Catrina Ferris
@smallecobear.bsky.social
I love nature, wildlife and all things environmental. We need climate justice and action now as well as stopping habitat destruction and pollution. Born at CO2 326ppm.
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Some cautiously positive news from France, but systemic pesticides (like neonics) can persist in the soil for years, so it's early days yet.
Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇
#neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇
#neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Some cautiously positive news from France, but systemic pesticides (like neonics) can persist in the soil for years, so it's early days yet.
Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇
#neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇
#neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"we offer this stark warning: if humanity fails to combat the great global crises we face today, there won't be an Earth--at least not one that we'd recognize."
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
"we offer this stark warning: if humanity fails to combat the great global crises we face today, there won't be an Earth--at least not one that we'd recognize."
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
Science Under Siege
In this “well-researched guide,” two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science move...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"we offer this stark warning: if humanity fails to combat the great global crises we face today, there won't be an Earth--at least not one that we'd recognize."
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
"we offer this stark warning: if humanity fails to combat the great global crises we face today, there won't be an Earth--at least not one that we'd recognize."
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
The #COP30 needs to listen to the indigenous attendees. #ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipaya journalist on attending Cop30
An Indigenous journalist’s experience of entering the belly of Cop where time does not flourish, it is consumed
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The #COP30 needs to listen to the indigenous attendees. #ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nature is not the blocker to 1.5 million homes, instead it’s a necessity for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods.
Read our new report on environmental sustainability and housing growth ⬇️
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Read our new report on environmental sustainability and housing growth ⬇️
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Nature is not the blocker to 1.5 million homes, instead it’s a necessity for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods.
Read our new report on environmental sustainability and housing growth ⬇️
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Read our new report on environmental sustainability and housing growth ⬇️
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
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Maguire reminding viewers that the number of asylum seekers & refugees coming into the UK are relatively few (most refugees stay in countries near to where they're from)
One might wonder then, why has this story been so prominent in our politics & media over the last 25 years?
One might wonder then, why has this story been so prominent in our politics & media over the last 25 years?
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Maguire reminding viewers that the number of asylum seekers & refugees coming into the UK are relatively few (most refugees stay in countries near to where they're from)
One might wonder then, why has this story been so prominent in our politics & media over the last 25 years?
One might wonder then, why has this story been so prominent in our politics & media over the last 25 years?
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Did you know the government spends £2.7 billion a year on tax breaks for oil & gas companies?
I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead
Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... @38degrees.bsky.social
I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead
Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... @38degrees.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Did you know the government spends £2.7 billion a year on tax breaks for oil & gas companies?
I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead
Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... @38degrees.bsky.social
I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead
Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en... @38degrees.bsky.social
Even that this was going to happen is awful. Maybe she’ll do a rise of the @greenparty.org.uk now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK pulls out of BBC film amid Trump speech edit row
Internal party memo says ‘trust has been lost’ as US president reiterates threat of legal action against corporation
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Even that this was going to happen is awful. Maybe she’ll do a rise of the @greenparty.org.uk now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This feels like a reasonable time to share an article from The Telegraph from 2023, which certainly makes it seem that Matt Hancock knew that I was interviewed to appear on BBC Question Time (how?) and seemed to attempt to intervene to prevent my appearance.
Should politicians…
Should politicians…
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This feels like a reasonable time to share an article from The Telegraph from 2023, which certainly makes it seem that Matt Hancock knew that I was interviewed to appear on BBC Question Time (how?) and seemed to attempt to intervene to prevent my appearance.
Should politicians…
Should politicians…
We need a lot more conversation about our water resilience. Well done to @alastairchisholm.bsky.social from @ciwem.bsky.social for a clear approach needed. #Water #WaterResilience
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We need a lot more conversation about our water resilience. Well done to @alastairchisholm.bsky.social from @ciwem.bsky.social for a clear approach needed. #Water #WaterResilience
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
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Utterly scandalous that climate activists are prevented from mentioning climate change in their defence
Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence
Our legal system is being turned into a joke
Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence
Our legal system is being turned into a joke
Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts
Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Utterly scandalous that climate activists are prevented from mentioning climate change in their defence
Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence
Our legal system is being turned into a joke
Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence
Our legal system is being turned into a joke
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 710,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,250,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,490,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 710,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,250,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,490,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 710,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,250,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,490,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 710,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,250,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,490,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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Antarctica heartbreaking scenes as defenceless penguins and whales look on as huge industrial ships scoop up their food, they depend on to survive, vast amounts of krill
BAN KRILL FISHING IN ANTARCTICA NOW seashepherd.org/antarctica/
BAN KRILL FISHING IN ANTARCTICA NOW seashepherd.org/antarctica/
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Antarctica heartbreaking scenes as defenceless penguins and whales look on as huge industrial ships scoop up their food, they depend on to survive, vast amounts of krill
BAN KRILL FISHING IN ANTARCTICA NOW seashepherd.org/antarctica/
BAN KRILL FISHING IN ANTARCTICA NOW seashepherd.org/antarctica/
Confirming what we already know - our close connection with nature. We are nature. More of this in the UK please Keir.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Confirming what we already know - our close connection with nature. We are nature. More of this in the UK please Keir.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Those who seek to impose their will on others through military might and genocide, like Putin and Trump, are also those who will kill off whole ecosystems for profit.
The connection is direct and uncoincidental.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The connection is direct and uncoincidental.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Those who seek to impose their will on others through military might and genocide, like Putin and Trump, are also those who will kill off whole ecosystems for profit.
The connection is direct and uncoincidental.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The connection is direct and uncoincidental.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 8th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 510,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,730,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,690,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,990,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 510,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,730,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,690,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,990,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
October 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 8th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 510,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,730,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,690,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,990,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 510,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,730,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,690,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,990,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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Fake cobwebs like these may look spooky – but what's really scary about them is that they can trap & injure wildlife, including birds, insects & small mammals. And fake webs aren't recyclable – so will end up in landfill for many years.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...
#Halloween
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...
#Halloween
October 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Fake cobwebs like these may look spooky – but what's really scary about them is that they can trap & injure wildlife, including birds, insects & small mammals. And fake webs aren't recyclable – so will end up in landfill for many years.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...
#Halloween
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...
#Halloween
Please @netflix.com @netflixuk.bsky.social can you commission more series of the BBC Gentleman Jack?
October 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Please @netflix.com @netflixuk.bsky.social can you commission more series of the BBC Gentleman Jack?
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Are you worried or confused about the proposed law to restrict 'cumulative protests'?
We've contributed to this article breaking down your protest rights and what this new law could mean
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
We've contributed to this article breaking down your protest rights and what this new law could mean
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
How would tougher powers for police affect protests in England and Wales?
The home secretary has announced plans to allow officers to consider the impact of repeated demonstrations
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Are you worried or confused about the proposed law to restrict 'cumulative protests'?
We've contributed to this article breaking down your protest rights and what this new law could mean
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
We've contributed to this article breaking down your protest rights and what this new law could mean
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
@stuartjeffery.bsky.social thank you 🙏 for taking forward the pardon for women labelled and burned as ‘witches’. I honestly think about this injustice a lot.
It has also done a lot to remove us from our connection with nature.
It has also done a lot to remove us from our connection with nature.
October 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
@stuartjeffery.bsky.social thank you 🙏 for taking forward the pardon for women labelled and burned as ‘witches’. I honestly think about this injustice a lot.
It has also done a lot to remove us from our connection with nature.
It has also done a lot to remove us from our connection with nature.
I was recently given a gift of a book, all about symbiotic relationships. It’s perfect, curled up in front of a fire, heaven. @sophiepavs.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I was recently given a gift of a book, all about symbiotic relationships. It’s perfect, curled up in front of a fire, heaven. @sophiepavs.bsky.social
Well done to @zoegrunewald.bsky.social on #PoliticsLive calling out Jenrick’s language. As usual two right wing people on again.
October 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Well done to @zoegrunewald.bsky.social on #PoliticsLive calling out Jenrick’s language. As usual two right wing people on again.
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CALLING THE WONDERFUL WELSH AND EVERYONE LIVING IN WALES - Please help swifts, the number one declining bird in Wales. 🏴 Find your MP in Wales here senedd.wales/find-a-membe... and ask them to speak at the swift brick debate at the Senedd on 1st October (tomorrow!)
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
CALLING THE WONDERFUL WELSH AND EVERYONE LIVING IN WALES - Please help swifts, the number one declining bird in Wales. 🏴 Find your MP in Wales here senedd.wales/find-a-membe... and ask them to speak at the swift brick debate at the Senedd on 1st October (tomorrow!)
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Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.
September 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.
