Lisa Schneidau
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
Storyteller, environmentalist, folk tale purveyor, core group member of Dartmoor Nature Alliance.
New book 'English Folk Tales of Coast and Sea' available now in hardback, ebook and audiobook.
www.lisaschneidau.co.uk
New book 'English Folk Tales of Coast and Sea' available now in hardback, ebook and audiobook.
www.lisaschneidau.co.uk
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Lisa Schneidau
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
· Mar 18
An introduction - I'm a storyteller, author and environmentalist living in Devon, England. I seek out and share stories that connect us to the natural world.
If you want to get a monthly email with details of all my storytelling events, then sign up to my email list - website link in bio.
If you want to get a monthly email with details of all my storytelling events, then sign up to my email list - website link in bio.
Here's an important new call to action from Dartmoor Nature Alliance. Please read and share!
Dartmoor is dying - it's time to bring it back to life.
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Here's an important new call to action from Dartmoor Nature Alliance. Please read and share!
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Next month, Quay Words teams up with Artemis Storytelling at @exetercustomhouse.bsky.social, with exciting workshops for young people on 29th September. These will be led by the fantastic storytellers @katycawkwell.bsky.social @lisaschneidau.bsky.social and @sara-hurley@bskysocial.
August 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Next month, Quay Words teams up with Artemis Storytelling at @exetercustomhouse.bsky.social, with exciting workshops for young people on 29th September. These will be led by the fantastic storytellers @katycawkwell.bsky.social @lisaschneidau.bsky.social and @sara-hurley@bskysocial.
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If the BBC was doing its job, it would note in its coverage of Reform that 92% of the party's donations come from the fossil fuel industry.
ICYMI: the UK's Trumpist Reform party has launched a new campaign attacking renewable energy in Lincolnshire, the county most at risk from climate change.
Reform UK declares war on Lincolnshire's net-zero projects - BBC News
MP Richard Tice and Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns say they will fight green energy plans.
www.bbc.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
If the BBC was doing its job, it would note in its coverage of Reform that 92% of the party's donations come from the fossil fuel industry.
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There are still some tickets available for the last 'Widdershins III' event at Green Hill Arts on Dartmoor: an evening of dark, adult fairy tales performed by folklorist & storyteller @lisaschneidau.bsky.social. Highly recommended! Go here for more info: www.greenhillarts.co.uk/calendar/202...
July 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
There are still some tickets available for the last 'Widdershins III' event at Green Hill Arts on Dartmoor: an evening of dark, adult fairy tales performed by folklorist & storyteller @lisaschneidau.bsky.social. Highly recommended! Go here for more info: www.greenhillarts.co.uk/calendar/202...
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‘England’s farmers to get new payments for cleaning up waterways’
This could be a useful reform to the Sustainable Farm Incentive (SFI), but needs to be paired with much better enforcement of regulations like Farming Rules for Water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This could be a useful reform to the Sustainable Farm Incentive (SFI), but needs to be paired with much better enforcement of regulations like Farming Rules for Water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s farmers to get new payments for cleaning up waterways
Environment secretary says Defra will be launching changes to post-Brexit scheme for sustainable farming
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
‘England’s farmers to get new payments for cleaning up waterways’
This could be a useful reform to the Sustainable Farm Incentive (SFI), but needs to be paired with much better enforcement of regulations like Farming Rules for Water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This could be a useful reform to the Sustainable Farm Incentive (SFI), but needs to be paired with much better enforcement of regulations like Farming Rules for Water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ed Miliband’s “State of the Climate” speech wasn’t just a warning-it was a challenge to politics-as-usual. By anchoring action in science, history and national interest, the energy secretary laid the ground for a new climate norm: accountability to the future.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on a climate reckoning: an annual address could set a new standard for political accountability | Editorial
Editorial: The energy secretary framed environmental action as practical and patriotic, not in terms of wordy ideological pieties. But holding the line won’t be easy
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Ed Miliband’s “State of the Climate” speech wasn’t just a warning-it was a challenge to politics-as-usual. By anchoring action in science, history and national interest, the energy secretary laid the ground for a new climate norm: accountability to the future.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reminding voters of how close Farage & Reform are to Trump reduces support for them by 8-10% - and highlighting their corporate donations dents them further
New research by @steveakehurst.bsky.social
Paging @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @writesbright.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/strongme...
New research by @steveakehurst.bsky.social
Paging @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @writesbright.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/strongme...
July 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Reminding voters of how close Farage & Reform are to Trump reduces support for them by 8-10% - and highlighting their corporate donations dents them further
New research by @steveakehurst.bsky.social
Paging @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @writesbright.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/strongme...
New research by @steveakehurst.bsky.social
Paging @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @writesbright.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/strongme...
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Reform's Richard Tice has written to energy firms to inform them of the 'political risk' of Reform to renewables
Labour official: “Reform are now actively trying to discourage businesses from investing in clean energy in the UK...
"They are disgracefully... undermining the UK's national interest."
Labour official: “Reform are now actively trying to discourage businesses from investing in clean energy in the UK...
"They are disgracefully... undermining the UK's national interest."
July 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reform's Richard Tice has written to energy firms to inform them of the 'political risk' of Reform to renewables
Labour official: “Reform are now actively trying to discourage businesses from investing in clean energy in the UK...
"They are disgracefully... undermining the UK's national interest."
Labour official: “Reform are now actively trying to discourage businesses from investing in clean energy in the UK...
"They are disgracefully... undermining the UK's national interest."
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This is a nice article outlining some of the work that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social has been doing lately: www.themoorlander.co.uk/news/home/18... #folklore #storytelling #dartmoor #folkloring #chasingcrockern
Dartmoor storytelling project explores moor’s folklore and modern-day spirit
Folklore project Chasing Crockern brings Dartmoor legends to life through community storytelling, schools and live performance
www.themoorlander.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is a nice article outlining some of the work that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social has been doing lately: www.themoorlander.co.uk/news/home/18... #folklore #storytelling #dartmoor #folkloring #chasingcrockern
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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...
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The banner’s up… the #DartmoorTorsFestival starts today! Lots to enjoy inc talks with writers, archaeologists, artists incl @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social , @lewis-winks.bsky.social and walks shorturl.at/Oomce
May 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The banner’s up… the #DartmoorTorsFestival starts today! Lots to enjoy inc talks with writers, archaeologists, artists incl @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social , @lewis-winks.bsky.social and walks shorturl.at/Oomce
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I've never read such bullshit.
"Molinia, the moorland grass, was as tinder dry as farmers can remember it at this time of year"
Molinia comes to dominate precisely *because* of the grazing that occurs, specifically from sheep.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
"Molinia, the moorland grass, was as tinder dry as farmers can remember it at this time of year"
Molinia comes to dominate precisely *because* of the grazing that occurs, specifically from sheep.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘The fledglings couldn’t escape’: Dartmoor blaze raises questions about wildfire strategy
Commoners say restrictive grazing may be raising risk of fires like one that scorched 500ha of moorland
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I've never read such bullshit.
"Molinia, the moorland grass, was as tinder dry as farmers can remember it at this time of year"
Molinia comes to dominate precisely *because* of the grazing that occurs, specifically from sheep.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
"Molinia, the moorland grass, was as tinder dry as farmers can remember it at this time of year"
Molinia comes to dominate precisely *because* of the grazing that occurs, specifically from sheep.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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All about responsible dog ownership in this month’s #BBCCountryfile Mag (& a glorious issue it is!) Livestock, wildlife, pick it up or flick it (pick it up) & effects of flea, tick & worm treatments all covered, as well as the comprehensive model dog policy from the @righttoroam.bsky.social team.
May 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
All about responsible dog ownership in this month’s #BBCCountryfile Mag (& a glorious issue it is!) Livestock, wildlife, pick it up or flick it (pick it up) & effects of flea, tick & worm treatments all covered, as well as the comprehensive model dog policy from the @righttoroam.bsky.social team.
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After a tip-off from a wild camper, we went to investigate a recent moorland burning incident on Dartmoor this weekend.
It's in an SSSI & SAC, on peat over 40cm deep, & on land belonging to... Alexander Darwall.
So did @naturalengland.bsky.social, DEFRA and Darwall give permission for this burn?
It's in an SSSI & SAC, on peat over 40cm deep, & on land belonging to... Alexander Darwall.
So did @naturalengland.bsky.social, DEFRA and Darwall give permission for this burn?
March 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
After a tip-off from a wild camper, we went to investigate a recent moorland burning incident on Dartmoor this weekend.
It's in an SSSI & SAC, on peat over 40cm deep, & on land belonging to... Alexander Darwall.
So did @naturalengland.bsky.social, DEFRA and Darwall give permission for this burn?
It's in an SSSI & SAC, on peat over 40cm deep, & on land belonging to... Alexander Darwall.
So did @naturalengland.bsky.social, DEFRA and Darwall give permission for this burn?
An introduction - I'm a storyteller, author and environmentalist living in Devon, England. I seek out and share stories that connect us to the natural world.
If you want to get a monthly email with details of all my storytelling events, then sign up to my email list - website link in bio.
If you want to get a monthly email with details of all my storytelling events, then sign up to my email list - website link in bio.
March 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
An introduction - I'm a storyteller, author and environmentalist living in Devon, England. I seek out and share stories that connect us to the natural world.
If you want to get a monthly email with details of all my storytelling events, then sign up to my email list - website link in bio.
If you want to get a monthly email with details of all my storytelling events, then sign up to my email list - website link in bio.
Excellent article and well worth a read. Glad the rain is starting tomorrow.
March 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Excellent article and well worth a read. Glad the rain is starting tomorrow.
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Very excited to get stuck into reading these fabulous offerings from The History Press - likely to be of interest to fellow #folklorethursday -ers! @lisaschneidau.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Very excited to get stuck into reading these fabulous offerings from The History Press - likely to be of interest to fellow #folklorethursday -ers! @lisaschneidau.bsky.social
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Alex and I will be “on tor” (geddit) in April talking about our new book Rock Idols - we’d love to see you - we’ll be in Tavistock, Totnes, Plymouth and more ..link in bio, pls spread the word @dartmoorac.bsky.social @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @visitdartmoor.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Alex and I will be “on tor” (geddit) in April talking about our new book Rock Idols - we’d love to see you - we’ll be in Tavistock, Totnes, Plymouth and more ..link in bio, pls spread the word @dartmoorac.bsky.social @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @visitdartmoor.bsky.social
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FatE Attractions 💚💜
We're thrilled that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social will be at #Fate2025. Lisa is a fantastic storyteller, author, folklorist & environmentalist based in Devon. She focuses on traditional stories about the land & our complex relationship with it, using story as a way of enabling 🧵1/2
We're thrilled that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social will be at #Fate2025. Lisa is a fantastic storyteller, author, folklorist & environmentalist based in Devon. She focuses on traditional stories about the land & our complex relationship with it, using story as a way of enabling 🧵1/2
February 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
FatE Attractions 💚💜
We're thrilled that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social will be at #Fate2025. Lisa is a fantastic storyteller, author, folklorist & environmentalist based in Devon. She focuses on traditional stories about the land & our complex relationship with it, using story as a way of enabling 🧵1/2
We're thrilled that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social will be at #Fate2025. Lisa is a fantastic storyteller, author, folklorist & environmentalist based in Devon. She focuses on traditional stories about the land & our complex relationship with it, using story as a way of enabling 🧵1/2
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UK is subsidising forest-burning #Drax power station with around £2 million a day.
Now we hear Gov is considering extending the subsidy past 2027 😡
This is the Emporer’s New Clothes.
Drax is as bad as coal. And everyone knows it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Now we hear Gov is considering extending the subsidy past 2027 😡
This is the Emporer’s New Clothes.
Drax is as bad as coal. And everyone knows it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
February 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
UK is subsidising forest-burning #Drax power station with around £2 million a day.
Now we hear Gov is considering extending the subsidy past 2027 😡
This is the Emporer’s New Clothes.
Drax is as bad as coal. And everyone knows it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Now we hear Gov is considering extending the subsidy past 2027 😡
This is the Emporer’s New Clothes.
Drax is as bad as coal. And everyone knows it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...