Nick
@nick-1.bsky.social
Northants. Retired. Volunteer for wildlife trust. Northampton Saints supporter.
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Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Watch @oliviablakemp.bsky.social’s brutal takedown of driven grouse shooting in just 90 seconds from last weeks debate in Parliament.
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch @oliviablakemp.bsky.social’s brutal takedown of driven grouse shooting in just 90 seconds from last weeks debate in Parliament.
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
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Wow, look at this: the carbon intensity of UK electricity is currently only 32g/kWh and 86.5% of our electricity right now is coming from renewables.
Come on world, this IS possible!
And it will only get better (meaning: cleaner, healthier, less intrusive) 🎉
(graphic from grid.iamkate.com )
Come on world, this IS possible!
And it will only get better (meaning: cleaner, healthier, less intrusive) 🎉
(graphic from grid.iamkate.com )
May 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Wow, look at this: the carbon intensity of UK electricity is currently only 32g/kWh and 86.5% of our electricity right now is coming from renewables.
Come on world, this IS possible!
And it will only get better (meaning: cleaner, healthier, less intrusive) 🎉
(graphic from grid.iamkate.com )
Come on world, this IS possible!
And it will only get better (meaning: cleaner, healthier, less intrusive) 🎉
(graphic from grid.iamkate.com )
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SAVE THE DATE:
Our petition to Ban Driven Grouse shooting will be debated in parliament on June 30th.
We be sharing a briefing for you to send to your MPs next week - watch this space!
Our petition to Ban Driven Grouse shooting will be debated in parliament on June 30th.
We be sharing a briefing for you to send to your MPs next week - watch this space!
May 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
SAVE THE DATE:
Our petition to Ban Driven Grouse shooting will be debated in parliament on June 30th.
We be sharing a briefing for you to send to your MPs next week - watch this space!
Our petition to Ban Driven Grouse shooting will be debated in parliament on June 30th.
We be sharing a briefing for you to send to your MPs next week - watch this space!
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This whole article is grim reading, but I did a literal double-take when I read this sentence:
"A study published this month by the James Hutton Institute found that after four years of sewage sludge spreading, microplastic levels in the fields it tested rose by up to 1,450%."
"A study published this month by the James Hutton Institute found that after four years of sewage sludge spreading, microplastic levels in the fields it tested rose by up to 1,450%."
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot
Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This whole article is grim reading, but I did a literal double-take when I read this sentence:
"A study published this month by the James Hutton Institute found that after four years of sewage sludge spreading, microplastic levels in the fields it tested rose by up to 1,450%."
"A study published this month by the James Hutton Institute found that after four years of sewage sludge spreading, microplastic levels in the fields it tested rose by up to 1,450%."
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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
January 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
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Let’s join Amsterdam , Sydney , Edinburgh and France in banning fossil fuel advertisements and sponsorships , sign my petition to force a debate in Parliament on the issue .
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
lovera.ge
November 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Let’s join Amsterdam , Sydney , Edinburgh and France in banning fossil fuel advertisements and sponsorships , sign my petition to force a debate in Parliament on the issue .
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
lovera.ge/ban-ffa