Steve Marquis

Please support my Mo if you can for donations to support men's health. This graphic says that if you can donate £20 or more, Pringles will also add £20 too! Thank you.

Would you support my Mo please and support men's health? Any amount would be fantastic, if by teaming up or on your own you can do £20, Pringles will add £20 to match it. Many thanks, Steve
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Dear World Leaders

#DearWorldLeaders, we need real plans to phase out fossil fuels and transition to clean energy. And we need them now. You made a promise, now keep it. #COP30 @energygovuk
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Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance | Nature A revised ‘Doughnut’ providing a visual assessment of trends in social deprivation and planetary degradation over the past two decades shows more than doubling of global GDP accompanied by accelerating ecological overshoot but only a modest reduction in human deprivation.

This is Big Doughnutty News...

The 2025 Doughnut launches today with many significant firsts:

- Peer-reviewed & published open-access in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

- Doughnut quantification at a whole new level.

- Annually updated Doughnut

- Powerful new diagram 'the Baguette'

Urgent: Please ask your MP to speak out against new funding for Drax’s tree burning The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched an investigation into the UK’s single largest carbon emitter and the world’s biggest tree burner, Drax, over concerns about its sourcing of wood pellets to burn at its power station in Yorkshire. This investigation relates to shocking revelations from BBC Panorama and Conservation North about Drax’s continued logging of previously untouched primary forests in British Columbia in Canada and Drax’s £25m payment to Ofgem last year for misreporting its data on its sourcing of wood from Canadian forests. Drax already receives around £2m per day in renewable subsidies from our energy bills to burn trees and the Government has recently undone stricter greenhouse gas emissions rules so that it can grant massive new renewable subsidies to Drax when the current subsidies end in 2027. At the same time, the Government is considering whether to grant Drax even more public money for its joint funding bid with the University of York, North Yorkshire Council and North Yorkshire Combined Authority to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre at Drax as part of an ‘Artificial Intelligence Growth Zone’. If these new subsidies go ahead and Drax’s AI data centre bid is successful, it will mean more forest destruction, more pollution of communities, more harm to nature and even more climate-wrecking emissions - all at our expense. The Government has not yet finalised the contract with Drax for the new subsidies and it still has time to reconsider its plans to waste around £1.8 billion of our money on a big polluter that has been fined multiple times for air pollution violations and that is now under being investigated by the UK’s financial watchdog. Please contact your MP today and ask them to speak up for forests, wildlife, communities and the climate by calling on the Government to reject Drax’s AI data centre funding bid and to halt plans for Drax’s new subsidies.

Today is the International Day of Action on Big Biomass

Please ask your UK MP to speak against Drax’s tree burning funding: tinyurl.com/yddsnsx7 & sign the petition against Drax's tree powered data centre plans tinyurl.com/y8b3ah3u

#CutSubsidiesNotForests #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass #StopBurningTrees

Movember - Home Steve's Motivation: The Movember Foundation is the only global charity focused solely on men's health, so this Movember (and since 2012), this year I'll be getting on board here at Tesco's, so if you're a customer or a colleague please do come and join me. I'm raising funds to tackle some of the biggest health issues faced by men: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and poor mental health. Help me stop men dying too young. Men’s health is in crisis. Men are dying on average 4.5 years earlier than women, and for largely preventable reasons. A growing number of men – around 10.8M globally – are facing life with a prostate cancer diagnosis. Globally, testicular cancer is the most common cancer among young men. And across the world, one man dies by suicide every minute of every day, with males accounting for 69% of all suicides. Let's help change that. Movember is uniquely placed to address this crisis on a global scale. They fund groundbreaking projects all over the world, engaging men where they are to understand what works best and accelerate change.

I'm starting my 2025 Movember journey to raise my total fund raising to over £10,000!

Would you like to help me to support Movember in their quest to improve mens health?

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Thank you

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November.

This autumn, eight of the UK’s leading experts will brief an invite-only audience of politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith and the media with the latest implications on health, food, national security and the economy.

Is your MP attending?

www.nebriefing.org

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters.

Wild honeybee populations have been officially categorised as endangered within the EU. That’s according to the IUCN Red List

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Pledge to axe UK Climate Change Act backfires The attempts to turn the British public against climate action does not only make no scientific or economic sense, it makes no political sense.

This blog is my take on the Tory Party vow this week to axe the Climate Change Act. This is not leadership. It is surrender to the commercial interests of fossil fuel barons at the cost of us all.

@edmatthew.bsky.social on Bluesky This blog is my take on the Tory Party vow this week to axe the Climate Change Act. This is not leadership. It is surrender to the commercial interests of fossil fuel barons at the cost of us all. https://www.e3g.org/news/pledge-to-axe-uk-climate-change-act-backfires/

UK Conservative Party surrenders to the oil & gas barons...

Earth Has Crossed 7 of 9 Limits Keeping It Safe for Humans. “Humanity Is Pushing Beyond the Limits of a Safe Operating Space,” Scientists Say A seventh planetary boundary is now breached.

Earth Has Crossed 7 of 9 Limits Keeping It Safe for Humans. “Humanity Is Pushing Beyond the Limits of a Safe Operating Space,” Scientists Say

A seventh planetary boundary is now breached.

#PlanetaryHealth #PlanetaryHealthCheck

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@scotlink.bsky.social on Bluesky On 30 October MSPs will debate the Natural Environment Bill - a vital opportunity to ensure that Scotland sets legally binding nature recovery targets. Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: https://www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nature-needs-your-help/

With one in nine species at risk of extinction, Scotland’s nature is in trouble. But we can change this...

On 30 October MSPs will debate the Natural Environment Bill - a vital opportunity to ensure that Scotland sets legally binding nature recovery targets.

Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...

New tree species list aims to future-proof Scotland’s forests Forestry Commission Newsroom

A new list of 28 tree species for foresters to grow in future in Scotland marks a major step forward in helping our woodlands & forests adapt to the growing threats of climate change

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#Forestry #Agroforestry #AgroEcology #ReforestingScotland

@sustainableplanet.bsky.social on Bluesky Some great Principles ♻️ 🌎 #sustainability #recycle #rethink #refuse #reduce #reuse #refurbish #repair #repurpose #sustainable #sustainableliving #green #waste #pollution #renewables #plastic #environmental #change #sustain

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We need allotments!

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@bioneers.org on Bluesky We are honoring the beloved Buddhist teacher and intellectual Joanna Macy, who passed away on July 19, 2025. 💙🌎 Read a note from Bioneers Co-Founder Nina Simons & a selection of Joanna’s wisdom from several decades on the Bioneers stage: buff.ly/rzGpSwx

What a life, legacy and outstanding teacher

Cartoon of Tom Lehrer's headstone with birdseed, a pigeon or two and one who also has passed away ☺️

RIP...

Watch this video 100 times today!

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Why many Americans still think Darwin was wrong, yet the British don’t Fundamentalists don’t necessarily examine evolution and then reject it; they tend to start with the conclusion that it must be false and work backwards.

Why many Americans still think Darwin was wrong, yet the British don’t

By Edward White, Kingston University

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Making America Alone Again | Foreign Affairs History offers few parallels for Washington’s repudiation of its own alliances.

Making America Alone Again | Foreign Affairs

Excellent article makes me wish I paid more attention in history at school.

History Offers Few Parallels for Washington’s Repudiation of Its Own Alliances
By Prof. Margaret MacMillan

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Restoring nature beyond forests: A new map for rethinking ecological conservation An international study led by the University of Liège proposes a new map of the potential for natural vegetation on Earth, far beyond forests. By incorporating the role of fire and herbivores, researchers are paving the way for a more realistic and inclusive approach to ecosystem restoration. The study is published in Nature Communications.

Restoring nature beyond forests: A new map for rethinking ecological conservation
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"BP offloads US onshore wind business as it pivots back to oil"

Joanna Macy lives on through her Work That Reconnects. She was an inspiration, teacher, mentor and lover of life, never forgotten. 🙏

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We've got a wild bee home that we hope will attract / look after wild bee's, from Gardeners Beehive - Eco Beehive, Natural Beekeeping share.google/ih2nhPMPNU5I...

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Ready to ditch Google Maps? My new favorite map app won't track you or drain your battery - and it's free | ZDNET CoMaps offers features like voice-guided directions and offline search, but with a focus on privacy.

New fav FREE map won't track you or drain your battery.

CoMaps has voiced directions & offline search + BIG privacy focus.

By Jack Wallen...

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Exploring future land use to tackle the climate and nature crisis Discover how strategic land use can help the UK tackle the climate and nature crisis, protect wildlife, and support a sustainable future for all.

Next steps for nature restoration and climate change mitigation...

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𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐠𝐨? | Leon Simons 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐠𝐨? 🌊🌡️89% heated the oceans 🌫️🌡️1-2% heated the atmosphere 🌄🌡️5-6% heated land 🧊>🌊 4% melted ice | 15 comments on LinkedIn

Heat Stored in the Earth System 1960-2020: Where does the energy go?

89% heated the oceans
1-2% heated the atmosphere
5-6% heated land
4% melted ice

Via Leon Simons at LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/leon-s...

Warm it is at 58.5°N, 27.5°C which is some heat for us!

Nature-Inspired Principles for Regenerative Humanitarian Responses Regenerative practice reminds us that even in the most urgent conditions, we can design interventions that nurture and collaborate with the living systems upon which all life depends. We need response...

What do nature-inspired principles of regeneration have to offer the #humanitarian sector?

A #regenerative response is anchored in ethics, described in Permaculture as Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share.

From James Atherton, read more at re-alliance.org: www.re-alliance.org/post/Nature-...