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taking one step at a time to save money and the earth
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Hello blue sky I hope I help more people save money & living more #sustainable & ethical life, taking one step at a time💚🌎💚 #green #ethical #eco #organic fine out more about me at pennysgreen.wordpress.com #savingpennieslivinggreener
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GeneWatch UK has a new briefing on the implications of new #GMO (gene-edited) plants, animals and micro-organisms for biosecurity. It concludes that the deregulation of new GMOs poses a major threat. genewatch.org/uploads/f03c...
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
GeneWatch UK has a new briefing on the implications of new #GMO (gene-edited) plants, animals and micro-organisms for biosecurity. It concludes that the deregulation of new GMOs poses a major threat. genewatch.org/uploads/f03c...
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🦇 In case you missed it: New study reveals England’s ancient churches are vital sanctuaries for rare and endangered bats.
Read more about this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
Read more about this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges - News - Bat Conservation Trust
New study reveals England’s ancient churches are vital sanctuaries for rare and endangered bats
www.bats.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🦇 In case you missed it: New study reveals England’s ancient churches are vital sanctuaries for rare and endangered bats.
Read more about this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
Read more about this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
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It’s time for the super-rich to pay up, not working people. Will the Chancellor Rachel Reeves listen?
A 2% annual tax on net wealth above £10 million could raise £24 billion every single year.
Join us: bit.ly/TaxWealthNow
#TaxWealthNotWork
#TaxTheSuperRich
A 2% annual tax on net wealth above £10 million could raise £24 billion every single year.
Join us: bit.ly/TaxWealthNow
#TaxWealthNotWork
#TaxTheSuperRich
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It’s time for the super-rich to pay up, not working people. Will the Chancellor Rachel Reeves listen?
A 2% annual tax on net wealth above £10 million could raise £24 billion every single year.
Join us: bit.ly/TaxWealthNow
#TaxWealthNotWork
#TaxTheSuperRich
A 2% annual tax on net wealth above £10 million could raise £24 billion every single year.
Join us: bit.ly/TaxWealthNow
#TaxWealthNotWork
#TaxTheSuperRich
Such a good idea, we slimmed back many years ago and it too the stress out of present shopping
Christmas gift giving is a zero sum game. Too much tit-for-tat ends up in tat, that wastes money and fills landfills.
Time for my annual ‘no unnecessary presents’ Christmas message (courtesy @itvmlshow.bsky.social )
Time for my annual ‘no unnecessary presents’ Christmas message (courtesy @itvmlshow.bsky.social )
Martin Lewis: Time to ban unnecessary Christmas presents!
YouTube video by Martin Lewis
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November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Such a good idea, we slimmed back many years ago and it too the stress out of present shopping
URGENT: Plans to protect people & environment are on a knife-edge at the UN climate talks.
Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66
Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66
Tell Ed Miliband to stop blocking UN climate talks
URGENT: The UK delegation is blocking plans to put fairness and justice at the heart of the UN climate talks. We must act now to change their minds. At the climate talks, countries have come together ...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
URGENT: Plans to protect people & environment are on a knife-edge at the UN climate talks.
Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66
Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
Save Melton Mowbray's Theatre c.org/BXV4YPqMRC
Save Melton Theatre
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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November 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
Is the Land Rover Defender the biggest star of Celebrity Traitors?
Is the Land Rover Defender the Celebrity Traitors' biggest star? With almost 12million people tuning in, search results have surged 35% for JLR's best selling 110.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
Its sounds very concerning
Cloned meat without labels coming soon to Canada. The rationale is that cloned animals and their offspring are indistinguishable. But clones are far from perfect copies, which is why there are higher rates of illness, death and deformities in clones. agrifoodanalyticslab.substack.com/p/cloned-mea...
Cloned Meat Is Coming Soon. Health Canada Just Doesn’t Want You to Know
When regulators hide technologies from consumers, they don’t protect science — they poison trust.
agrifoodanalyticslab.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Its sounds very concerning
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
The government is pushing forward with a mandatory digital ID scheme. It would be a digital pass you need to prove who you are, to work, to access services, to be trusted. I’ve signed a petition to scrap plans for mandatory digital ID before it’s too late. Will you join me? 38d.gs/0h2c
Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)
Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives.
Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...
38d.gs
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The government is pushing forward with a mandatory digital ID scheme. It would be a digital pass you need to prove who you are, to work, to access services, to be trusted. I’ve signed a petition to scrap plans for mandatory digital ID before it’s too late. Will you join me? 38d.gs/0h2c
I’ve just signed the petition to free the 15 penguins suffering terrible conditions in underground captivity at Sea Life @london_aquarium. Will you join me? 🐧🐧🐧
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I’ve just signed the petition to free the 15 penguins suffering terrible conditions in underground captivity at Sea Life @london_aquarium. Will you join me? 🐧🐧🐧
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"A battle in Washington is unfolding over a proposal that could limit lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers."
www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/...
www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/...
WATCH: How Big Ag is trying to strip your right to sue
A battle in Washington is unfolding over a proposal that could limit lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers. Supporters — including major chemical companies and some lawmakers — say it would protect farmer access to critical weed killers and other
www.thenewlede.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"A battle in Washington is unfolding over a proposal that could limit lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers."
www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/...
www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/...
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Help protect #hedgehogs this #bonfire night!
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Share this post & our posters on your socials & online, or print them off & hand out at local shops & bonfire events!
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October 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Help protect #hedgehogs this #bonfire night!
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Share this post & our posters on your socials & online, or print them off & hand out at local shops & bonfire events!
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Each season in the uk is different full different colours. In autumn I love to fungi spot 🍁🍂🍄🟫🍁
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Each season in the uk is different full different colours. In autumn I love to fungi spot 🍁🍂🍄🟫🍁
Everyone should watch this it explains so much so simply please watch and listen 💚🌍💚
Tory Mel Stride wants to slash the UK’s overseas aid to 0.1% of national income. That’s not just cruel, it’s racism dressed up as fiscal prudence.
Cutting aid means condemning millions to poverty, fuelling migration, and destroying economic stability.
youtu.be/eOzRnwaxFjM?...
Cutting aid means condemning millions to poverty, fuelling migration, and destroying economic stability.
youtu.be/eOzRnwaxFjM?...
Tory plans to cut aid are racism in action
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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October 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Everyone should watch this it explains so much so simply please watch and listen 💚🌍💚
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Why do we have so much stuff but don't meet needs? youtu.be/sPMKp1MkAiA?...
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor?
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor?
Why do we have so much stuff but don't meet needs?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Why do we have so much stuff but don't meet needs? youtu.be/sPMKp1MkAiA?...
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor?
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor?
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A quick bee hotel tip, to keep your young bees safe for the winter :) youtu.be/nP4S1Gmqjxg
Don't let your baby bees get eaten!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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October 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A quick bee hotel tip, to keep your young bees safe for the winter :) youtu.be/nP4S1Gmqjxg
The government planning mandatory digital ID scheme, which is risky and won't solve the problem.
It will be a problem for all those without or unable to use smart phone smart phone
I’ve signed a petition to scrap plans for mandatory digital ID before it’s too late. Will you join me? 38d.gs/0h2c
It will be a problem for all those without or unable to use smart phone smart phone
I’ve signed a petition to scrap plans for mandatory digital ID before it’s too late. Will you join me? 38d.gs/0h2c
Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)
Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives.
Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...
38d.gs
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The government planning mandatory digital ID scheme, which is risky and won't solve the problem.
It will be a problem for all those without or unable to use smart phone smart phone
I’ve signed a petition to scrap plans for mandatory digital ID before it’s too late. Will you join me? 38d.gs/0h2c
It will be a problem for all those without or unable to use smart phone smart phone
I’ve signed a petition to scrap plans for mandatory digital ID before it’s too late. Will you join me? 38d.gs/0h2c
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I’m sharing to motivate myself to add more to Eco Home Renovations pennysgreen.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/e...
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Eco Home Renovations
Our eco renovations started very gradually many years ago with things we would buy, looking at how much energy they would use, how much water (washing machine) and how long they would last, this ha…
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September 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I’m sharing to motivate myself to add more to Eco Home Renovations pennysgreen.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/e...
To motivate me further please like or message me questions 😀💚🌍💚
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Musk can’t dispute that he himself has repeatedly retweeted Tommy Robinson & other far right accounts... the company has reinstated countless profiles which are now spreading dangerous narratives about refugees.
If you advertise on Twitter, this is what you’re enabling: inews.co.uk/news/my-x-fe...
If you advertise on Twitter, this is what you’re enabling: inews.co.uk/news/my-x-fe...
My X feed tells me I’m a Tommy Robinson fan – what’s going on?
As data reveals anti-migrant hate on X is spiking, an investigation by The i Paper shows how a new account on the platform is pushed far-right content from the start
inews.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Musk can’t dispute that he himself has repeatedly retweeted Tommy Robinson & other far right accounts... the company has reinstated countless profiles which are now spreading dangerous narratives about refugees.
If you advertise on Twitter, this is what you’re enabling: inews.co.uk/news/my-x-fe...
If you advertise on Twitter, this is what you’re enabling: inews.co.uk/news/my-x-fe...
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Help us speak up for bats www.justgiving.com/campaign/hel...
Help us speak up for bats
The legislation that protects bats is at risk, endangering all bat species including several that are at risk of extinction. We want to build a strong evidence-based policy foundation that reduces the...
www.justgiving.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Help us speak up for bats www.justgiving.com/campaign/hel...
Why would you have a phone when on the toilet, hygiene 😱 and risks if hacked camera used, is it just me or is this shocking to you too?
People seem to spend longer on the toilet if they use a smartphone while sitting there – and all that scrolling may be boosting their likelihood of getting haemorrhoids
Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids
People seem to spend longer on the toilet if they use a smartphone while sitting there – and all that scrolling may be boosting their likelihood of getting haemorrhoids
www.newscientist.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Why would you have a phone when on the toilet, hygiene 😱 and risks if hacked camera used, is it just me or is this shocking to you too?
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I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.
guyshrubsole.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...