Lucy Gavaghan
banner
lucygavaghan.bsky.social
Lucy Gavaghan
@lucygavaghan.bsky.social
Ecological activist & organiser, growing the pollen project and coordinating Rights of Nature projects in the UK.

www.pollenproject.org.uk
Reposted by Lucy Gavaghan
Brilliant night speaking at the Festival of Debate last night with @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social, @lucygavaghan.bsky.social and @riverdonproject.bsky.social (and a wonderful audience ❤️)
May 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Reposted by Lucy Gavaghan
💥BIG NEWS💥

Here's your full lineup for Festival of Debate 2025! 🎉

Join us in Sheffield for the UK's biggest politics festival, with more than 50 events exploring responses to some of the most urgent issues of our time.

Discover the programme ➡️ festivalofdebate.com

#FofD #Sheffield #Politics
March 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by Lucy Gavaghan
PEN International has launched an archive to commemorate the lives & work of the many writers so far killed in Gaza.
It is a detailed honouring of each person.
“I am Nour El Din Adnan Hajjaj, a Palestinian writer, I am 27 years old & I have many dreams...”
www.pen-international.org/war-on-write...
War on Writers: A look at writers killed in Gaza — PEN International
www.pen-international.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:33 PM
“I've been wondering why artists are required to dream up liberation in the gallery, but when that dream meets life we are shut down.”

Take a minute to listen to Jasleen Kaur.
Turner Prize 2024 Jasleen Kaur
YouTube video by chunkymark
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Lucy Gavaghan
Congratulations to Jasleen Kaur – the Glasgow artist won the Turner Prize last night for her solo show at Tramway, and used her acceptance speech to make a rousing stand in solidarity with Palestine

www.theskinny.co.uk/art/news/gla... [story by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]
Glasgow artist Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize - The Skinny
While picking up the UK’s biggest arts prize, Jasleen Kaur spoke out for Palestinian people and urged arts institutions to listen to artists’ calls for an immediate ceasefire.
www.theskinny.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Reposted by Lucy Gavaghan
Minutes ago, activists unfurled a banner from the iconic Park Hill flats in #Sheffield calling for an end to UK arms sales to Israel.

The banner, in the colours of the Palestinian flag, marks the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Here's an exclusive pic ⬇️
November 29, 2024 at 11:06 AM
🌿 Grateful to Håkon Evjemo for sharing his imaginative, pactically-minded, article with the pollen project.

Through a series of playful arguments, Håkon ponders the interconnection of lives and liberty, and the representation of more than human life in legal systems.

Scroll for an excerpt.
November 23, 2024 at 10:42 AM
🏔️ Proud to share George Hill's writing as part of the pollen project relaunch.

Remaking the website, I've read this piece countless times. Again and again, I'm taken aback with how immersive and enchanting it is.

Scroll through for a short snippet, and follow the route to read in full.
November 23, 2024 at 10:31 AM
After a period of hibernation from public action, the pollen project is back.

pollen is a storytelling initiative seeking more personal, creative explorations of nature-connectedness and climate breakdown.

I'll be using blue sky to spotlight pollen articles and updates. Here's a first taste... 🪼
About — pollen project
The evolution of pollen, told by Lucy Gavaghan. The idea of pollen started bubbling in the early June of 2022. I was in Sheffield, where I grew up, and sinking into a long summer. The goal was to crea...
www.pollenproject.org.uk
November 23, 2024 at 10:17 AM