Philip Strange

Respect the Amazon - Greenpeace International Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon and protect its forests, wildlife and its people.

Respect the Amazon - it sustains life for millions of people & countless species. It is also one of our greatest hopes for a livable future, as all life on the planet depends on the rainforest’s powerful ability to regulate climate & weather patterns..

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Hornet hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) foraging on marjoram in our Totnes back garden yesterday.

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
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Miles & miles of maize
but 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 insect—in 2 days of 🚴‍♀️🚴in Brittany.

Maize is mainly 🐄 feed.

Linked to high pesticide use—and damaging soil erosion.

Governments must be honest about the hidden costs of meat.

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social warned about maize a decade ago 👇

By supporting the expansion of Heathrow Airport and spreading outright lies about decarbonising flying, Labour has again capitulated to lobbyists.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
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This widespread use of these poisonous chemicals is sheer madness.

New research from Pesticide Action Network reveals the extent of pesticide use by UK councils. These are poisons being sprayed in your street, your local park. Pls share.

For links to the full report & to find out what you can do, follow the link below
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It looks like Chesil Beach??

Seen in Totnes a few days ago, a red-tailed bumblebee on knapweed and a beautiful demoiselle, a feast of colours.

BBC uncovers lasting toxic legacy of cargo ship disaster off Sri Lanka Scientists warn the damage to the environment after the 2021 X-Press Pearl disaster could be much more enduring.

Lasting toxic legacy of cargo ship disaster off Sri Lanka in 2021 uncovered by BBC & @watershed-i.bsky.social. Plastic pellets spilled in 2021 are now absorbing arsenic, lead, and cadmium—posing long-term risks to marine ecosystems & human health. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Also, a pack of Basset Hounds was out hunting hares under cover of North Dorset residents being glued to the box, yesterday evening.
That's incredibly early in "the season" for these imbeciles to be out and about.
If only North Dorset had a decent MP.
Unbelievable in 2025...
#banhunting #harehunting

Yesterday in Totnes, a beautiful demoiselle

This.

YouTube video by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Opening session - Zack Polanski, Green Party @ BDS 20 Conference, London 12/7/25

As a Jewish person, I know that never again means never again for everyone.

End the genocide.

My keynote speech to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Conference:

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Ragwort, a native wildflower, loved by some and hated by others It was mid-June before I noticed the ragwort.  I came across the plant growing in one of the old passageways, the narrow paths lined by old stone walls that criss-cross the older, southern par…

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ප්ලාස්ටික් කැබලි කෝටි ගණනක් ලංකාවේ මුහුදට හෙළු නෞකාව ගැන සැඟවුණු තොරතුරු සොයා ගිය හැටි | Saroj Pathirana ලංකාවේ මුහුදු තීරයේදී ගිණිබත් වුණ එක්ස්ප්‍රස් පර්ල් නෞකාවෙන් සමුද්‍ර ජීවීන්ට, පරිසරයට, ධීවරයින්ට සහ සමස්තයක් වශයෙන් සමාජයට වුණ හානිය කිසිම වන්දි මුදලකින් - කොයි තරම් විශාල වුණත් - ...

"The harm to marine life, the environment, fishermen, & society as a whole caused when the X-Press Pearl cargo ship burned off the coast of Sri Lanka cannot be measured by any amount of compensation" - writes Saroj Pathirana, @pulitzercenter.bsky.social journalist:

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Private Eye is at it again😊

‘It’s spectacular’: volunteer Dorset divers see summer of surging seahorses After efforts to make conditions better for the elusive creatures in Studland Bay, sightings are greatly increasing

Two decades of tireless work restoring habitat & creating eco-mooring sites (so boats' anchors don't tear seagrass out by the roots) by The Seahorse Trust & @noc.ac.uk, has paid off with a spectacular summer of seahorses off the Dorset coast this year 🌊

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A mother in a tent in Gaza clasping her starving child, who appears close to death.

“Just outside Gaza, tons of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items & fuel sit untouched with humanitarian organisations blocked from accessing or delivering them," write 109 aid agencies today.

Israel is committing Palestinian genocide and it is monstrous.

Credit: Anatolu/Getty Images

We spoke to @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social + Ahmed Tiamiyu for our podcast - they explained, as fossil fuel companies lose dominance of energy markets, they're ramping up plastic production to offset those loses:

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When politicians talk about "slashing the red tape" they're talking about stripping away the few protections we have against harm from hazardous chemicals.

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Those complicit in Israel's genocide will go to jail.

Stop being defeatist. Stop making the lack of justice a self-fulfilling prophecy.

This crime is too extreme, too depraved, too confessed to, too documented.

It may take years. But they will go to jail.

Today’s column from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social has rightly put a spotlight on HSE proposals that would deregulate UK chemical safety laws, weaken protections for our health & environment, and increase UK-EU divergence.
 
For further information and to access the public consultation: buff.ly/xh8XV5E

Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...

Trump’s heading to Scotland this weekend and wants the next Open at his Turnberry course. I just told The R&A: DO NOT give it to him :x: Will you join me too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

1. Researching this week’s column, I felt that I understood at last just why, on so many issues – benefits, Gaza, environmental and planning laws, anti-protest laws, bank deregulation, fiscal rules etc - Labour is out-Torying the Tories. Why it has become so cruel, so destructive and so spineless. 🧵

YouTube video by Dave Goulson No More Beewashing! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees.

No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree.
youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU

Next up, why more livestock farms and food animals means less wildlife by definition.
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A once-common and abundant plant of grasslands, Dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) needs help.

For #NationalMeadowsDay, I’ve put a guide together on the propagation, reintroduction and management of this functionally important & imperilled beastie: nwrpi.weebly.com/uploads/9/4/...