James Piers Taylor
@yourmindfire.bsky.social
Chair of Dengie Climate Action Partnership, Founder member of eMpower Maldon. Former Chair of Permaculture Association UK. Opinions my own. Centre for Human Ecology alumnus.
Born@ 323.57ppm, Pop. 3.82bn Fiat d58. Ω ✈ 30/8/06 #DengieBioregion
Born@ 323.57ppm, Pop. 3.82bn Fiat d58. Ω ✈ 30/8/06 #DengieBioregion
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I’m descended from from Huguenot refugees via the Debuse / Debues / De Bues (etc) family that fled Picardie, northern France in the 1600s and settled in Spitalfields, East London.
I’d love to connect with any cousins here sharing that heritage. Get in touch!
I’d love to connect with any cousins here sharing that heritage. Get in touch!
Online and on the streets, some people are stepping on a platform marked ‘concern about irregular migration’ and flying the Union Jack or the Bratach na hÉireann. When the platform slowly moves to ‘against all migration’ and ‘pride in our national flags’ most are happy to go with it (1/2)
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Online and on the streets, some people are stepping on a platform marked ‘concern about irregular migration’ and flying the Union Jack or the Bratach na hÉireann. When the platform slowly moves to ‘against all migration’ and ‘pride in our national flags’ most are happy to go with it (1/2)
@danravenellison.bsky.social Hi Dan, the stat in this quote would be useful for local campaigning. Could you point me towards the DfT source? Is it in a report I can reference? Thanks
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
@danravenellison.bsky.social Hi Dan, the stat in this quote would be useful for local campaigning. Could you point me towards the DfT source? Is it in a report I can reference? Thanks
The next Maldon District Green Party social is this Saturday 22nd - meet Greens by the riverside
Saturday 22 Nov 2025 - 2-3pm
Ye Old White Hart
The Quay
Burnham on Crouch
CM0 8AS
Nearest bus stop/service: Burnham Clock Tower (esxjdgwm & esxawtmt) D7 31 331
@rgl25.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk
Saturday 22 Nov 2025 - 2-3pm
Ye Old White Hart
The Quay
Burnham on Crouch
CM0 8AS
Nearest bus stop/service: Burnham Clock Tower (esxjdgwm & esxawtmt) D7 31 331
@rgl25.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The next Maldon District Green Party social is this Saturday 22nd - meet Greens by the riverside
Saturday 22 Nov 2025 - 2-3pm
Ye Old White Hart
The Quay
Burnham on Crouch
CM0 8AS
Nearest bus stop/service: Burnham Clock Tower (esxjdgwm & esxawtmt) D7 31 331
@rgl25.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk
Saturday 22 Nov 2025 - 2-3pm
Ye Old White Hart
The Quay
Burnham on Crouch
CM0 8AS
Nearest bus stop/service: Burnham Clock Tower (esxjdgwm & esxawtmt) D7 31 331
@rgl25.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk
Reposted by James Piers Taylor
Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Reeves in Zugzwang
Incremental politics no longer works
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
“At some point, some hard decisions have to be made – that certain communities will have to be relocated. Protection becomes so expensive that it’s not worth it, so you have to move communities to safer, higher ground” #ManagedRetreat
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“At some point, some hard decisions have to be made – that certain communities will have to be relocated. Protection becomes so expensive that it’s not worth it, so you have to move communities to safer, higher ground” #ManagedRetreat
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Single figure polling after this surely
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Single figure polling after this surely
The Mad Max backstory
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The Mad Max backstory
Water companies must belong to the public #ReNationalise www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Water companies must belong to the public #ReNationalise www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reform UK too frit to field a candidate for #Essex Mayor yet (major parties & independents have already put their cards on the table)
Reform obviously want to limit the time the public have to find out about their candidate & their policies for Essex
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform obviously want to limit the time the public have to find out about their candidate & their policies for Essex
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who wants to be the first elected mayor of Essex?
Meet the candidates hoping to be elected the Mayor of Essex next year
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Reform UK too frit to field a candidate for #Essex Mayor yet (major parties & independents have already put their cards on the table)
Reform obviously want to limit the time the public have to find out about their candidate & their policies for Essex
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform obviously want to limit the time the public have to find out about their candidate & their policies for Essex
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ve reviewed the 4 competing proposals submitted by existing councils as to how Local Government Reorganisation in #Essex should take shape
It's barefoot textual analysis to see what they have to say about the climate and nature emergencies
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/t...
It's barefoot textual analysis to see what they have to say about the climate and nature emergencies
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/t...
The Lost Words
By national government edict the 15 councils in ‘Greater Essex’ must reorganise to form new unitary authorities through a process of Local Government Reorganisation. This will change the current tw…
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’ve reviewed the 4 competing proposals submitted by existing councils as to how Local Government Reorganisation in #Essex should take shape
It's barefoot textual analysis to see what they have to say about the climate and nature emergencies
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/t...
It's barefoot textual analysis to see what they have to say about the climate and nature emergencies
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/t...
“There isn’t a magic money tree that we can shake that suddenly provides for everything that people want”
![Photorealistic generative AI image of a wine glass shaped tree in a parkland environment. The image is overlaid with text from the 'Champagne glass distribution of wealth' diagram showing that the richest 20% of the world's population hold about 80% of the global wealth, while the poorest 20% are at the thin stem with almost nothing. [That image originated from the 1992 UN Human Development Report highlighting the "champagne glass of world poverty"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fwcqhiajqefdp6kwryhutqa/bafkreigvlehawrjonslxtj3ktydxf6efa3zhduhcipa6c3z3bner36bf24@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“There isn’t a magic money tree that we can shake that suddenly provides for everything that people want”
Reform UK are cancelling Christmas www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Beyond ironic’: Reform-led council says flags must come down so Christmas lights can go up
Kent county council says union flags and flags of St George must come off street lights because of safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Reform UK are cancelling Christmas www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform UK's bold new political offer: AUSTERITY 3.0
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reform UK's bold new political offer: AUSTERITY 3.0
Every place should be special, distinct among others of a kind. Nature recovery here, and there and everywhere. Let a Thousand Knepps Bloom.
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/l...
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/l...
Let a Thousand Knepps Bloom
Yesterday, Maldon District Council (MDC) shared on social media that they would be working in partnership with a property consultancy company that has launched a Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) scheme …
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October 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Every place should be special, distinct among others of a kind. Nature recovery here, and there and everywhere. Let a Thousand Knepps Bloom.
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/l...
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/l...
Which of these parties do Your Party expect to be taking votes from?
Our latest Westminster voting intention (26-27 Oct) has Labour on their lowest figure ever recorded by YouGov, with the Greens on their highest
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Which of these parties do Your Party expect to be taking votes from?
Actually existing Faragism
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Actually existing Faragism
First in a series looking to connect up existing routes on the Dengie - pavements, cycle paths, bridleways, byways. Where are the easy wins? What's the next achievable step?
Starting in Burnham & working outwards - where else should I cover?
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/s...
Starting in Burnham & working outwards - where else should I cover?
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/s...
Stitching the Path: Connecting Disjointed Walk & Cycle Routes 1
A mission objective of the rECOnnect Dengie project is to improve the active travel infrastructure on the Dengie and get a safe network of routes connecting all the settlements. As I’ve noted…
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October 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
First in a series looking to connect up existing routes on the Dengie - pavements, cycle paths, bridleways, byways. Where are the easy wins? What's the next achievable step?
Starting in Burnham & working outwards - where else should I cover?
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/s...
Starting in Burnham & working outwards - where else should I cover?
dengiebioregion.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/s...
Reposted by James Piers Taylor
The world missed its goal for tackling climate change
What happens next?
That's the question I'm asking in a new documentary series
We uncover the fantasies that brought us here and meet the people with ideas to navigate what's next
Listen to the trailer👇
open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...
What happens next?
That's the question I'm asking in a new documentary series
We uncover the fantasies that brought us here and meet the people with ideas to navigate what's next
Listen to the trailer👇
open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...
Overshoot: a new podcast about a world beyond 1.5°C – trailer
open.spotify.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The world missed its goal for tackling climate change
What happens next?
That's the question I'm asking in a new documentary series
We uncover the fantasies that brought us here and meet the people with ideas to navigate what's next
Listen to the trailer👇
open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...
What happens next?
That's the question I'm asking in a new documentary series
We uncover the fantasies that brought us here and meet the people with ideas to navigate what's next
Listen to the trailer👇
open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...
Wilf Richards’s new book The Power of Permaculture Principles - out now from Permanent Publications
includes contribs from many familiar folk in the UK #permaculture scene
there’s little work examining the core thinking tools of permaculture & this is sure to become a much referenced text
includes contribs from many familiar folk in the UK #permaculture scene
there’s little work examining the core thinking tools of permaculture & this is sure to become a much referenced text
October 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Wilf Richards’s new book The Power of Permaculture Principles - out now from Permanent Publications
includes contribs from many familiar folk in the UK #permaculture scene
there’s little work examining the core thinking tools of permaculture & this is sure to become a much referenced text
includes contribs from many familiar folk in the UK #permaculture scene
there’s little work examining the core thinking tools of permaculture & this is sure to become a much referenced text
Residents of Burnham-on-Crouch #Essex are concerned about a rise in far-right and racist activity in our town, if you are also concerned get involved, here is the WhatsApp link to get involved
chat.whatsapp.com/Jc87ObbPkrWJ....
Or if you'd prefer to email- BoCdefence@proton.me
chat.whatsapp.com/Jc87ObbPkrWJ....
Or if you'd prefer to email- BoCdefence@proton.me
September 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Residents of Burnham-on-Crouch #Essex are concerned about a rise in far-right and racist activity in our town, if you are also concerned get involved, here is the WhatsApp link to get involved
chat.whatsapp.com/Jc87ObbPkrWJ....
Or if you'd prefer to email- BoCdefence@proton.me
chat.whatsapp.com/Jc87ObbPkrWJ....
Or if you'd prefer to email- BoCdefence@proton.me
Leaving Zagreb on the train to Villach where I’ll hopefully make a tight connection with a Munich bound express. Looks like good weather for views along the Sava river, across Slovenia and through the Austrian Alps. #SlowTravel #FlightFree #Cyprus2London
September 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Leaving Zagreb on the train to Villach where I’ll hopefully make a tight connection with a Munich bound express. Looks like good weather for views along the Sava river, across Slovenia and through the Austrian Alps. #SlowTravel #FlightFree #Cyprus2London