Glenn Vowles
@enviroman.bsky.social
For a just transition from mass consumerism to conserver living. Bristol based. Humanist. Open University Tutor, Environment, 25+ yrs. Sustainability advocate 45+ yrs. Born 318ppm carbon dioxide, 427ppm & rising now. https://conserverliving.blogspot.com/
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Glenn Vowles
@enviroman.bsky.social
· Aug 10
Humanism means: using #evidence based #reason to form your views; developing your own and others wellbeing; being concerned for others; drawing meaning from connections and experiences, with other people, with the environment...
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Interview with Sky News on yet another week with questions around this Labour Government and their conduct in office.
Everyone's exhausted - it doesn't need to be this way.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. We can make hope normal again.
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Everyone's exhausted - it doesn't need to be this way.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. We can make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Interview with Sky News on yet another week with questions around this Labour Government and their conduct in office.
Everyone's exhausted - it doesn't need to be this way.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. We can make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Everyone's exhausted - it doesn't need to be this way.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. We can make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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“Economic and environmental justice are inseparable… we’ve always been talking about inequality.”
I spoke to the French investigative media outlet Blast about the Green surge.
Full article 👉 bit.ly/4i387IM
#GreenSurge #SocialJustice
I spoke to the French investigative media outlet Blast about the Green surge.
Full article 👉 bit.ly/4i387IM
#GreenSurge #SocialJustice
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Economic and environmental justice are inseparable… we’ve always been talking about inequality.”
I spoke to the French investigative media outlet Blast about the Green surge.
Full article 👉 bit.ly/4i387IM
#GreenSurge #SocialJustice
I spoke to the French investigative media outlet Blast about the Green surge.
Full article 👉 bit.ly/4i387IM
#GreenSurge #SocialJustice
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At COP30, military emissions continue to be left off the UNFCCC agenda. Through our side event, we were proud to address the intersection between climate, conflict and militaries directly, alongside @qmul.bsky.social, @sipri.org, @ecodiya.bsky.social, HI, and the Initiative on GHG Accounting on War.
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
At COP30, military emissions continue to be left off the UNFCCC agenda. Through our side event, we were proud to address the intersection between climate, conflict and militaries directly, alongside @qmul.bsky.social, @sipri.org, @ecodiya.bsky.social, HI, and the Initiative on GHG Accounting on War.
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Interesting to read in the Times of Labour Ministers admitting that the Green Party are very much ready to take them (and Reform) on.
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Zack attack: the charismatic eco-populist rallying the radical left
With Labour purged of Corbynites and Corbyn’s party in chaos, Green leader Zack Polanski has become an icon for dispossessed youth but is he just a showman?
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Interesting to read in the Times of Labour Ministers admitting that the Green Party are very much ready to take them (and Reform) on.
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Our society should be implementing socio-economic goals geared to #wellbeing for all not more and more money for a privileged few.
#wealthtaxes #makerichpolluterspay
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#wealthtaxes #makerichpolluterspay
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Vision
Conserver city: green; sustainable; healthy; fair.
conserverliving.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Our society should be implementing socio-economic goals geared to #wellbeing for all not more and more money for a privileged few.
#wealthtaxes #makerichpolluterspay
conserverliving.blogspot.com/p/creating-c...
#wealthtaxes #makerichpolluterspay
conserverliving.blogspot.com/p/creating-c...
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“Investing in adaptation isn’t a luxury or an act of resignation. It’s a sober act of realism & responsibility”. Powerful article from @rupertread.bsky.social on the urgency & transformative potential of #climate adaptation👇
Adaptation Isn’t Backing Down – It’s Stepping Up
COP30 is underway. It’s being called the ‘Adaptation COP’—the moment when the world finally faces the need to live within a changed climate. But let’s be honest: humanity isn’t preparing for crisis an...
www.resilience.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“Investing in adaptation isn’t a luxury or an act of resignation. It’s a sober act of realism & responsibility”. Powerful article from @rupertread.bsky.social on the urgency & transformative potential of #climate adaptation👇
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Everything about this interview is brilliant.
The interviewers do a great (and enjoyable!) job and @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social is going to be hugely impactful as part of the first ever group of elected Greens in the Senedd!
(And the carrots do sound delicious!)
The interviewers do a great (and enjoyable!) job and @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social is going to be hugely impactful as part of the first ever group of elected Greens in the Senedd!
(And the carrots do sound delicious!)
We had the leader of the Welsh Greens on the pod.
Apart from presenting him with a bag of carrot batons (obviously) we talked about the party’s chances in Wales next year and the Zack Polanski surge. youtu.be/7xPjR3iFr6A?...
Apart from presenting him with a bag of carrot batons (obviously) we talked about the party’s chances in Wales next year and the Zack Polanski surge. youtu.be/7xPjR3iFr6A?...
Leader of the Green Party in Wales - on the pod | For Wales See Wales
YouTube video by For Wales See Wales
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Everything about this interview is brilliant.
The interviewers do a great (and enjoyable!) job and @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social is going to be hugely impactful as part of the first ever group of elected Greens in the Senedd!
(And the carrots do sound delicious!)
The interviewers do a great (and enjoyable!) job and @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social is going to be hugely impactful as part of the first ever group of elected Greens in the Senedd!
(And the carrots do sound delicious!)
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With all Green MPs, I voted to keep the vital nature protections in Lords Amendment 130 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill last night (now no.40 in our weird processes). The Govt is ignoring evidence and playing political games with our ecosystem. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
With all Green MPs, I voted to keep the vital nature protections in Lords Amendment 130 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill last night (now no.40 in our weird processes). The Govt is ignoring evidence and playing political games with our ecosystem. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
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We see this time and time again.
When two schools – one faith school and one non-faith school – 'merge', guess what happens?
Religion takes over, against the will of parents.
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/r...
When two schools – one faith school and one non-faith school – 'merge', guess what happens?
Religion takes over, against the will of parents.
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/r...
Save the last non-faith school in Hotwells, Bristol, from closure, Humanists UK tells DfE
Humanists UK has called on decision makers in Bristol to reject proposals to merge Hotwells Primary School, a school of no religious character, with a Church of England Primary school. If the…
humanists.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We see this time and time again.
When two schools – one faith school and one non-faith school – 'merge', guess what happens?
Religion takes over, against the will of parents.
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/r...
When two schools – one faith school and one non-faith school – 'merge', guess what happens?
Religion takes over, against the will of parents.
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/r...
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The BBC needs defending - from outside forces like President Trump and his propaganda values, and from current and future political appointments to its Board within. I raised these huge risks to our national asset with the Culture Secretary this week:
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The BBC needs defending - from outside forces like President Trump and his propaganda values, and from current and future political appointments to its Board within. I raised these huge risks to our national asset with the Culture Secretary this week:
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#FactoryFarming - indefensible on land or at sea
#AnimalWelfare #AMR #FoodWaste
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#AnimalWelfare #AMR #FoodWaste
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tesco suspends fish farm after claims lice-infested salmon left in pen
Bakkafrost Scotland says a "very small" number of fish were in a site that had been declared fallow.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#FactoryFarming - indefensible on land or at sea
#AnimalWelfare #AMR #FoodWaste
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#AnimalWelfare #AMR #FoodWaste
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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We need stronger oversight, greater transparency, and a firm expectation that all schools – whether of a religious character or not – meet the same robust standards. No school should be able to hide poor education or poor safeguarding behind a religious label.
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/p...
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/p...
Private faith schools far more likely to fail basic standards
New figures from Ofsted show that more than one in four private faith schools in England are failing to meet basic legal standards – almost double the rate of other types of private school. In…
humanists.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We need stronger oversight, greater transparency, and a firm expectation that all schools – whether of a religious character or not – meet the same robust standards. No school should be able to hide poor education or poor safeguarding behind a religious label.
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/p...
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/p...
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Ella's Law, which would make breathing #cleanair a human right, will not likely have its second reading next week.
Yesterday I asked if the Government will make more time in Parliament for this vital Bill to be debated and made law.
Yesterday I asked if the Government will make more time in Parliament for this vital Bill to be debated and made law.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ella's Law, which would make breathing #cleanair a human right, will not likely have its second reading next week.
Yesterday I asked if the Government will make more time in Parliament for this vital Bill to be debated and made law.
Yesterday I asked if the Government will make more time in Parliament for this vital Bill to be debated and made law.
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How do neuromyths undermine learning? The #BlackhamLecture explores the gap between brain science and classroom practice with Professor Paul Howard-Jones. 19 November online. Book now! humanists.uk/events/black...
Neuromyths: classrooms, culture, and climate change | The Blackham Lecture 2025, with Professor Paul Howard-Jones, chaired by Dr Ginny Smith
humanists.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
How do neuromyths undermine learning? The #BlackhamLecture explores the gap between brain science and classroom practice with Professor Paul Howard-Jones. 19 November online. Book now! humanists.uk/events/black...
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The two-child benefit cap was a Conservative policy designed to push children into poverty. Labour have kept it in since.
The Green Party has consistently called for it to be scrapped. If Labour now plans to end it, it should've never taken this long.
#EndChildPoverty
The Green Party has consistently called for it to be scrapped. If Labour now plans to end it, it should've never taken this long.
#EndChildPoverty
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The two-child benefit cap was a Conservative policy designed to push children into poverty. Labour have kept it in since.
The Green Party has consistently called for it to be scrapped. If Labour now plans to end it, it should've never taken this long.
#EndChildPoverty
The Green Party has consistently called for it to be scrapped. If Labour now plans to end it, it should've never taken this long.
#EndChildPoverty
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The profit motive should have no place in any provision of care, healthcare or social care.
When it does, it is often the most vulnerable who pay the price for #privatisation.
Important work from @neweconomics.bsky.social
neweconomics.org/2025/11/endi...
When it does, it is often the most vulnerable who pay the price for #privatisation.
Important work from @neweconomics.bsky.social
neweconomics.org/2025/11/endi...
Ending extraction in the UK care system
How our care system facilitates the extraction of value and wealth from places and local public service budgets
neweconomics.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The profit motive should have no place in any provision of care, healthcare or social care.
When it does, it is often the most vulnerable who pay the price for #privatisation.
Important work from @neweconomics.bsky.social
neweconomics.org/2025/11/endi...
When it does, it is often the most vulnerable who pay the price for #privatisation.
Important work from @neweconomics.bsky.social
neweconomics.org/2025/11/endi...
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People have tried to say that the Green surge is just on social media.
Or in a bubble that's just about polls and just about new members.
Yet up and down the country - Greens are also winning elections.
Huge congratulations to the Canterbury Greens! 💚🎉
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Or in a bubble that's just about polls and just about new members.
Yet up and down the country - Greens are also winning elections.
Huge congratulations to the Canterbury Greens! 💚🎉
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Wincheap (Canterbury) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)
Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)
Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
People have tried to say that the Green surge is just on social media.
Or in a bubble that's just about polls and just about new members.
Yet up and down the country - Greens are also winning elections.
Huge congratulations to the Canterbury Greens! 💚🎉
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Or in a bubble that's just about polls and just about new members.
Yet up and down the country - Greens are also winning elections.
Huge congratulations to the Canterbury Greens! 💚🎉
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Here is India's first Prime Minister, the humanist Jawaharlal Nehru, on what he called 'the scientific temper' and its value to addressing life's most difficult problems – both in our personal lives and the political life of the nation. He was born on this day 1889.
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here is India's first Prime Minister, the humanist Jawaharlal Nehru, on what he called 'the scientific temper' and its value to addressing life's most difficult problems – both in our personal lives and the political life of the nation. He was born on this day 1889.
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Whow! #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen in very effective action.
Want to be part of a campaign like this where you live? join.greenparty.org.uk
Want to be part of a campaign like this where you live? join.greenparty.org.uk
Wincheap (Canterbury) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)
Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)
Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Whow! #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen in very effective action.
Want to be part of a campaign like this where you live? join.greenparty.org.uk
Want to be part of a campaign like this where you live? join.greenparty.org.uk
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The enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy.
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1. Placing these two graphs side by side shows why we have a prisons crisis. They can also be seen as a kind of Authoritarianism Index, showing the trend in state attitudes.
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
🧵1/8
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
🧵1/8
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
1. Placing these two graphs side by side shows why we have a prisons crisis. They can also be seen as a kind of Authoritarianism Index, showing the trend in state attitudes.
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
🧵1/8
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
🧵1/8
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Here's a brief clip from the programme yesterday, about why Keir Starmer's Labour Party is tanking in the polls.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
George Monbiot nails Keir Starmer's government in under a minute #ukpolitics
YouTube video by The National
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Here's a brief clip from the programme yesterday, about why Keir Starmer's Labour Party is tanking in the polls.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
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Here's my plea to the government, media and everyone else to stop treating NHS administrators as a problem to be eliminated, rather than the glue which holds the whole organisation together.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Here's my plea to the government, media and everyone else to stop treating NHS administrators as a problem to be eliminated, rather than the glue which holds the whole organisation together.
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Here's my argument with Sir Bernard Jenkin MP about the report showing how the racist intimidation of Black and Brown NHS workers on home visits has been exacerbated by the far right's wall of flags.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Here's my argument with Sir Bernard Jenkin MP about the report showing how the racist intimidation of Black and Brown NHS workers on home visits has been exacerbated by the far right's wall of flags.
Increasing support for the Greens has depth, with many people (67% on average) thinking politicians don't share their values on #nature. They are abandoning the usual parties for @zackpolanski.bsky.social principles and policies.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Increasing support for the Greens has depth, with many people (67% on average) thinking politicians don't share their values on #nature. They are abandoning the usual parties for @zackpolanski.bsky.social principles and policies.