Liz Gyekye
@lizgyekye.bsky.social
Making a positive difference to the world with words. Loves nature, music, and running.
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‘Good grief, Deirdre. Have you heard who just won the Inaugural FIFA Peace Prize?’
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
‘Good grief, Deirdre. Have you heard who just won the Inaugural FIFA Peace Prize?’
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Glad to be featured in this article to highlight this jaw dropping issue. Hope that this monstrosity is cleared swiftly.
An enormous wall of trash about 500 feet in length and up to four stories tall was recently discovered near a highway in the English countryside, leading to a national outcry across Britain.
A Colossal, Hidden Pile of Trash Ignites Outcry in Britain
The discovery of a mountain of garbage near a highway is the latest example of what experts say is a growing problem of criminal organizations profiting from illegal dumping.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Glad to be featured in this article to highlight this jaw dropping issue. Hope that this monstrosity is cleared swiftly.
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😀The government is expected to sign a ban on the sale of plastic wet wipes into law today. Thames21’s Liz Gyekye made an excellent appearance on BBC Breakfast earlier this morning talking about the great news.⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
😀The government is expected to sign a ban on the sale of plastic wet wipes into law today. Thames21’s Liz Gyekye made an excellent appearance on BBC Breakfast earlier this morning talking about the great news.⬇️
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Some tiny treasures from the Thames last week. The oldest is a clay tobacco pipe bowl, stem is missing, but dating from 1640-1680. Partial Georgian-era buckle, made from pewter, possibly from a shoe. Eurocoin token for a slot machine and a brass/paste brooch, shaped like a bow, could be 1950s.
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Some tiny treasures from the Thames last week. The oldest is a clay tobacco pipe bowl, stem is missing, but dating from 1640-1680. Partial Georgian-era buckle, made from pewter, possibly from a shoe. Eurocoin token for a slot machine and a brass/paste brooch, shaped like a bow, could be 1950s.
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Calling all litter detectives. The marvellous team at @thames21.bsky.social have two events on 28th Nov, at Limekiln Dock 10.30-12.30, & at Broomhouse Dock (Fulham) 12.30- 2.30pm. If you’d like to help them collect & categorise river plastic, link to register here www.thames21.org.uk/event/river-...
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Calling all litter detectives. The marvellous team at @thames21.bsky.social have two events on 28th Nov, at Limekiln Dock 10.30-12.30, & at Broomhouse Dock (Fulham) 12.30- 2.30pm. If you’d like to help them collect & categorise river plastic, link to register here www.thames21.org.uk/event/river-...
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🪇🎂🥳This year marks the 21st anniversary of Thames21 — two decades and one year of working with our volunteers, local communities, partners and funders to help protect the River Thames, its tributaries and surrounding ecosystems.⬇️
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🪇🎂🥳This year marks the 21st anniversary of Thames21 — two decades and one year of working with our volunteers, local communities, partners and funders to help protect the River Thames, its tributaries and surrounding ecosystems.⬇️
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“This is one of the most distressing cases of environmental neglect we’ve seen on the River Cherwell, if not in all of Oxfordshire” said Claire Robertson, Oxford Rivers Project Officer at Thames21.⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“This is one of the most distressing cases of environmental neglect we’ve seen on the River Cherwell, if not in all of Oxfordshire” said Claire Robertson, Oxford Rivers Project Officer at Thames21.⬇️
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All river stakeholders, including the Environment Agency and Cherwell District Council, need to work together in a swift manner to prevent a massive illegal waste dump from being washed into the River Cherwell, according to environmental charity Thames21.⬇️ 📸©Thames21
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
All river stakeholders, including the Environment Agency and Cherwell District Council, need to work together in a swift manner to prevent a massive illegal waste dump from being washed into the River Cherwell, according to environmental charity Thames21.⬇️ 📸©Thames21
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water companies have been ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources for more than six million people, the BBC stated. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people
The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Water companies have been ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources for more than six million people, the BBC stated. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Worrying. Thoughts and best wishes to everybody in Jamaica at the moment. Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world's strongest storm of 2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa, strongest storm of 2025
Three reported dead in Jamaica as meteorologists warn of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Worrying. Thoughts and best wishes to everybody in Jamaica at the moment. Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world's strongest storm of 2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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💯A huge thank you to all the volunteers who came out earlier today for our Gores Brook community event in Dagenham, East London.⬇️
October 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
💯A huge thank you to all the volunteers who came out earlier today for our Gores Brook community event in Dagenham, East London.⬇️
These beautiful fungi look like a piece of artwork. #autumnwalksinlondon
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
These beautiful fungi look like a piece of artwork. #autumnwalksinlondon
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🧽💧🍃 🌳🐸 Have you heard of a ‘sponge city’?🧽💧🍃 🌳🐸
🧼A sponge city is one better designed to absorb and hold rainwater, managing flood risks, sewage and road run-off pollution with green solutions instead of relying solely on drains. 🧼⬇️
🧼A sponge city is one better designed to absorb and hold rainwater, managing flood risks, sewage and road run-off pollution with green solutions instead of relying solely on drains. 🧼⬇️
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧽💧🍃 🌳🐸 Have you heard of a ‘sponge city’?🧽💧🍃 🌳🐸
🧼A sponge city is one better designed to absorb and hold rainwater, managing flood risks, sewage and road run-off pollution with green solutions instead of relying solely on drains. 🧼⬇️
🧼A sponge city is one better designed to absorb and hold rainwater, managing flood risks, sewage and road run-off pollution with green solutions instead of relying solely on drains. 🧼⬇️
Autumn has got to be the best season, surely!
October 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Autumn has got to be the best season, surely!
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🗺️Today is #WorldRiversDay
🪻Our rivers aren’t just home to much-loved wildlife like dragonflies, frogs and birds; they are also essential for people - providing water for our homes, being used for recreation and providing water for industries.🪻
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🪻Our rivers aren’t just home to much-loved wildlife like dragonflies, frogs and birds; they are also essential for people - providing water for our homes, being used for recreation and providing water for industries.🪻
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September 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🗺️Today is #WorldRiversDay
🪻Our rivers aren’t just home to much-loved wildlife like dragonflies, frogs and birds; they are also essential for people - providing water for our homes, being used for recreation and providing water for industries.🪻
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🪻Our rivers aren’t just home to much-loved wildlife like dragonflies, frogs and birds; they are also essential for people - providing water for our homes, being used for recreation and providing water for industries.🪻
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Thames21 has welcomed the @londonassembly.bsky.social Environment Committee’s ‘Swimmable Rivers’ report, which has 12 recommendations for creating clean and healthy rivers in London.⬇️
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Thames21 has welcomed the @londonassembly.bsky.social Environment Committee’s ‘Swimmable Rivers’ report, which has 12 recommendations for creating clean and healthy rivers in London.⬇️
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a programme that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the government.
www.independent.co.uk/news/epa-lee...
www.independent.co.uk/news/epa-lee...
The EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the governmen...
www.independent.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a programme that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the government.
www.independent.co.uk/news/epa-lee...
www.independent.co.uk/news/epa-lee...
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🩵What a fabulous day we had at the official opening of Watling Park today, as part of our #actionforsilkstream project.🩵
🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏻Thank you to all the attendees and partners who attended this event earlier today. Also nice to see Burnt Oak Brook looking good through Watling Park.
🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏻Thank you to all the attendees and partners who attended this event earlier today. Also nice to see Burnt Oak Brook looking good through Watling Park.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🩵What a fabulous day we had at the official opening of Watling Park today, as part of our #actionforsilkstream project.🩵
🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏻Thank you to all the attendees and partners who attended this event earlier today. Also nice to see Burnt Oak Brook looking good through Watling Park.
🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏻Thank you to all the attendees and partners who attended this event earlier today. Also nice to see Burnt Oak Brook looking good through Watling Park.
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Excellent to see Thames21 and its volunteers featured in more media coverage about the removal of 'wet wipe island' this weekend. H/r, we must not be complacent. We still need a systems change. 🧵⬇️
August 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Excellent to see Thames21 and its volunteers featured in more media coverage about the removal of 'wet wipe island' this weekend. H/r, we must not be complacent. We still need a systems change. 🧵⬇️
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H/r, this is not the end of the story. We would like to see more systemic change to tackle the issue of plastics entering the environment via wet wipes. Help to make a positive difference to your environment. Join us to help protect the River Thames. ➡️https://thames21.org.uk/events/
August 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
H/r, this is not the end of the story. We would like to see more systemic change to tackle the issue of plastics entering the environment via wet wipes. Help to make a positive difference to your environment. Join us to help protect the River Thames. ➡️https://thames21.org.uk/events/
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Brilliant to hear Thames21's Felicity Rhodes feature on
BBC Radio 4's Inside Science programme just now discussing how our volunteers have inspired the removal of 'wet wipe island' in Hammersmith. Catch her at 16.29 mins in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Radio 4's Inside Science programme just now discussing how our volunteers have inspired the removal of 'wet wipe island' in Hammersmith. Catch her at 16.29 mins in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Brilliant to hear Thames21's Felicity Rhodes feature on
BBC Radio 4's Inside Science programme just now discussing how our volunteers have inspired the removal of 'wet wipe island' in Hammersmith. Catch her at 16.29 mins in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Radio 4's Inside Science programme just now discussing how our volunteers have inspired the removal of 'wet wipe island' in Hammersmith. Catch her at 16.29 mins in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sad to see. I feel for the employees of Vivergo who will be losing their jobs. Victim of Trump's tariffs. Layoffs to hit Hull as bioethanol plant closes…
www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...
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Layoffs to hit Hull as bioethanol plant closes
The UK's largest bioethanol plant, Vivergo Fuels, is set to close down, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
www.energyvoice.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Sad to see. I feel for the employees of Vivergo who will be losing their jobs. Victim of Trump's tariffs. Layoffs to hit Hull as bioethanol plant closes…
www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...
www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...
