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Northumberland nature recovery project takes shape with biggest land sale in 30 years
Northumberland nature recovery project takes shape with biggest land sale in 30 years
Wildlife trust is raising funds to buy largest piece of land in single ownership to come up for sale in England for a generation
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Northumberland nature recovery project takes shape with biggest land sale in 30 years
Inspirational!
Here's the recording of the Earth Rover Program's inaugural webinar, which was held on Friday. Sorry it took a few days to post up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfrE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfrE...
Global Launch of Earth Rover Program and Report Soilsmology: Transforming Our Understanding of Soil
YouTube video by Earth Rover Program
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Inspirational!
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Latest from me: on overdiagnosis, a craze/bandwagon the govt is indulging by commissioning an official review, complete with the clunky blurring of mental illness & neurodivergence www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it | John Harris
Thankfully, we now know more about conditions such as autism and ADHD. The health secretary must not be part of this attempt to turn back the clock, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Latest from me: on overdiagnosis, a craze/bandwagon the govt is indulging by commissioning an official review, complete with the clunky blurring of mental illness & neurodivergence www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As the PM heads to the Amazon for COP30, remember that Britain is also a rainforest nation.
UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
As the PM heads to the Amazon, remember that Britain is a rainforest nation
On Thursday, the Prime Minister will arrive in the Amazon rainforest for the COP30 climate talks, hosted this year by Brazil. As Keir Starmer composes his speech, he should remember that Britain, t…
lostrainforestsofbritain.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
As the PM heads to the Amazon for COP30, remember that Britain is also a rainforest nation.
UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
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EXCLUSIVE: England’s farms are being fertilised with a cocktail of toxic landfill juice + sewage sludge.
750,000 tonnes of landfill leachate tankered to sewage works every year → mixed into sewage → spread on farmers' fields. 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
750,000 tonnes of landfill leachate tankered to sewage works every year → mixed into sewage → spread on farmers' fields. 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
EXCLUSIVE: England’s farms are being fertilised with a cocktail of toxic landfill juice + sewage sludge.
750,000 tonnes of landfill leachate tankered to sewage works every year → mixed into sewage → spread on farmers' fields. 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
750,000 tonnes of landfill leachate tankered to sewage works every year → mixed into sewage → spread on farmers' fields. 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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3. They are the kind of people we should contain and shun, in other words. Yet, astonishingly, the Labour Party is competing with Reform and the Conservatives to appease and attract such men, while dissing and burning its own base. We could reasonably ask what in the name of God is going on.
August 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
3. They are the kind of people we should contain and shun, in other words. Yet, astonishingly, the Labour Party is competing with Reform and the Conservatives to appease and attract such men, while dissing and burning its own base. We could reasonably ask what in the name of God is going on.
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Latest Maybe I'm Amazed Substack from me: on neurodiversity, creativity, genius & Brian Wilson. It's free, as are subscriptions
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/neurodiver...
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/neurodiver...
Neurodiversity, creativity and genius: on Brian Wilson
He was hyper-sensitised to sound and able to write modern symphonies; he also found social etiquette and self-promotion impossible. Many people will recognise that cognitive style
maybeimamazed.substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Latest Maybe I'm Amazed Substack from me: on neurodiversity, creativity, genius & Brian Wilson. It's free, as are subscriptions
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/neurodiver...
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/neurodiver...
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I wrote this. Why new book The Age Of Diagnosis is wrong about autism:
Suzanne O'Sullivan calls autism a "brain disorder". She even uses the word "illness". And her ideas are blurring into what we hear from politicians
Free, as are subscriptions
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-new-bo...
Suzanne O'Sullivan calls autism a "brain disorder". She even uses the word "illness". And her ideas are blurring into what we hear from politicians
Free, as are subscriptions
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-new-bo...
Why new book The Age Of Diagnosis is wrong about autism
Suzanne O'Sullivan calls autism a "brain disorder". She even uses the word "illness". And her ideas are blurring dangerously into what we hear from politicians
maybeimamazed.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I wrote this. Why new book The Age Of Diagnosis is wrong about autism:
Suzanne O'Sullivan calls autism a "brain disorder". She even uses the word "illness". And her ideas are blurring into what we hear from politicians
Free, as are subscriptions
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-new-bo...
Suzanne O'Sullivan calls autism a "brain disorder". She even uses the word "illness". And her ideas are blurring into what we hear from politicians
Free, as are subscriptions
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-new-bo...
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I don't often ask people to write to their MPs. But I think they might listen to you on this, as it's so jaw-droppingly awful, and they're almost certainly unaware of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk Thanks.
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk Thanks.
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot
Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I don't often ask people to write to their MPs. But I think they might listen to you on this, as it's so jaw-droppingly awful, and they're almost certainly unaware of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk Thanks.
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk Thanks.
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The pretty town of Bentham, North Yorkshire, described as the UK's most PFAS polluted town: I visited to talk to those impacted by forever chemical pollution from a firefighting foam plant, at the highest levels ever detected in the UK, for BBC Rare Earth:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
March 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The pretty town of Bentham, North Yorkshire, described as the UK's most PFAS polluted town: I visited to talk to those impacted by forever chemical pollution from a firefighting foam plant, at the highest levels ever detected in the UK, for BBC Rare Earth:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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If you want a clear illustration of the Government’s disregard for really engaging with disabled people, they have produced NO accessible versions of their plans today.
March 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you want a clear illustration of the Government’s disregard for really engaging with disabled people, they have produced NO accessible versions of their plans today.
I cannot imagine life without music for my lad.It holds his life together.
Like so many SEND parents, I owe a debt to the tireless work & insights of Special Needs Jungle. I wrote this for them, about one of the lessons of my book Maybe I'm Amazed: that the decline of music in schools is a tragedy, and in mainstream & specialist places, it really matters
NEW POST & GIVEAWAY! Writer @johnharris1969.bsky.social is on SNJ with his new book "Maybe I’m Amazed, A Story of Love and Connection in 10 Songs" inspired by his autistic, musically gifted son James—and he explains why school music education is so important. www.specialneedsjungle.com/m...
March 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I cannot imagine life without music for my lad.It holds his life together.
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If you liked today's extract from my new book Maybe I'm Amazed, there's an accompanying (free) Substack here: maybeimamazed.substack.com
(It's out on March 27th: pre-order it here: linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
(It's out on March 27th: pre-order it here: linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Maybe I'm Amazed | John Harris | Substack
Writing & information on my new memoir about my autistic son James, Special Needs education, music and more. And yes, it's free. Click to read Maybe I'm Amazed, by John Harris, a Substack publication ...
maybeimamazed.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you liked today's extract from my new book Maybe I'm Amazed, there's an accompanying (free) Substack here: maybeimamazed.substack.com
(It's out on March 27th: pre-order it here: linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
(It's out on March 27th: pre-order it here: linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
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Brilliant submission by Guy here. It's essential that everyone who wants to see richer ecosystems in England also contributes to this consultation, however briefly, as many vested interests will defend the status quo. It's the first time in my life that we've had this chance. Let's not waste it.
I’ve published my submission to the government’s Land Use consultation.
DEFRA has proposed lots of bold and interesting ideas, many of which I support.
But they also underestimate the scale of land use change needed to restore nature & fix water pollution. 1/🧵
whoownsengland.org/2025/03/12/m...
DEFRA has proposed lots of bold and interesting ideas, many of which I support.
But they also underestimate the scale of land use change needed to restore nature & fix water pollution. 1/🧵
whoownsengland.org/2025/03/12/m...
My submission to the Government’s Land Use consultation
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. This is my submission to the Government’s Land Use consultation, which was launched by the Environment Secretary Steve Reed on 31st January 2025 and closes on 2…
whoownsengland.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Brilliant submission by Guy here. It's essential that everyone who wants to see richer ecosystems in England also contributes to this consultation, however briefly, as many vested interests will defend the status quo. It's the first time in my life that we've had this chance. Let's not waste it.