days! Every £ helps!
Currently at £22,787 or 45%!
Help us reach our £50,000 target by sharing and donating if you can!
Donations matched by the Aviva Community Fund, so for every £1 donated we receive £2!
For full details and to donate: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
Currently at £22,787 or 45%!
Help us reach our £50,000 target by sharing and donating if you can!
Donations matched by the Aviva Community Fund, so for every £1 donated we receive £2!
For full details and to donate: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
December 10, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Last few days! Every £ helps!
Currently at £22,787 or 45%!
Help us reach our £50,000 target by sharing and donating if you can!
Donations matched by the Aviva Community Fund, so for every £1 donated we receive £2!
For full details and to donate: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
Currently at £22,787 or 45%!
Help us reach our £50,000 target by sharing and donating if you can!
Donations matched by the Aviva Community Fund, so for every £1 donated we receive £2!
For full details and to donate: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
What? There are no plans to invest in the installation of lifts at Kensington Olympia Station to make the new Olympia accessible to all. Come on, really?
Please sign this petition to try to get this changed:
chng.it/Fw8cRBKVnD
Please sign this petition to try to get this changed:
chng.it/Fw8cRBKVnD
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Give Olympia Station a lift - make it accessible to all
chng.it
December 9, 2024 at 8:25 PM
What? There are no plans to invest in the installation of lifts at Kensington Olympia Station to make the new Olympia accessible to all. Come on, really?
Please sign this petition to try to get this changed:
chng.it/Fw8cRBKVnD
Please sign this petition to try to get this changed:
chng.it/Fw8cRBKVnD
Since @healrewilding.org.uk bought Heal Somerset two years ago, hundreds of baby oaks here, not one planted by us.
Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago.
We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.
It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍
We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.
It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍
December 9, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Since @healrewilding.org.uk bought Heal Somerset two years ago, hundreds of baby oaks here, not one planted by us.
Power is back up 👏👏👏 14 hours 18 minutes. The candles were quite magical for a while. Thank you SSEN emergency crews.
December 7, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Power is back up 👏👏👏 14 hours 18 minutes. The candles were quite magical for a while. Thank you SSEN emergency crews.
After the storm as dusk fell (Somerset, England). Still no power (13 hours). SSEN engineers have called in, very windblown and wet, to reassure us that they are doing all they can to repair the damage. Now they are out there in inky blackness. A tough and skilled job for which I’m grateful.
December 7, 2024 at 6:40 PM
After the storm as dusk fell (Somerset, England). Still no power (13 hours). SSEN engineers have called in, very windblown and wet, to reassure us that they are doing all they can to repair the damage. Now they are out there in inky blackness. A tough and skilled job for which I’m grateful.
Makes me wonder about everything not being mended, enjoyed, solved, created etc as a result, speaking as someone born in the time before. (I get the irony.)
Mind you, hours spent watching the telly was probably similar back in the day.
Source: datareportal.com/social-media...
Mind you, hours spent watching the telly was probably similar back in the day.
Source: datareportal.com/social-media...
December 7, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Makes me wonder about everything not being mended, enjoyed, solved, created etc as a result, speaking as someone born in the time before. (I get the irony.)
Mind you, hours spent watching the telly was probably similar back in the day.
Source: datareportal.com/social-media...
Mind you, hours spent watching the telly was probably similar back in the day.
Source: datareportal.com/social-media...
Storm Darragh raging at the Heal site (Frome, England). Second government alert came from phone just now (5.30am), very very loud, so if you weren’t awake from sound of wind (I was), you are now. Power is off. Forgot to fill a vacuum flask with coffee last night, duh.
December 7, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Storm Darragh raging at the Heal site (Frome, England). Second government alert came from phone just now (5.30am), very very loud, so if you weren’t awake from sound of wind (I was), you are now. Power is off. Forgot to fill a vacuum flask with coffee last night, duh.
@skysentry.bsky.social this is one reason, a big reason, why Bluesky is a very different place. Hitting ‘Subscribe’ initially does take a leap of faith but trust it.
December 1, 2024 at 8:01 AM
@skysentry.bsky.social this is one reason, a big reason, why Bluesky is a very different place. Hitting ‘Subscribe’ initially does take a leap of faith but trust it.
I realise, now I’m on a platform which isn’t infused with negativity and hate, that I often drafted but then deleted posts on Twitter/X. You just never knew what would come back at you.
November 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM
I realise, now I’m on a platform which isn’t infused with negativity and hate, that I often drafted but then deleted posts on Twitter/X. You just never knew what would come back at you.
Comparing Twitter (X) vs Bluesky: why did I switch?
YouTube video by Justin Jackson
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November 30, 2024 at 10:09 PM
This is so simple and powerful.
If your home/livelihood are ever more frequently wrecked or threatened by severe flooding, and you've been wondering why, this graphic (plus climate breakdown) tells you all you need to know.
November 25, 2024 at 8:50 PM
This is so simple and powerful.