Dr. Rob Phillips
@robdphillips.bsky.social
Senior Tutor: Design Futures: The Royal College of Art | Designer | Author | Maker | Grower | Dad
Work (Linkedin) | https://tinyurl.com/bdhbehxw
Articles | https://tinyurl.com/3bnuxmn4
Current Project | https://ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/
Work (Linkedin) | https://tinyurl.com/bdhbehxw
Articles | https://tinyurl.com/3bnuxmn4
Current Project | https://ecologicalcitizens.co.uk/
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This Thursday #ChangeEverything comes to the wonderful Malvern Book Cooperative, 7pm.
Hope to see you there if that's your patch!
@wiltonsquare.bsky.social
Hope to see you there if that's your patch!
@wiltonsquare.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This Thursday #ChangeEverything comes to the wonderful Malvern Book Cooperative, 7pm.
Hope to see you there if that's your patch!
@wiltonsquare.bsky.social
Hope to see you there if that's your patch!
@wiltonsquare.bsky.social
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Knitted memorials to remember those who died saving democracy from fascism last time.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Knitted memorials to remember those who died saving democracy from fascism last time.
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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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We will remember them.⠀
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We will remember them.⠀
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
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Better early at home, than too late in social media.
Talking to your child about climate change
Ways to engage children on the issue with hope and positivity
www.unicef.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Better early at home, than too late in social media.
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Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release
Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release
Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission
Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.
Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission from her probation officer, although the Ministry of Justice dropped the condition after she brought a legal challenge. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release
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Josh Simons, the junior minister responsible for digital ID (and former Labour Together director) has promised govt will embark on “the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered in this country" to deliver digital ID. www.publictechnology.net/2025/11/05/s...
Government ‘considering physical alternatives’ for those unable access digital ID
Ministers reveal that the digitally excluded may be able to use familiar locations on the high street to obtain a more traditional ID card that could be kept in wallets
Government is exploring ...
www.publictechnology.net
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Josh Simons, the junior minister responsible for digital ID (and former Labour Together director) has promised govt will embark on “the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered in this country" to deliver digital ID. www.publictechnology.net/2025/11/05/s...
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There ant no place like Sussex,⠀⠀
Until ye goos above,⠀⠀
For Sussex will be Sussex,⠀⠀
And Sussex won't be druv."⠀⠀
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Happy #BonfireNight! If taking part in tonight's festivities, have fun and take care. ⠀
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📷 Peter Warren ⠀
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#SouthDowns
Until ye goos above,⠀⠀
For Sussex will be Sussex,⠀⠀
And Sussex won't be druv."⠀⠀
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Happy #BonfireNight! If taking part in tonight's festivities, have fun and take care. ⠀
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📷 Peter Warren ⠀
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#SouthDowns
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
There ant no place like Sussex,⠀⠀
Until ye goos above,⠀⠀
For Sussex will be Sussex,⠀⠀
And Sussex won't be druv."⠀⠀
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Happy #BonfireNight! If taking part in tonight's festivities, have fun and take care. ⠀
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📷 Peter Warren ⠀
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#SouthDowns
Until ye goos above,⠀⠀
For Sussex will be Sussex,⠀⠀
And Sussex won't be druv."⠀⠀
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Happy #BonfireNight! If taking part in tonight's festivities, have fun and take care. ⠀
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📷 Peter Warren ⠀
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#SouthDowns
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Looking up
#nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #sky #tree #luonto #luontokuva #NaturePhotography
#nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #sky #tree #luonto #luontokuva #NaturePhotography
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Huge mountain walls emerging from the morning fog…
Always something magic & mysterious about subject coming out from fog.
Les Écrins NP, France
#photography #nature #art #landscape
Always something magic & mysterious about subject coming out from fog.
Les Écrins NP, France
#photography #nature #art #landscape
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Huge mountain walls emerging from the morning fog…
Always something magic & mysterious about subject coming out from fog.
Les Écrins NP, France
#photography #nature #art #landscape
Always something magic & mysterious about subject coming out from fog.
Les Écrins NP, France
#photography #nature #art #landscape
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Hands up if this is your kind of morning view?⠀
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📷 Evita Bird⠀⠀
📍 Forestside⠀
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📷 Evita Bird⠀⠀
📍 Forestside⠀
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Hands up if this is your kind of morning view?⠀
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📷 Evita Bird⠀⠀
📍 Forestside⠀
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📷 Evita Bird⠀⠀
📍 Forestside⠀
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Welcome to November! ⠀
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Did you know Guy Fawkes was once employed as a footman at Cowdray House in Midhurst prior to the Gunpowder Plot?
📷 Carrie Davidson
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Did you know Guy Fawkes was once employed as a footman at Cowdray House in Midhurst prior to the Gunpowder Plot?
📷 Carrie Davidson
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Welcome to November! ⠀
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Did you know Guy Fawkes was once employed as a footman at Cowdray House in Midhurst prior to the Gunpowder Plot?
📷 Carrie Davidson
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Did you know Guy Fawkes was once employed as a footman at Cowdray House in Midhurst prior to the Gunpowder Plot?
📷 Carrie Davidson
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Satish Kumar was recently asked to speak at A National Conference on #Children and #Nature: #Education for #SustainableLiving held by Prakriya Green Wisdom School & the Bhoomi Network
We're pleased to share this audio recording: vimeo.com/1132561140 🙏
Find out more: www.childrenneednature.org 🦋
We're pleased to share this audio recording: vimeo.com/1132561140 🙏
Find out more: www.childrenneednature.org 🦋
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Satish Kumar was recently asked to speak at A National Conference on #Children and #Nature: #Education for #SustainableLiving held by Prakriya Green Wisdom School & the Bhoomi Network
We're pleased to share this audio recording: vimeo.com/1132561140 🙏
Find out more: www.childrenneednature.org 🦋
We're pleased to share this audio recording: vimeo.com/1132561140 🙏
Find out more: www.childrenneednature.org 🦋
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“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
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Amazing opportunity!!
Ealing has been successful in gaining a Venice Art Biennale fellowship for one young creative🎉
The winner will work at the British Pavilion for a month🎨
Deadline: 28 November
Find out more⬇️
ealingculture.org/news/only-co...
Ealing has been successful in gaining a Venice Art Biennale fellowship for one young creative🎉
The winner will work at the British Pavilion for a month🎨
Deadline: 28 November
Find out more⬇️
ealingculture.org/news/only-co...
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Amazing opportunity!!
Ealing has been successful in gaining a Venice Art Biennale fellowship for one young creative🎉
The winner will work at the British Pavilion for a month🎨
Deadline: 28 November
Find out more⬇️
ealingculture.org/news/only-co...
Ealing has been successful in gaining a Venice Art Biennale fellowship for one young creative🎉
The winner will work at the British Pavilion for a month🎨
Deadline: 28 November
Find out more⬇️
ealingculture.org/news/only-co...
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NEW: For the second time in less than two weeks, a major cloud outage has impacted the internet, revealing once again the dangers of relying on a few companies to provide the internet's infrastructure. @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/the-mi...
The Microsoft Azure Outage Shows the Harsh Reality of Cloud Failures
The second major cloud outage in less than two weeks, Azure's downtime highlights the “brittleness” of a digital ecosystem that depends on a few companies never making mistakes.
www.wired.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NEW: For the second time in less than two weeks, a major cloud outage has impacted the internet, revealing once again the dangers of relying on a few companies to provide the internet's infrastructure. @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/the-mi...
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🏭 Someone in the world's richest 0.1% of people produces more #CarbonPollution per day than one of the poorest 50% produces all year, says a new study by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social. 🧵1/4
(Photo credit: Maxim Tolchinskiy / Unsplash)
(Photo credit: Maxim Tolchinskiy / Unsplash)
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🏭 Someone in the world's richest 0.1% of people produces more #CarbonPollution per day than one of the poorest 50% produces all year, says a new study by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social. 🧵1/4
(Photo credit: Maxim Tolchinskiy / Unsplash)
(Photo credit: Maxim Tolchinskiy / Unsplash)
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How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
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This morning!
Adaptation is no longer optional, it's vital. Join us online on Tuesday to discuss our new #SAFER report on UK adaptation.
🗓️ 28 Oct | 8:15–9:45am | Online
Reserve a spot 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
🗓️ 28 Oct | 8:15–9:45am | Online
Reserve a spot 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
October 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This morning!
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lloydlanephotography
Thrilled to share that my photo of a Fiery Heathland Dawn at Stedham Common has been selected as a finalist in the Sussex Wildlife Trust Photography Competition 2025!
If you'd like to support this image, voting is now open:
bit.ly/3X08hqy
Voting closes 3rd November.
Thrilled to share that my photo of a Fiery Heathland Dawn at Stedham Common has been selected as a finalist in the Sussex Wildlife Trust Photography Competition 2025!
If you'd like to support this image, voting is now open:
bit.ly/3X08hqy
Voting closes 3rd November.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
lloydlanephotography
Thrilled to share that my photo of a Fiery Heathland Dawn at Stedham Common has been selected as a finalist in the Sussex Wildlife Trust Photography Competition 2025!
If you'd like to support this image, voting is now open:
bit.ly/3X08hqy
Voting closes 3rd November.
Thrilled to share that my photo of a Fiery Heathland Dawn at Stedham Common has been selected as a finalist in the Sussex Wildlife Trust Photography Competition 2025!
If you'd like to support this image, voting is now open:
bit.ly/3X08hqy
Voting closes 3rd November.
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Tomorrow at 8:15 AM GMT get your ☕ ready and join us for the online event 📅 “We Need To Talk About Adaptation!” hosted by Climate Majority Project.
Adaptation is no longer optional – it’s vital. And the UK still has a long way to go.
🔗 Register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
Adaptation is no longer optional – it’s vital. And the UK still has a long way to go.
🔗 Register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Tomorrow at 8:15 AM GMT get your ☕ ready and join us for the online event 📅 “We Need To Talk About Adaptation!” hosted by Climate Majority Project.
Adaptation is no longer optional – it’s vital. And the UK still has a long way to go.
🔗 Register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
Adaptation is no longer optional – it’s vital. And the UK still has a long way to go.
🔗 Register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
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We're pleased to be funding early career researchers to explore how AI is transforming science.
The UK Metascience Unit has announced a cohort of 29 researchers that will receive funding through the AI Metascience Fellowship Programme.
Read more: www.ukri.org/news/interna...
The UK Metascience Unit has announced a cohort of 29 researchers that will receive funding through the AI Metascience Fellowship Programme.
Read more: www.ukri.org/news/interna...
International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science
New £4 million programme funds early career researchers in the UK, US and Canada to investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming science.
www.ukri.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
We're pleased to be funding early career researchers to explore how AI is transforming science.
The UK Metascience Unit has announced a cohort of 29 researchers that will receive funding through the AI Metascience Fellowship Programme.
Read more: www.ukri.org/news/interna...
The UK Metascience Unit has announced a cohort of 29 researchers that will receive funding through the AI Metascience Fellowship Programme.
Read more: www.ukri.org/news/interna...
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At last. The truth.
Now we can get started…
Now we can get started…
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
At last. The truth.
Now we can get started…
Now we can get started…