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Sophie Benger
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Environmental communicator and lover of all things non-human. Jaded.
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📢As the Aarhus Convention MOP kicks off next week, we're supporting this joint letter from 40+ NGOs to the UK PM, urging him to uphold the Convention for the good of environmental justice. 🧵
📢 40+ NGOs have written to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention – the cornerstone of environmental justice

The Convention protects your right to:
✅ Access environmental information
✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature
✅ Seek environmental justice affordably
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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We’re in Belém, Brazil, at #COP30 to anchor our ocean in climate change solutions.

Our ocean is bearing the brunt of the changing climate and has been for decades, but it’s ALSO the home of climate solutions. Take action with us: https://bit.ly/4r9D2aH
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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The price we have to pay. . .
June 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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June 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🌊 We can’t protect our ocean without addressing the growing threat of fossil fuels at sea and on coastlines.

➡️ Swipe to learn how the call for a #FossilFreeOcean is raising at Our Oceans Conference next week in #Busan, South Korea.

#OurOcean2025 #OOC10

@skytruth.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’m very proud that I can now put Chart.PR next to my name! For anyone thinking about whether or not to get chartered, I can thoroughly recommend the experience. I learned a lot and had fun while doing it too.
Congratulations to the 16 members who passed their Chartership assessment last week, including the first two practitioners from Zimbabwe to get Chartered:

@sojoben.bsky.social
Tavy Cussinel
Ropafadzo Gwanetsa
Izziddeen Khalifeh
Jordan McArthur
Emma McCarthy
@joshowenmorris.co.uk

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February 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The #deepsea is the largest and least explored ecosystem on Earth, and #deepseamining could jeopardise it all. Learn more ⚒️🐙👇
February 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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A "glacial pace" once meant slow and steady. But there's nothing slow about the changes I've seen. In just 15 years, the Nigard Glacier has dramatically receded 🧊📉👇#InternationalYearofGlaciersPreservation
January 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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NEW RESEARCH: Did you know that your health is tied to the ocean? 👀

A new study by reveals how conserving marine biodiversity directly impacts human wellbeing.

Read more here 👉

theconversation.com/how-the-stat...
How the state of our oceans is intrinsically linked to human health – new report
Conservation measures can be designed in ways that improve nutrition and health of people.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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MASSIVELY DISAPPOINTING: The Coca-Cola Company is abandoning goals to increase reusable packaging and doubling down on single-use plastic. This decision is bad for our oceans and for consumers.

The company must be held accountable for what they are doing to our planet! oceana.ly/49n1f4x
Coca-Cola Doubles Down on Single-Use Plastic, Abandons Reduction and Reuse Goals in Wake of Stalled Plastic Treaty Negotiations | Oceana
On December 2, after UN plastic treaty negotiations concluded without consensus, the Coca-Cola Company, released a statement effectively ending its goals to increase reusable packaging and to reduce v...
oceana.org
December 5, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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🗺️ Is your country a #HighSeas champion? Tell us where you live in the comments! 👇

Discover our interactive #HighSeasTreaty Ratification Tracker on our website to see if your country has signed and/or ratified the Treaty already.
➡️ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
November 26, 2024 at 1:32 PM