Martha Wardrop
@marthawardrop.bsky.social
Scottish Greens Hillhead Councillor. She/her. R/T not endorsements.
Further information at: https://marthawardrop.blogspot.com/
Promoted by Martha Wardrop at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
Further information at: https://marthawardrop.blogspot.com/
Promoted by Martha Wardrop at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
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🚨BREAKING: Kenyan court rules “sharing seeds is NOT a crime”
The High Court ruled in favour of smallholder farmers and their right to save, share and exchange their own seeds. 🌱
This is a landmark verdict for food sovereignty over corporate greed.
Learn more from @greenpeaceafrica.org ⬇️
The High Court ruled in favour of smallholder farmers and their right to save, share and exchange their own seeds. 🌱
This is a landmark verdict for food sovereignty over corporate greed.
Learn more from @greenpeaceafrica.org ⬇️
HISTORIC VICTORY: Kenyan Court Rules “Sharing Seeds is Not a Crime” in Landmark Verdict for Food Sovereignty - Greenpeace Africa
This judgment establishes powerful legal precedent globally, affirming that the ancient right of farmers to save and share seeds supersedes commercial interests, reshaping the legal balance of power b...
www.greenpeace.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🚨BREAKING: Kenyan court rules “sharing seeds is NOT a crime”
The High Court ruled in favour of smallholder farmers and their right to save, share and exchange their own seeds. 🌱
This is a landmark verdict for food sovereignty over corporate greed.
Learn more from @greenpeaceafrica.org ⬇️
The High Court ruled in favour of smallholder farmers and their right to save, share and exchange their own seeds. 🌱
This is a landmark verdict for food sovereignty over corporate greed.
Learn more from @greenpeaceafrica.org ⬇️
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For those of you who are in Glasgow, I'll be at the Byres Road Market in Hillhead Library this Saturday (29th Nov) from 11am until 4pm with my usual collection of Glasgow-themed Christmas cards, calendars, prints and coasters as well as copies of my book Glasgow Uncovered.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For those of you who are in Glasgow, I'll be at the Byres Road Market in Hillhead Library this Saturday (29th Nov) from 11am until 4pm with my usual collection of Glasgow-themed Christmas cards, calendars, prints and coasters as well as copies of my book Glasgow Uncovered.
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From disappearing coral reefs to perma frost melting, these are the "tipping points" that could have enormous and lasting implications for humans, plants and animals on Earth #climateactionnow
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 AM
From disappearing coral reefs to perma frost melting, these are the "tipping points" that could have enormous and lasting implications for humans, plants and animals on Earth #climateactionnow
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
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Multiple snow and ice warnings are out for today and overnight across the UK ❄️
Stay #WeatherAware 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Multiple snow and ice warnings are out for today and overnight across the UK ❄️
Stay #WeatherAware 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
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Glasgow's Visitor Levy Forum will have both community and worker voices on it after Green amendments were agreed unanimously today.
This will help balance the voices of big business and ensure that investment priorities focus on people who live and work in Glasgow too.
@glasgowgreens.bsky.social
This will help balance the voices of big business and ensure that investment priorities focus on people who live and work in Glasgow too.
@glasgowgreens.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Glasgow's Visitor Levy Forum will have both community and worker voices on it after Green amendments were agreed unanimously today.
This will help balance the voices of big business and ensure that investment priorities focus on people who live and work in Glasgow too.
@glasgowgreens.bsky.social
This will help balance the voices of big business and ensure that investment priorities focus on people who live and work in Glasgow too.
@glasgowgreens.bsky.social
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‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Over 40,000 people marched in Belém at the Global Climate March as #COP30 closed week one. Activists carried calls to respect the Amazon, protect forests, uphold Indigenous rights and make polluters pay for climate damages.
#MakePollutersPay #RespectTheAmazon
#MakePollutersPay #RespectTheAmazon
Greenpeace joins over 40,000 marching in Belém calling for forest and climate action at COP30 - Greenpeace International
Greenpeace joined more than 40,000 people at the Global Climate March in Belém to end the first week of the UN climate conference.
www.greenpeace.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Over 40,000 people marched in Belém at the Global Climate March as #COP30 closed week one. Activists carried calls to respect the Amazon, protect forests, uphold Indigenous rights and make polluters pay for climate damages.
#MakePollutersPay #RespectTheAmazon
#MakePollutersPay #RespectTheAmazon
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Scotland's iconic native red squirrels are vital for our nature and climate restoration. But until recent conservation efforts they were in steep decline.
Our amendment would force the Scottish Government to increase efforts to protect and expand their population.
Join the campaign 👇
Our amendment would force the Scottish Government to increase efforts to protect and expand their population.
Join the campaign 👇
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Scotland's iconic native red squirrels are vital for our nature and climate restoration. But until recent conservation efforts they were in steep decline.
Our amendment would force the Scottish Government to increase efforts to protect and expand their population.
Join the campaign 👇
Our amendment would force the Scottish Government to increase efforts to protect and expand their population.
Join the campaign 👇
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The River Kelvin in spate in the West End of Glasgow this afternoon, looking more like its full to its brim with tea rather than water. I haven't seen it like this in quite a while.
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #kelvingrovepark #riverkelvin #rain
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #kelvingrovepark #riverkelvin #rain
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The River Kelvin in spate in the West End of Glasgow this afternoon, looking more like its full to its brim with tea rather than water. I haven't seen it like this in quite a while.
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #kelvingrovepark #riverkelvin #rain
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #kelvingrovepark #riverkelvin #rain
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Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
The @scottishgreens.org are recruiting a full-time Campaigns Coordinator to join our team. Applications by 24th November.
greens.scot/jobs/campaig...
The @scottishgreens.org are recruiting a full-time Campaigns Coordinator to join our team. Applications by 24th November.
greens.scot/jobs/campaig...
Campaigns Co-ordinator
Campaigns Co-ordinator -
greens.scot
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
The @scottishgreens.org are recruiting a full-time Campaigns Coordinator to join our team. Applications by 24th November.
greens.scot/jobs/campaig...
The @scottishgreens.org are recruiting a full-time Campaigns Coordinator to join our team. Applications by 24th November.
greens.scot/jobs/campaig...
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The IEA outlook is clear: renewables are rising fast and can still help keep the 1.5°C limit alive. But governments need to speed up action.
Solar and wind are ready. People are ready. Leaders in Belém must agree on a fair fossil fuel phase out and a global plan to close the ambition gap.
#COP30
Solar and wind are ready. People are ready. Leaders in Belém must agree on a fair fossil fuel phase out and a global plan to close the ambition gap.
#COP30
Greenpeace: IEA shows a path to solving climate crisis, governments must speed up - Greenpeace International
The International Energy Agency has released their latest World Energy Outlook report affirming that a renewable energy transition is underway.
www.greenpeace.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The IEA outlook is clear: renewables are rising fast and can still help keep the 1.5°C limit alive. But governments need to speed up action.
Solar and wind are ready. People are ready. Leaders in Belém must agree on a fair fossil fuel phase out and a global plan to close the ambition gap.
#COP30
Solar and wind are ready. People are ready. Leaders in Belém must agree on a fair fossil fuel phase out and a global plan to close the ambition gap.
#COP30
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Fascinating insights in this new report from @demos-uk.bsky.social @peterhyman.bsky.social
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
🗳️ 16-year-olds are about to get the vote - but how well do adults *really* know what they think?
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Fascinating insights in this new report from @demos-uk.bsky.social @peterhyman.bsky.social
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
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We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the gov to fully scrap the two-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the gov can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Over 100 groups call for Labour to fully scrap two child benefit cap
‘Abolishing the two-child limit in full will set millions of children’s lives on a path to a brighter future’, major organisations say
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the gov to fully scrap the two-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the gov can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Employment alone won’t turn the tide on child poverty, unless it is backed by the removal of the controversial two-child limit and the benefit cap, analysis by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and the University of Cambridge warns.
More: gla.ac/3JTq2F3
More: gla.ac/3JTq2F3
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Employment alone won’t turn the tide on child poverty, unless it is backed by the removal of the controversial two-child limit and the benefit cap, analysis by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and the University of Cambridge warns.
More: gla.ac/3JTq2F3
More: gla.ac/3JTq2F3
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The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and cutting costs
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Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and…
Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.
eciu.net
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and cutting costs
eciu.net/analysis/rep...
eciu.net/analysis/rep...
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⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Heavy rain across parts of northern England and southern Scotland
Thursday 0000 – 1100
Latest info 👉http://bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Heavy rain across parts of northern England and southern Scotland
Thursday 0000 – 1100
Latest info 👉http://bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Heavy rain across parts of northern England and southern Scotland
Thursday 0000 – 1100
Latest info 👉http://bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Heavy rain across parts of northern England and southern Scotland
Thursday 0000 – 1100
Latest info 👉http://bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
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A huge victory for our campaign against Glasgow-based Seapeak Maritime, who have played a key role in Russian gas exports throughout the invasion of Ukraine!
This is what international solidarity looks like!
This is what international solidarity looks like!
Today, after 3+ years of work, we celebrate a major win: UK bans maritime services for Russian fossil fuels — cutting Putin’s war chest.
We welcome this big step + call for quick G7 & EU action against Russian #energy.
Great reporting by @charliecooper8.bsky.social @politico.com 👏
We welcome this big step + call for quick G7 & EU action against Russian #energy.
Great reporting by @charliecooper8.bsky.social @politico.com 👏
UK bans firms from helping Russia ship its gas. At last, campaigners say
The prohibition on British companies supporting Russian exports will be phased in during 2026.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A huge victory for our campaign against Glasgow-based Seapeak Maritime, who have played a key role in Russian gas exports throughout the invasion of Ukraine!
This is what international solidarity looks like!
This is what international solidarity looks like!
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- 1 in 4 people globally live within 5km of fossil fuel infrastructure.
- More than 16% of global fossil fuel infrastructure sits on Indigenous territories.
- Despite global commitments to #DefossilizeNow, the fossil fuel industry is thriving around the world.
This is #ExtractionExtinction.
- More than 16% of global fossil fuel infrastructure sits on Indigenous territories.
- Despite global commitments to #DefossilizeNow, the fossil fuel industry is thriving around the world.
This is #ExtractionExtinction.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
- 1 in 4 people globally live within 5km of fossil fuel infrastructure.
- More than 16% of global fossil fuel infrastructure sits on Indigenous territories.
- Despite global commitments to #DefossilizeNow, the fossil fuel industry is thriving around the world.
This is #ExtractionExtinction.
- More than 16% of global fossil fuel infrastructure sits on Indigenous territories.
- Despite global commitments to #DefossilizeNow, the fossil fuel industry is thriving around the world.
This is #ExtractionExtinction.
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IOM chief calls for ceasefire to allow aid groups to reach Sudanese civilians trapped in war-torn Darfur region.
UN urges humanitarian corridor to help civilians stuck in Sudan’s el-Fasher
IOM chief calls for ceasefire to allow aid groups to reach Sudanese civilians trapped in war-torn Darfur region.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
IOM chief calls for ceasefire to allow aid groups to reach Sudanese civilians trapped in war-torn Darfur region.
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I am really proud to be the Co-leader of a party that is growing in the polls and seeing membership surges all across the country. 📈
This is just the beginning.
Our activists are the bedrock of our movement.
Together we will take on those who are rigging the system! 💚
This is just the beginning.
Our activists are the bedrock of our movement.
Together we will take on those who are rigging the system! 💚
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I am really proud to be the Co-leader of a party that is growing in the polls and seeing membership surges all across the country. 📈
This is just the beginning.
Our activists are the bedrock of our movement.
Together we will take on those who are rigging the system! 💚
This is just the beginning.
Our activists are the bedrock of our movement.
Together we will take on those who are rigging the system! 💚
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The SNP's wrecking amendment to this motion has sadly passed, confirming that the Scottish Government no longer opposes the Rosebank oil field application. A huge step backwards and a sad day for Scotland's reputation on climate action.
Under Nicola Sturgeon & Humza Yousaf the Scottish Government rightly opposed the proposed Rosebank oil field.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
Greens to force vote at Holyrood on Rosebank oil development
MSPs will have their say in a symbolic vote on the project on Wednesday.
news.stv.tv
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The SNP's wrecking amendment to this motion has sadly passed, confirming that the Scottish Government no longer opposes the Rosebank oil field application. A huge step backwards and a sad day for Scotland's reputation on climate action.