Bel Jacobs

There's an direct analogy to be drawn here with the civic planners of the 60s, 70s & 80s who sought to reassure the public that their government had plans to reboot society in the aftermath of a nuclear war... sociologists label them "Fantasy documents"!

As discussed in this podcast...

Wow.

Thank you so much for posting. Send Chris thanks and love. So pleased the film moved him. Watch this space!

Thank you, Phoebe. Your support means the world. As you say: "When everything we know and love is at stake ...."

Petition: Ban greyhound racing Greyhound racing kills and injures dogs. From 2017–2023, 1,230 dogs died trackside, many more were destroyed, and there were over 31,000 injuries. We believe it’s time to follow Wales and ban this cru...

Urgent: Sign the petition to End Greyhound Racing in the UK!

This is the best way to protect dogs from the racing industry, who can end up shot or drowned when no longer profitable

Just 2 weeks left to reach 100k signatures!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... #EndGreyhoundRacing

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social unfortunately couldn’t make the National Emergency Briefing.

Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏

Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity.
#NEB2025

We went to the National Emergency Briefing and were moved and inspired by a hall full of people ready to do their best. Please interview Mike Berners Lee, who chaired the event, and can speak persuasively and eloquently about the urgent need to come together, for humanity and all life on earth.

A documentary about compassion and change in animal activism — The Empathy Project A documentary about compassion and change in animal activism

🎉 Come to the first screening of The Empathy Project, a short film charting stories of transformation in animal advocacy.

📆 Jan 20th, 6-8pm
📍Phoenix Cinema, N2 9PJ

🎬 Watch the trailer here: theempathyproject.co.uk/film

🎟️ Reserve your space: eventbrite.com/e/the-empath...

#animals

Thank you so much, all.

The Empathy Project Film Screening Join us for an invite-only screening of The Empathy Project.

"The Empathy Project" Film Screening - London 20th January. See you there?
Tickets 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-empath...
Trailer 📽️: www.theempathyproject.co.uk/film
@beljacobs.bsky.social @dan710ths.bsky.social

This is a statement we need to hear more of in the near future.

⚖️ “I advocate for other peoples. Of course I don’t eat meat and dairy. Animal agriculture is the world's biggest killer of indigenous land defenders."

#indigenouslandrights #animalagriculture #meat #dairy #nature #wildlife

Every film with a gun in it is a validation of the culture of armed defence. The NRA must love Hollywood.

Watching another film from the late 1980s and marvelling at how its portrayal of a US president - calm, authoritative, ethical - diverges so much from the reality of today.

If you’d like to take action against climate change you could volunteer a hour of your time with Forest for Change. It will help offset climate fears and worries by doing something positive and rewarding #climatejob

Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”

It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Perfect wet day to explore Earthfest at Kings Cross today 🐝🌎🌱🌻

Come and visit us whilst you’re there and say hello 🤗

#climate #islington #environment #event #today #thingstodo

Humans are so thoughtlessly giving…

🌎 Join us for our People’s Assembly on Retrofit 🌎
🏠 Retrofit your home or work on retrofit projects
💬 Insights into the challenges of improving existing buildings
🌎 Address the issues
🗓 19 June (Thu), 6-9pm
📍 Christ Church Highbury
🎟️ book here: www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/event/people...

A reminder that when the Sycamore Gap tree was cut down people immediately started blaming immigrants and teenagers...

It was neither. It was two white Englishmen in their 30s.

Looking for recommendations for fantastic animal rights podcasts, please.

#animalrights #media #journalism #podcasts #justice #authors #interviews

Feeling fresk! The climate centre breaking it all down Interactive group workshop breaks down lengthy UN climate reports into 42 bite-sized card

Our brilliant Islington Climate Centre make sense of climate change by offering weekly fresks

www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/feel...

One is made a national story every single week and the other is shhhhh.....

“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).

🌿Join The Empathy Project and Town Anywhere to 'rehearse' a future of multi-species flourishing.

🌿 Using model-making and group work, we’ll create a place where both humans and more-than-humans thrive.

🌿October 25, 10am to 4pm at Kairos London.

Book here: www.kairos.london/event/town-a...

🐅 Wild animals = 4% of the mammal kingdom

🐄 Farmed animals = 60%

🔥 Nature is in crisis. The biggest driver? Land use change for food production.

Find out more. Come to the next Biodiversity Collage.

📆 April 15, 2025 (Tue), 6-9pm
📍 Islington Climate Centre
📩 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biodiversi...

Pic of sheep and virus particles. Text: H5N1 UK reports first case of avian flu in sheep The UK confirmed a case of H5N1 influenza of avian origin in a sheep, a world first. The infection in the animal in Yorkshire was identified through routine and repeated milk testing, which was enforced after avian flu was confirmed in captive birds on the same premises. The sheep has now been destroyed, and no other cases of avian flu have been detected in the remaining sheep. This is the first time the virus has been reported in a sheep, but avian flu has been reported in dairy cattle in the US.

A cute picture, but a worrying story.

H5N1 (first case) reported in a sheep in Yorkshire.

Snippet from this month’s @bmj.com.

#MedSky

National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.

A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.