Sandy Shadwell

Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus The Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus are the largest macaw species and in flight they are dazzling symbol of Central and South America’s vanishing rainforests. Draped in shimmering green plumage with…

Great green #macaws are supremely intelligent can live to up to 70 years old. They are critically endangered from #palmoil #meat and #soy #deforestation in #SouthAmerica. Help them by being #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-183

It would have been fun to look thro it now there's more relevance. But I've no sales or community building skills so never showed it to anyone🤪

I'd like to start a vegan, antinatalist eco village (but without esoteric vibes!) with a sanctuary for all kinds of animals, where there is a nostalgic café con library, as well as a few yurts to rent out, a little indie perfume shop and a manufactory, where we create the perfect plant-based cheese.

Yes! About 20 yrs ago I planned a whole community & made a file. Of course, the cafe & bookshop started it off. The recycling centre had a repair shop next door too 😆
Can't remember what I called it. Tossed the folder during Covid.

Beautiful tribute 🥲

Where have the geckos gone? Haven't seen any sign of them for a few weeks.
I have ventilated bricks for hidey-holes, and plants on my balcony. Also a flower pot with fruit & veg peels to attract little fruit flies, and just the same - no little gecko poops on the walls.
😟

Exquisite!

Wake up.

Hi JG, Yes, a full, liberal #education is the antidote to #facism. This is precisely why the fascists are attacking secular education, universities and professors.

Save Vaquitas from Extinction: Only 6-8 Remain!

There are fewer than 10 Vaquita left! Act now to save them from extinction! #SaveTheVaquita #ExtinctIsForever

bit.ly/3HesynZ

Motherfucking wind farms…

St George’s Cathedral hosts sold-out fundraiser for Gaza Songs for Freedom concert raised more than R260,000

St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town was packed on Friday evening for a concert to mark Mandela Day and raise money for Palestine

Read groundup.org.za/article/st-g... by Matthew Hirsch

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One Hundred Years After Mein Kampf, Trump's Base Burns Their Own Red MAGA Hats Instead of Other People's Books How the Epstein Files Fractured the MAGA Movement

🔥 MAGA supporters are literally burning their red hats over the Epstein files. A century after Hitler published Mein Kampf, fascism is devouring its own believers. The fracture is real, and historic.

Polluters broke it, we're paying for it Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.

I just signed the Polluters Pay Pact to demand that African governments and leaders worldwide enforce binding laws to hold oil, coal and gas companies financially accountable for environmental destruction and lost livelihoods in our communities. act.gp/3FXr8xO

Horrific News: Completely unexpected
-Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline d/t rising Southern Ocean salinity

#Climate
theconversation.com/completely-u...

We may have passed a tipping point & entered a new state of persistent sea ice decline sustained by a newly discovered feedback loop

Two boys drown at abandoned sewer project Oxidation ponds in Centane, Eastern Cape, were abandoned 25 years ago after objections by the traditional authority and local residents

On 1 July, tragedy struck in Macibe village, Centane, in the Eastern Cape. Two boys drowned. They had been swimming in an open oxidation pond, part of a sewer project that has been left unfinished for 25 years.

Read groundup.org.za/article/two-... by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Are there any in ANC authority who actually care for the citizens of South Africa?

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum wearing a presidential banner

Mexican rescue teams organizing to save US lives

While US marines are being deployed to participate in Trump’s ethnic cleansing operation alongside ICE, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum quietly sent rescue teams and aid to help the victims of the Texas floods.

No Gecko Wants a Terrarium Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi

Walk into a pet shop and for maybe £35, you can walk out with a gecko. No questions asked. No qualifications needed. No understanding of who they are or what they need. Just a confused, frightened, solitary individual shoved in a box 🦎

ko-fi.com/post/No-Ge...

There were always little geckos on my ceiling/walls/ hiding behind pictures. They have vanished. Haven't had even one in the last 2 years 😓

What an UnBelievable test final!! Watched every ball and had a rollercoaster ride😆

Jar of creamy Italian dressing.

Drizzle this tasty Italian dressing on salads and wraps or use it as a creamy dip. Gorgeous stuff!
theveganlunchbox.co.uk/vegan-creamy...
Oh, and it's a small batch recipe, so no waste. #vegan #veganfood #vegansky #veganrecipes

Bookmarked! Love the ease of the Balsamic Dressing 🥰

Me too 😊

Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world—what the G20 can do about it Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million he...

Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world—what the G20 can do about it

phys.org/news/2025-06... via @physorg_com

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Winter greetings from the #CatsOfDeadwood in Woodstock, #CapeTown.

#CatSky
#LoveCapeTown
#LoveSouthAfrica
@uncleloo.bsky.social

You live in heaven-on-earth - and deserve to💚