Rachel Smith
LightNews LightNews
rachelmsmithnz1.bsky.social
Rachel Smith
@rachelmsmithnz1.bsky.social
29 followers 47 following 6 posts
Writer, librarian, climate activist
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
Big thank you to @thespinoff.bsky.social for their great article!
thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-04-2025/why-protesters-spent-easter-weekend-suspended-in-coal-carts

@350nz.bsky.social

#ProtectDennistonPlateau #StopTheFastTrack #BathurstResources #EndCoal #StopFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #NZ
Screenshot of The Spinoff website. The title reads “Why protesters spent Easter week suspended in coal carts Journalist: Shanti Mathias Aerial photo of around 70 people holding up a massive banner that says “ PROTECT DENNISTON PLATEAU”. They are standing on an abandoned coal mining area with an artificial lake behind them. The surrounding area is hills covered in native forest.
April 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
💦☠️ Last year, all of the NZ Govts’ #coal earnings were spent treating damages at a single mine run by #BathurstResources

🌏 We all deserve to live in a safe climate. That is why we are doing everything we can to stop this mine

@350nz.bsky.social

#ClimateCrisis #Denniston
April 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
🤑 💰 Well we got the response we expected from the Hon. Shane Jones, Minister for Resources.

We are here to take a stand against the exploitation of our beautiful whenua for private profit, something that Jones and this govt are so keen on

@350nz.bsky.social

#ProtectDennistonPlateau #endcoal #nz
April 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
⛺️🏔️ We’re camping at #DennistonPlateau today to send #BathurstResources a signal that your mine is not welcome here.

📣 Share & follow. See link in bio to join the fight

#ProtectDennistonPlateau #StopTheFastTrack #EndCoal #StopFossilFuels #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #JustTransition #A22Network
April 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
💥 Andy has been found not guilty on charges of endangering transport!! 💥

💚 Andy is one of five brave ordinary people who in 2022 took extraordinary action out of love & care for the world we all live in.

#climatejustice #climatecrisis #civilresistance #nz #aotearoa #a22network
March 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
Michael is 1 of 5 people who in 2022 took extraordinary action out of love & care for the world we all live in. This group of #climatedefenders are in wk 2 of a jury trial for their peaceful protest. 🙏 Please donate to support. See link in bio

#climatejustice #civildisobedience #nz #a22network
Photo of a person, Michael, smiling. Text reads Aerial 7 Trial 24 Feb-15 March 2025 Wellington District Court Orange background image of a person, Michael, smiling. Text reads - I take action for the climate because it's one of the most meaningful things I could possibly imagine doing with my life. Taking action connects me to a wider world of people and places and animals that I love. I take action on the climate because I can. When I compare my circumstances and my life to those of many other people in Aotearoa and in other parts of the world I have some privileges and freedoms and advantages that I try not to take for granted. I want everyone to be free and safe.
March 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
rachelmsmithnz1.bsky.social
@paragraphplanet.bsky.social ... All the way to
Aotearoa New Zealand
paragraphplanet.bsky.social Paragraph Planet @paragraphplanet.bsky.social · Feb 20
So let’s see how far round the Planet, Paragraph Planet stretches. Repost this with where you are in the world (broadly - i don’t need postcodes) and pictures are also good.
a globe with a map of the world showing the middle east
ALT: a globe with a map of the world showing the middle east
media.tenor.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Pōneke crew! Stand in solidarity with Andy, Michael, Rach, Tāmati &Te Wehi as they face a jury trial for participating in peaceful protest.

🤝 Join us Mon 24 Feb, 1-2pm, Wellington District Court
Bring a sign or flag, bring your voice and aroha!!!

#civilresistance #climatejustice #nz #a22
Orange background with photos of four ordinary smiley people in the centre. Text above photo read, freedom to fight for our climate! Text below photo reads Rally to Support Aotearoa Climate Defenders. Monday February 24th, 1pm. Outside the Wellington District Court (49 Ballance St)
February 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
When one cruise of the Silver Muse emits 7,000 tons of carbon, ultimately killing 1-2 more people from the #climatecrisis it’s a no brainer, we don’t want cruise ships in Piopiotahi / Milford Sound!

💚 Sign our petition, donate or join us to support our kaupapa climateliberationaotearoa.org
#nz
January 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
rachelmsmithnz1.bsky.social
Thank you Paragraph Planet! Great way to start the writing year

#writing #story #flashfiction
January 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
rachelmsmithnz1.bsky.social
🙏 Thanks Flash Frontier mag, and friend and former FF editor Gail Ingram for this conversation about my experience of writing for screen for Stranded Pearl

flashfrontier.com/feature-inte...

#writing #nz #aotearoa #rarotonga #cookislands
Feature interview: Rachel Smith and the ‘non-linear process’ of writing for screen | Flash Frontier
Here at Flash Frontier, we know Rachel Smith as one of our careful and insightful editors – and of course writer of flash and microfiction. But she has recently added screenwriting to her successes. S...
flashfrontier.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
🎄✨ While Christmas is a wonderful time to reconnect with whānau and friends it also forces consumerism. We are told at Christmas we must buy everyone gifts and decorate our plastic trees. Each Christmas we pollute our planet with fast fashion, plastic, and gifts people don’t actually need.
December 24, 2024 at 7:22 AM
rachelmsmithnz1.bsky.social
So happy to make it into this anthology with my shortlisted flash fiction. Thank you @mslexia.bsky.social !
mslexia.bsky.social Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · Nov 21
Today we're working on putting together our Best Women's Short Fiction 2024 anthology, containing the top 12 stories from our short story and flash fiction competitions (judged by Leone Ross and Mary-Jane Holmes), and wow – there are some stunning stories ❤️
December 17, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
🙌 Great to see that the Climate Change Commission has agreed that international shipping and aviation emissions should be included in our 2050 emissions target.

#luxuryemissions #climatecrisis #civilresistance #climatejustice #cruise #cruiselife #cruiseship #nz #aotearoa
December 8, 2024 at 6:15 AM
rachelmsmithnz1.bsky.social
Best way to end my writing year - shortlisted in the mslexia women's international flash fiction comp and published in their 2024 Best Women's Short Fiction anthology

#writing
December 5, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Rachel Smith
climateliberation.bsky.social
🏭 How do you get approval for a huge polluting rubbish incinerator in a quiet rural area?

You bypass the Environment Court, talk to your buddies in govt and get it approved via the Fast Track Bill.

🔥 We say NO. Sign the Greenpeace petition below.
community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/op...
image of factory pouring out toxic smoke with text - No Waimate Waste-to-Energy Incineration Factory. Sign the petition
October 30, 2024 at 5:16 AM