Elizabeth Gowing
@elizabethgowing.bsky.social
British/ Kosovan activist and environmentalist. Travel writer and storyteller for social change. Speaker for groups in the UK. Co-founder of The Ideas Partnership NGO in Kosovo and TIPUK charity. Board member of the Albanian fact-checking NGO, Faktoje
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Join me in support of a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that cuts plastic production and use so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic - for our communities, our country, and our planet. #INC5.2 #BreakFreeFromPlastic act.gp/42PXUdg
Let’s end the age of plastic! - Greenpeace International
I support a strong Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic - for our communities, our country, and our planet. Join me
act.gp
July 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Join me in support of a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that cuts plastic production and use so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic - for our communities, our country, and our planet. #INC5.2 #BreakFreeFromPlastic act.gp/42PXUdg
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay: act.gp/3RIc9dq
Polluters broke it, we're paying for it. Make Polluters Pay
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.
act.gp
June 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay: act.gp/3RIc9dq
Caught lobbying for cash or bullying in Parliament? You can still return to the House of Lords - for life.
No real consequences. No accountability.
Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
No real consequences. No accountability.
Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Ban rule-breaking peers from the House of Lords.
Lords found guilty of serious misconduct – like bullying or lobbying for cash – still get to make our laws.
I just signed a petition to kick rule-breaking peers out of the Lords for good. Want to add...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Caught lobbying for cash or bullying in Parliament? You can still return to the House of Lords - for life.
No real consequences. No accountability.
Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
No real consequences. No accountability.
Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Meeting with Lt Col Veton Elshani in North #Mitrovica. He explained the #Kosovo Police's operational plan in response to reported cases of sexual harassment on the streets. New units now patrol 24/7, each with 2 officers, one of whom wears a body camera & at least one of whom is Serbian-speaking.
May 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Meeting with Lt Col Veton Elshani in North #Mitrovica. He explained the #Kosovo Police's operational plan in response to reported cases of sexual harassment on the streets. New units now patrol 24/7, each with 2 officers, one of whom wears a body camera & at least one of whom is Serbian-speaking.
The UK government has to publish a new climate plan this year and it’s a huge opportunity to change trajectory. With @friends-earth.bsky.social I just emailed my MP to demand the next climate plan leaves no one behind – will you join me? 🌍⏰https://foe.uk/caaz7
May 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The UK government has to publish a new climate plan this year and it’s a huge opportunity to change trajectory. With @friends-earth.bsky.social I just emailed my MP to demand the next climate plan leaves no one behind – will you join me? 🌍⏰https://foe.uk/caaz7
In 2011, Ebubeker (then aged 13) was one of the first children that our #Kosovan #NGO The Ideas Partnership (TIP) got into school. I saw him last week picking up his son & niece after their day at TIP's kindergarten. Here's to education, to brilliant fathers, & to inter-generational transformation!
May 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Just signed: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...
you.38degrees.org.uk
May 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Just signed: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Reposted by Elizabeth Gowing
These are the names of the 9 children whose lives russia took in yesterday's attack
Their blood is on russia's hands
Tymofii, age 3
Arina, age 7
Herman, age 9
Danylo, age 15
Alina, age 15
Kostyantyn, age 16
Mykyta, age 15
Nikita, age 17
Radyslav, age 7
Nine kids. Killed
Source: U24GOVUA
Their blood is on russia's hands
Tymofii, age 3
Arina, age 7
Herman, age 9
Danylo, age 15
Alina, age 15
Kostyantyn, age 16
Mykyta, age 15
Nikita, age 17
Radyslav, age 7
Nine kids. Killed
Source: U24GOVUA
April 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
These are the names of the 9 children whose lives russia took in yesterday's attack
Their blood is on russia's hands
Tymofii, age 3
Arina, age 7
Herman, age 9
Danylo, age 15
Alina, age 15
Kostyantyn, age 16
Mykyta, age 15
Nikita, age 17
Radyslav, age 7
Nine kids. Killed
Source: U24GOVUA
Their blood is on russia's hands
Tymofii, age 3
Arina, age 7
Herman, age 9
Danylo, age 15
Alina, age 15
Kostyantyn, age 16
Mykyta, age 15
Nikita, age 17
Radyslav, age 7
Nine kids. Killed
Source: U24GOVUA
Reposted by Elizabeth Gowing
February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM