Kevin Dale 🍃💚🍃

I have two spare tickets for #BBCRadio2 #PartyInThePark (Chelmsford) FOR SALE HERE

secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/1F0062BFA...

There is obviously room … look how many car manufacturers there are in the world. Competition is invariably good for markets and for consumers.

Developer freed of affordable housing commitment in Battle scheme Councillors felt they had no option but to approve a request for an amendment to a 20-home scheme.

There are already 3 new housing dev along this road - people objected to this as it encroached on farmland adjacent to Battle Abbey site but they promised affordable housing🤔 @explorerdale.bsky.social
BBC News - Developer freed of affordable housing commitment
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Does this look a good site for a solar farm to you?

Surely, siting a solar farm on Zone 3b flood plain is crazy but that's what's proposed at Creech St Michael, on the Somerset Levels.

Please submit your objection to the Planners if you agree with us!

Details here 👇

tinyurl.com/3xv8a8f7

Our new profile picture is by Jeanette Broughton and was our photo competition winner in 2022.

Why not enter your photos into this year's competition? You might win £100. Go on!

Details here tinyurl.com/3mk95u32

NHS staff being trained to use outdoors for treating patients Don't underestimate the importance of nature for tackling poor mental health, says Natural England.

so why is this Government not doing more to protect our dwindling natural resourses but instead threatening with more destruction with their planning policy? @danicapriest.bsky.social @explorerdale.bsky.social
BBC News - NHS using nature to treat poor mental health
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Will Scotland become the first UK nation to criminalise ecocide?

Scotland could soon make history as the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide aka severe, reckless harm to nature.

In our latest blog, @jodiebettis.bsky.social a Grand Union Scholar at the #OpenUniversity discusses how this bold legal move could set a global precedent:

5:25 and if like me you’ve been awake for hours it’s time to sign the #parkypetition100K - we need another 70 signatures by 8:20 to hit our daily target petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Two marbled white butterflies landing on knapweed. Old Sarum, Salisbury.

Trump Goes Full Neocon; GOP Sells Off US Public Lands w/ Michael Carroll | MR Live YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

Land grabs.
258 million acres of public land in the US are to be sold off for a pittance.
In the UK over 5000 protected sites of natural beauty are to be built over by Labour.
In both instances local communities are completely left out of the decision-making process.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Parkinson’s won’t stop me laughing Bill Keller has found unexpected camaraderie—and humour—among fellow sufferers

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good... Excellent piece about #parkinsons by former New York Times editor Bill Keller. Particularly pleased with his line about Movers and Shakers- “…more fun than you’d expect of a programme about an incurable brain disease..”

Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter" We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... What do you mean, you haven't signed the Parky Charter petition calling for better Parkinson's care?? We Parkies have an excuse - one of the symptoms of PD is apathy. But as for the rest of you, jump to it! (pretty please..)

0515 and we still need 56 signatures to get to 50,000 Surely we can do that by 0815? I am offering a t-shirt to the person who tips us over!

Another car load of SOSSwifts’ nest boxes collected from John Stimpson, he is just shy of now making 45,000 of them! We offer free surveys & advice, always happy to help you help Swifts and have free Community Sets available. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

It is beyond urgent that BBC Question Time dedicates a full programme to Rishi Sunak's 86 Special Economic Zones. A few questions on Zone Fever that have been notably absent from the MSM, check them out!

open.substack.com/pub/european...

Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warn

Prof Mike Tipton, physiologist: “It is undeniable climate change is now costing British lives. Those who scorn on climate action should reflect on this because, until we stop emitting GHG, these episodes are only likely to become more extreme.”

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warn

The 32C day forecast on Saturday would have been expected only once every 2,500 years without the climate crisis, the researchers said, and June heatwaves are now about 2-4C hotter than in the past

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warn

Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis, finds @wwattribution.bsky.social

- High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warn

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New plans need new objections! 🚂

The current planning application for Liverpool Street Station is an entirely new one, so any objections submitted in 2023 will not now be taken into consideration.

We have created a simple Guide to Writing an Objection here: bit.ly/3ZQRkk8

📷 Bishopsgate Institute

Join us for Clean Air Day! Everyone is welcome Drop in, have a chat, learn about air quality and how we can work together to improve it Birmingham City Council is committed to improving air quality. We would like everyone in the city to be part of our journey to improving the air we breathe. Poor air is one of the biggest risks to environmental and public health - it's bad for our health, our wallet and our planet. This event is a chance to: • Meet Air Quality Experts - Learn about air pollution, how it affects health, and what we can do about it • Air Quality Monitoring - See how air quality is measured and understand its impact in your area Fun Activities for All Ages - Engage in interactive activities designed to educate and inspire action Why it matters Air quality plays a huge role in our lives. Poor air quality has a direct impact on health and the economy, contributing to hundreds of early, preventable deaths and making many existing health conditions worse. Air pollution has the biggest impact on the poorest and most vulnerable in our communities, including children. By working together and staying informed, we can all help make Birmingham a fresher, healthier place to live. Let's make clean air part of our everyday by: • Making small changes that have big impacts Learning how your daily choices can reduce air pollution emissions • Supporting local efforts for a better environment Date: 10th June Time: 10 am - 12 noon Venue: Soho Church, Louise Road, B21 ORY Date: 16th June Time: 1 pm - 3 pm Venue: Lakeside Children's Centre, Lakes Road, B23 7UH Date: 16th June Time: 10am - 12 noon Venue: Rookery Children's Centre, Heathfield Road, B19 1HJ Date: 16th June Time: 1 pm - 3 pm Venue: Lakeside Children's Centre, Lakes Road, B23 7UH Date: 18th June Time: 1 pm - 3 pm Venue: Chinnbrook Centre, 213 Triffiford Road, B13 0ET For more information, contact us at airqualityfeedback@birmingham.gov.uk

#CleanAirDay is fast approaching and in the run up, Birmingham City Council will be hosting some events in family hubs across the city. Please come if you can and help spread the word 🙏
#AirPollution #CleanAir
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social

📣 #CleanAirDay events tomorrow 16th June:
10am - 12pm at Rookery Children's
Centre, Heathfield Road, Handsworth B19 1HJ
And
1pm - 3pm at Lakeside Children’s Centre, Lakes Road, Erdington B23 7UH 💚

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says High-fronted vehicles are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example

"A child is killed every day on our roads, yet cars are being made so large that children are invisible from the driver’s seat. How is that acceptable?"

New @transenv.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org‬ study shows car bonnet heights have risen hugely. We need a legal height limit. #Carspreading

A drone shot of the Cuckmere Estuary as the sun rises

The Cuckmere has the distinction of being the only undeveloped estuary in South East England.

Its estuary and surrounding marshes attract a wide variety of wetland birds, especially redstart, little egrets and flocks of wigeon and lapwing.

📷 Sam Moore

Massive oak trunk

The Neatham Manor Oak - Alton, Hampshire

One of the finest oak trees in England

Woods Mill nature reserve Oak trees

Our Nature Connections workshop will introduce you to delightful practices that will heighten & enrich your experience of your place in the natural world. You’ll gain a deeper sensitivity & awareness of the presence of everything around you.

Members tickets & Concessions available: buff.ly/C9uhhah

We must protect nature to survive.

We can and must tackle the housing crisis.

If anyone tells you it's not possible to do both - then check any links with property developers...

What's morally reprehensible is pursuing destruction of the planning system for #CarDependentSprawl, destroying land vital for #FoodSecurity, #WaterSecurity, drainage, flood-control, biodiversity + increasing greenhouse gas emissions into the bargain.
Poverty needs #SocialRent homes, not sprawl.

But these various bumps & others add up to an almost complete disregard by govt for wildlife (& rural & countryside) which will cost Labour in future elections. Hope evaporating, confidence long gone. It will be a good time to be a LibDem or Green in rural seats with collapse of Conservatives too.

Rooftop solar for new builds to save people money New homeowners stand to benefit from rooftop solar and cheaper bills, with the Future Homes Standard being published this Autumn.

Press release
Rooftop solar for new builds to save people money
New homeowners stand to benefit from rooftop solar and cheaper bills, with the Future Homes Standard being published this Autumn.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Full article below

Spoke to the Guardian today about the urgent need to protect nature.

Full article below 👇🏽