Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social
Nature / Climate / More-than-humans / Degrowth / Social justice / Food, Farming and Land Use / Energy / Retrofits / Transport
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"It now looks like global emissions may peak this year."
Hmm... can you spot that trend?
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
Hmm... can you spot that trend?
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"It now looks like global emissions may peak this year."
Hmm... can you spot that trend?
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
Hmm... can you spot that trend?
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
The mass of humans (requiring food, clothing, housing, transport, etc) compared to all other mammals on Earth
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The mass of humans (requiring food, clothing, housing, transport, etc) compared to all other mammals on Earth
You wrote it was "putting people against people".
I doubt anyone today would dare to seriously mention diet as a way to reduce emissions, but some scientists alluded to it in 2012, linking the issue with car culture. It's far from insignificant & getting steadily worse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
I doubt anyone today would dare to seriously mention diet as a way to reduce emissions, but some scientists alluded to it in 2012, linking the issue with car culture. It's far from insignificant & getting steadily worse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
You wrote it was "putting people against people".
I doubt anyone today would dare to seriously mention diet as a way to reduce emissions, but some scientists alluded to it in 2012, linking the issue with car culture. It's far from insignificant & getting steadily worse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
I doubt anyone today would dare to seriously mention diet as a way to reduce emissions, but some scientists alluded to it in 2012, linking the issue with car culture. It's far from insignificant & getting steadily worse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
Will this kind of language help us value nature better?
I doubt it...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I doubt it...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Will this kind of language help us value nature better?
I doubt it...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I doubt it...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I am blocked so couldn't see what you reposted. Intrigued, I investigated. It seems that Dr Shiffman has blocked thousands of people who have mentioned Palestine, just in case they might be antisemitic? ...Bit of a shame, I love sharks, and all the wonderful Jews who don't support a genocide...
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I am blocked so couldn't see what you reposted. Intrigued, I investigated. It seems that Dr Shiffman has blocked thousands of people who have mentioned Palestine, just in case they might be antisemitic? ...Bit of a shame, I love sharks, and all the wonderful Jews who don't support a genocide...
I asked ChatGPT (sorry 😒) to estimate the mass that is occurring above that of a healthy weight within the UK population (where it's estimated that 64% of adults are overweight or obese). It came up with 375,000 to 500,000 tonnes. How much of that gets driven? How many litres of fuel? 😵💫
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I asked ChatGPT (sorry 😒) to estimate the mass that is occurring above that of a healthy weight within the UK population (where it's estimated that 64% of adults are overweight or obese). It came up with 375,000 to 500,000 tonnes. How much of that gets driven? How many litres of fuel? 😵💫
And what "third point"??
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
And what "third point"??
@williamripple.bsky.social and colleagues again in 2025 have stressed the fast-escalating problems and solutions needed: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
@williamripple.bsky.social and colleagues again in 2025 have stressed the fast-escalating problems and solutions needed: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
And it's not just about climate! Many countries are running out of water, among other key overexploited natural resources. Nearly 16,000 "World Scientists" signed a 2019 warning that included this:
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
And it's not just about climate! Many countries are running out of water, among other key overexploited natural resources. Nearly 16,000 "World Scientists" signed a 2019 warning that included this:
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
See the pink 'climate solutions'on Project Drawdown's graph:
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
See the pink 'climate solutions'on Project Drawdown's graph:
1962 Silent Spring
1968 The Population Bomb
1971 Diet for a small planet
1972 The Limits to Growth
1973 Small is beautiful
1980 Overshoot...
overpopulation-project.com/why-overpopu...
1968 The Population Bomb
1971 Diet for a small planet
1972 The Limits to Growth
1973 Small is beautiful
1980 Overshoot...
overpopulation-project.com/why-overpopu...
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
1962 Silent Spring
1968 The Population Bomb
1971 Diet for a small planet
1972 The Limits to Growth
1973 Small is beautiful
1980 Overshoot...
overpopulation-project.com/why-overpopu...
1968 The Population Bomb
1971 Diet for a small planet
1972 The Limits to Growth
1973 Small is beautiful
1980 Overshoot...
overpopulation-project.com/why-overpopu...
It's open access, so I don't understand why you can't read it. It's an overview of hundreds of peer-reviewed papers:
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It's open access, so I don't understand why you can't read it. It's an overview of hundreds of peer-reviewed papers:
The simple and unassuming home of young Charlie Chaplin 😂
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The simple and unassuming home of young Charlie Chaplin 😂
If we all shifted to healthier plant-based or plant-rich diets, that would also quickly reduce methane emissions, whilst vastly increasing the potential for carbon uptake by ecosystems.
In richer countries we each have the agency to do this *now*. www.unep.org/resources/re...
In richer countries we each have the agency to do this *now*. www.unep.org/resources/re...
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If we all shifted to healthier plant-based or plant-rich diets, that would also quickly reduce methane emissions, whilst vastly increasing the potential for carbon uptake by ecosystems.
In richer countries we each have the agency to do this *now*. www.unep.org/resources/re...
In richer countries we each have the agency to do this *now*. www.unep.org/resources/re...
Among the harrowing photos of Gaza, within the Associated Press selection
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Among the harrowing photos of Gaza, within the Associated Press selection
The author focused on Rosa Park but other past civil disobedience activists used sledgehammers or equivalent tools to harm property (not people) - viz the suffragettes who much helped obtain voting rights for women in the UK (and elsewhere):
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The author focused on Rosa Park but other past civil disobedience activists used sledgehammers or equivalent tools to harm property (not people) - viz the suffragettes who much helped obtain voting rights for women in the UK (and elsewhere):
I'm third from left in the pic below from yesterday, at a @defendourjuries.bsky.social action, sitting on the ground between friends in chairs, and the man far left in mustard clothing, my new friend Adam, was up to mischief, but making a very serious point. Watch: www.instagram.com/p/DRkQRFdjWMm/
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm third from left in the pic below from yesterday, at a @defendourjuries.bsky.social action, sitting on the ground between friends in chairs, and the man far left in mustard clothing, my new friend Adam, was up to mischief, but making a very serious point. Watch: www.instagram.com/p/DRkQRFdjWMm/
Adult content, for people who love meat, dairy and wool, to shatter "nostalgic celebrations of old-time farming".
An important article below, including this:
An important article below, including this:
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Adult content, for people who love meat, dairy and wool, to shatter "nostalgic celebrations of old-time farming".
An important article below, including this:
An important article below, including this:
Those who feel that shifting to an induction cooker is too complicated, costly, or even impossible (renters, for instance) might consider buying a portable hob. They start at less than £30 for a single one and should do the job well! Good for your health, the planet (and your cooking)!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Those who feel that shifting to an induction cooker is too complicated, costly, or even impossible (renters, for instance) might consider buying a portable hob. They start at less than £30 for a single one and should do the job well! Good for your health, the planet (and your cooking)!
I'm well aware of the UK housing stock (I've refurbished some 20 properties and witnessed many more projects) and would love to see standards raised. There's a bizarre, almost masochistic reluctance from many... I noticed it when I first came to England, from Switzerland, nearly 6 decades ago!
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm well aware of the UK housing stock (I've refurbished some 20 properties and witnessed many more projects) and would love to see standards raised. There's a bizarre, almost masochistic reluctance from many... I noticed it when I first came to England, from Switzerland, nearly 6 decades ago!
I know, but it should! I'm a landlady myself, trying my hardest to install heat pumps in flats I let. The medieval leasehold system, the fact that the UK is so behind most other European countries in building standards, with management companies often having no clue... But tenants can make requests!
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I know, but it should! I'm a landlady myself, trying my hardest to install heat pumps in flats I let. The medieval leasehold system, the fact that the UK is so behind most other European countries in building standards, with management companies often having no clue... But tenants can make requests!
A heat pump for one room will set you back a few hundred pounds (+installation, unless you buy an all-in-one you can install yourself, which starts at about £650). It can heat 4 x more efficiently than any standard heating system + cool & dehumidify (when cooling). Planet changing.
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A heat pump for one room will set you back a few hundred pounds (+installation, unless you buy an all-in-one you can install yourself, which starts at about £650). It can heat 4 x more efficiently than any standard heating system + cool & dehumidify (when cooling). Planet changing.
Other basic advice it is to buy one (or more) simple hygrometer(s), or a more sophisticated air quality monitor (and best to spend more on the latter, but I'm showing starting prices). When humidity remains above 60% (a bit less in winter), or CO2 >1000 pmm, open window or boost ventilation!
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Other basic advice it is to buy one (or more) simple hygrometer(s), or a more sophisticated air quality monitor (and best to spend more on the latter, but I'm showing starting prices). When humidity remains above 60% (a bit less in winter), or CO2 >1000 pmm, open window or boost ventilation!
Thanks! Just had a quick look at your article.... I long to read in the UK and article that gets it all correctly!
An air-to-air heat pump is pretty obviously also an "air-source heat pump" - and on American sites, most references to "air-source heat pumps" are about air-to-air.
An air-to-air heat pump is pretty obviously also an "air-source heat pump" - and on American sites, most references to "air-source heat pumps" are about air-to-air.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thanks! Just had a quick look at your article.... I long to read in the UK and article that gets it all correctly!
An air-to-air heat pump is pretty obviously also an "air-source heat pump" - and on American sites, most references to "air-source heat pumps" are about air-to-air.
An air-to-air heat pump is pretty obviously also an "air-source heat pump" - and on American sites, most references to "air-source heat pumps" are about air-to-air.