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Hazel Draper

@hazelwildcard.bsky.social

β€˜Hope is the thing with feathers’. πŸ•ŠClimate and Nature Activist, πŸ’š Wild Card co-founder at wildcard.land

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News site capture of the story with the headline Calderdale Community group on the final stretch of its race to buy the Bridestones. Images shows 5 members of the group standing on the moors

News site capture of the story with the headline Calderdale Community group on the final stretch of its race to buy the Bridestones. Images shows 5 members of the group standing on the moors

Bridestones Rewilded are buying an area of the Pennine moors in this fantastic community project

www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/ca...

24.09.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings! What would Jesus do if he owned 108,000 acres (over 60,000 football pitches) of land? Would he farm the vast majority for profit, or would he use some of it to restore forests, wetlands and meadows to...

This petition is so close to 105,000 - it would be great if it reached that figure before the new Archbishop is announced (probably next month) Please sign and share

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/he...

23.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Christian Climate Action has occupied @yorkminster.bsky.social to demand the CoE finds its radical roots & stands up for God's Creation: our planet Earth. 🌍 The Church must stand with the poor & disadvantaged against the fossil fuel industry and our complicit media & government.

13.09.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition to Bring Back Scotland's Inshore Limit Scotland's coastal seabed was off-limits to bottom-trawling until 1984. Ever since the limit was removed, the fish in our seas declined as seabed habitats were destroyed. Protecting our seabed will he...

Please sign this petition urging the Scottish Government to stop the chronic destruction of our seabed by urgently reinstating a coastal limit on bottom-trawling and scallop dredging.Β #InshoreLimit ourseasscotland.eaction.org.uk/bring-back-t...

13.09.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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An old rainforest oak like this, thick with epiphytes and ivy, is more than just a tree.

It's a mini ecosystem. 🌏

12.09.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 207    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Amazing news for wildlife! After raising funds within the community, Bridestones Rewilding Project have exchanged contracts allowing them to restore this peatland for nature and people. Check out their stunning video …

www.instagram.com/reel/DOTo3ci...

07.09.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A mossy tree trunk with dog vomit slime mold. This is a very bright yellow splodge halfway up the trunk

A mossy tree trunk with dog vomit slime mold. This is a very bright yellow splodge halfway up the trunk

Marble oak gall. 3 small brown balls (size of acorns but spherical) At the bottom of a green oak leaf

Marble oak gall. 3 small brown balls (size of acorns but spherical) At the bottom of a green oak leaf

Cherry oak galls on the base of oak leaves being held up to the camera by one of my neighbours

Cherry oak galls on the base of oak leaves being held up to the camera by one of my neighbours

Artichoke oak gall in the middle
Of a bunch of oak leaves.  It is brown and the same shape as an artichoke though just slightly larger than an acorn

Artichoke oak gall in the middle Of a bunch of oak leaves. It is brown and the same shape as an artichoke though just slightly larger than an acorn

A walk in the woods today with neighbours. We found loads of different types of oak galls as well as the beautifully named dog vomit slime mold.

07.09.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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End the Prosecution of Peaceful Protestors in the UK 700+ people have been arrested under terrorism laws in the UK- for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide whether to prosecute them. ...

700+ people have been arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action. It is a violation of the UK’s international obligations. Act now: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...

23.08.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Low-cost flights up to 26 times cheaper than trains - Greenpeace European Unit Brussels, 21 August 2025 – A new Europe-wide Greenpeace study shows that climate-damaging flying is still cheaper than taking the train on a majority of  cross-border routes – even though…

Across 142 routes in Europe, trains are on average twice as expensive as flights

On some routes, they are 26 times the price

Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees

Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters

21.08.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 526    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 19
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From clean air to pesticides: how UK has lagged behind EU on the environment Labour has continued to diverge from bloc’s laws, meaning most of UK’s protections are weaker than pre-Brexit

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

21.08.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature We think the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 threatens irreplaceable habitats, weakens environmental protections, and ignores pressures on public services. We urge the Government to withdraw it ...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

20.08.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My latest blog. This time about seagulls - you’ll never look at them in the same way again.

02.08.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bogs deserve better | Yorkshire Peat Partnership The language we use to discuss peatlands undermines and maligns them; they absolutely deserve more from us...

Heads up, peatniks, it's #BogDay! We hope you'll enjoy this blog post from @lyndonmarquis.bsky.social about why the #GreatNorthBog needs to be appreciated for more than just a list of ecosystem services: www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-...

27.07.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Agropastoral activities have impacted the habitable part of our planetβ€”the β€œCritical Zone”—for thousands of years (...)
They disrupted the balance between soil formation and erosion, leading to erosion rates 3 to 10 times faster than soil production since the end of the Ice Age."

22.07.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

We are just 155 away from 100,000. Please give sign if you would like to see our ancient woodlands restored

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

16.07.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to @wildcard.land for hosting our #Ghostwoods walk through #HardcastleCrags last Sunday; raising awareness about our #AncientWoodlands and how they might be restored in line with the gradual harvesting of non-native pinewood plantations, to restore the balance of indigenous flora and fauna

15.07.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘» 1 WEEK TO GO!πŸ‘»

Join Wild Card, XR Calderdale and GND Calderdale in Hardcastle Crags next Sunday for a day of citizen science, art and protest as part of our campaign to #RewildTheGhostWoods!

πŸ“Hardcastle Crags
πŸ“…Sunday 13th July
πŸ•‘1-4pm

Sign up: buff.ly/y8VrhGo

06.07.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Deep in balsam up a hill I’m smiling with a bunch of balsam in my hand

Deep in balsam up a hill I’m smiling with a bunch of balsam in my hand

5 people in an woodland cleaning standing behind 2 huge piles of balsam

5 people in an woodland cleaning standing behind 2 huge piles of balsam

Another pile of balsam laid down at the side of a path in a woodland clearing

Another pile of balsam laid down at the side of a path in a woodland clearing

A great 2 hour balsam bash this morning with the Friends of Colden Clough

06.07.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ask your MP to show their support for a people-first future for our water! We can make our water work for people - not shareholders - but water lobbyists are working hard to shut this solution down. Will you make sure your MP hears about it?

Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.

In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.

Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

05.07.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dame Judi Dench is an utter legend! Please help this petition to get loads of signatures

04.07.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really excited for this week of actions!

26.06.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to all our Calderdale #GreenNewDeal activists for showing up in #SowerbyBridge today, collecting signatures demanding Calderdale Council uses its powers to enforce the ecological quality of the #RiverCalder and its tributaries @vimtosocialist.bsky.social @calderdale.bsky.social

14.06.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Next week in Sowerby Bridge

07.06.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Ban wind farms on protected peat land in England In its recent consultation on new onshore wind planning regulations, the government asked if some habitats, such as those containing peat soils, need extra protection from renewable energy development...

Be one of the 19 signatures needed to get this petition past 10,000 and help to ensure irreplaceable blanket bog is kept safe from industrial development petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

24.05.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Wood avens - 2 yellow flowers are showing among the leaves

Wood avens - 2 yellow flowers are showing among the leaves

Wood Avenue closer image of one yellow flowers

Wood Avenue closer image of one yellow flowers

Wood Avens (Geum urbanum) in Calderdale #WildflowerHour

18.05.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m super excited for our new campaign! πŸŽ‰

15.05.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BanWindfarmsOnProtectedPeatland - Here is the @naturalengland.bsky.social Peat depth map for #WalshawMoor, intended site of 300MW #CalderdaleWindfarm, which has erased most of the blanket bog from their habitats map and produced a poor quality interpolated peat depth map of their own

12.05.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Calling all scientists, science postgrads & anyone who’s ever worked in a scientific discipline!

Can you spare even just half an hour next Tues 12pm to join me, Chris Packham & 100+ scientists to urge for government policy to be informed by science?

Let’s fill Parliament Square with scientists! πŸ’ͺ

07.05.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8
Ladybird book image retro style of a boy and girl picking bluebells. Text reads Peter and Jane carefully removed the Invasive Spanish bluebells

Ladybird book image retro style of a boy and girl picking bluebells. Text reads Peter and Jane carefully removed the Invasive Spanish bluebells

Saw this ladybird picture and felt it needed a tagline for these times.

Don’t pick bluebells kids! (Unless they’re the invasive ones)

01.05.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A seedling of an oak with a couple of bluebells behind

A seedling of an oak with a couple of bluebells behind

Planted by a Jay?

The ancient woodland slowly reclaiming a field once used for grazing.

#naturalregeneration #rewilding

30.04.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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