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The Beauty of Slow Travel Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes travels from London to Copenhagen by train

"The journey is how we grow, how we learn. In focusing purely on the destination we miss out on a huge chunk of life..."

Skibbereens Caol Stream - right as savaged by OPW, left just above OPW scheme.

I’m sure the flood works are functional but my god absolutely no attention to the public realm.

Shocking poor by the OPW and planners!!!

No Crap Children's Parties.
A grassroots movement.

• Resist the gifting status quo at parties.
• No, to give plastic-filled party bags. All end up in landfill
• Kids don’t notice or care if something’s secondhand
• What kids really want is time with their loved ones
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Increasing Heathrow airport capacity from 84m to 150m per year is absolute madness. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sign the petition to stop airport expansion: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology - Nature Climate Change Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...

New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Victory or co-existance, what are the options, where is the leverage, who is in control?
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YouTube video by Clive Lewis With 5 Live's NIcky Campbell talking about Gaza 22 07 25

Entire families wiped out in Gaza, hospitals bombed, journalists killed. That’s not defence, that’s an assault on human rights and international law. And has the potential to normalise the same, over and over again, across the globe.

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More than 100 people die of hunger in Gaza, including 80 children, say Palestinian officials Israel controls all supplies entering Gaza and has denied it is responsible for food shortages.

More than 100 people die of hunger in Gaza, including 80 children, say Palestinian officials

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Lovely. Waking up in Lostwithiel this morning! Off to 'The Cornish Bank Summer Camp' playing in a band this weekend.
thecornishbank.co.uk/festivals/su...

Another reason not to expand airports: @granthamicl.bsky.social warns that SAF won't be the game-changer the aviation industry wants it to be.

"Heathrow at its current capacity uses around half of all the fuel burned at UK airports and generates around half the UK’s aviation emissions."

Image of people smiling. Text says, double your impact. The Flight Free UK annual fundraiser is being matched by Aviva Community Fund this year, meaning your donations go twice as far.

Every donation made to our fundraiser (up to £250) is matched by the Aviva Community Fund, meaning your donations have twice the impact.

Donate today and help us inspire MORE climate action: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/flight-fre...

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Could we see public health practitioners pick this up please:
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Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid Americans still don’t comprehend how imminent, dangerous, and far-reaching the threat is—and journalists are partly to blame.

Americans still don’t fully comprehend how imminent, dangerous, and far-reaching the threat of climate change is — and journalists are partly to blame.

Water company sewage pollution to halve by 2030, minister pledges Environment Secretary Steve Reed says the government is preparing a

Wild swimmer here. We don’t want sewage dumping in our rivers “halved by 2030”, we want it to be zero, now.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

EPA eliminates its scientific research arm The move to dismantle the Office of Research and Development comes as Trump officials cut the agency’s total staff by 23 percent.

As long as I live, I will never understand how "it should be easier for chemical companies to poison the water my family drinks" became a politically popular position

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As of 15 July, 877 fatalities and 5666 injuries have been reported among people trying to access food supplies. Image of an empty bowl and spoon against black background.

People are getting killed trying to get food.

877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.

Met Office: Extreme weather the UK's new normal - BBC News The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.

Extreme weather is now the UK’s new normal.

🌡️ 600 expected extra deaths from this heatwave in England and Wales
The most effected? Vulnerable people, pregnant, pre-existing health conditions, young and old.

📈Growing flood risk. Uninsurable homes.

#ClimateJusticeNow

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Just over a week until our big fundraising event of the year, the Penguin Ball!

26th July, Covent Garden

Your ticket gets you
⭐ drinks reception
⭐ three-course meal
⭐ comedy act
⭐ music and dancing
⭐ a great night out in support of climate action

Buy here: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Dangerous blind spots in trucks and SUVs cause hundreds of child deaths Unfortunately, Eddie Alvarado wasn't the only person to accidentally run over a toddler; there's hundreds every year and hundreds of deaths from it. Seems like big cars like this one would make you ni...

The single most shocking piece of research I've found in years of deep-diving into car bloat is this:

Raising a vehicle's front hood by just 4" increases the chance of pedestrian death by ~22%.

kmph.com/news/local/d...

There's much fewer models of small cars available to buy new in Australia compared to 10 years ago, I've been comparing small hatchbacks. Even fewer that are electric or hybrid. I don't want or need an SUV.

In rural Norfolk the massive cars are getting too big for the roads. If you're walking or cycling on the lanes they can't easily get past you. Even though they might try. Dont get me started on car parks.

Petition: Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time when we should be doing everything we ...

Is climate breakdown an important issue for you?

Please help stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK.

It's not about banning flights, just saying enough is enough.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Three degrees of global warming is quite plausible and truly disastrous Rapid emission cuts can reduce the risks but not eliminate them

We are burning down the house.⁩

The @economist.com gives a climate change denier a platform, joins in the arson.

It wasn't always like this.

dear economist,

your constant defense and support of crony, immoral capitalism is repulsive

if you haven’t noticed, the USA is currently imploding because of this type of capitalism destroying our democracy

go fuck yourself

'First past the post is corroding trust in politics. The government must make all elections fit for the future' - LabourList Labour is right that FPTP is corroding trust in politics and is right to address this in mayoral and PCC elections. When the Government sets out its proposals for political reform, it must do the righ...

“With the Government taking aim at First Past the Post for mayors it’s hard to see how they could justify inaction on the voting system for Westminster. It would look like double standards: fairer elections for mayors, no such worry for MPs.”

🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social

We've experienced whipping with the Green councillors' group in Bristol. The party took no action to disallow it..

Electric cars are for people who want to feel like they're protecting the environment but don't want to change their lifestyle or be effective at it

The Olympic balloon floating above the Tuileries viewed from Pont Neuf

Eiffel Tower

Flypast for Bastille Day

Restored Notre Dame

Paris by train this weekend. Walk from station to hotel, got around by boat and strolling (it was hot!). Journey time about same as plane, cost similar but overall experience much better. Paris is now lovely, even Parisians are welcoming @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @seatsixtyone.bsky.social

Plans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treaty It comes as Friedrich Merz makes his first official visit to the UK as German chancellor.

"Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, said the rail link could offer an alternative to flying within the next decade."

Finally, Transport Sec Heidi Alexander recognises the need to offer an alternative to flying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...