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Spent an evening at #WharfedaleHospital and parked under their magnificent solar car park array. They were one of the first #NHS Trusts get a solar array in their car park. Every NHS Trust needs this for a #GreenerNHS

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Art by Jean Lloyd

Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...

Please sign today. We need to stop the Badger cull now

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Explanation of the UK’s greenfly population explosion at the moment. There are SOOOO many

Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...

Please sign today. We need to stop the Badger cull now

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Some good news. Air pollution is a leading cause of illness, death, and poor quality of life, plus bikes and parks are awesome. wapo.st/42LaIRA

Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...

Please sign to stop the #BadgerCull. 100,000 signatures needed

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Orchards for health - how to plant an orchard and engage staff and patient communities  - NHS Forest Orchards are invaluable community spaces. They can enhance general health and wellbeing or be used for nature-based therapy.

Orchards provide immense social and environmental value to hospitals and healthcares sites. We have a seasonal calendar for orchards, which includes cultural events and ideas to engage both staff and patients.
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Last orchard planting of the season with a new orchard installed at our Yorkshire Ambulance Rotherham ambulance station with a good glug of water. Nine new fruit trees in with quince, greengages, apples, pears and damsons. Thanks @NHSForest.bsky.social for greening the ambulance service.

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

#ReportClimateCrisis

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Vertical farming: a local solution for greens, but not feeding the world any time soon While it has lots of benefits, the economics just don't work.

#ReportClimateCrisis
Realities of vertical farming
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Fabulous afternoon learning the skills of grafting new fruit trees with @fruitworkscoop.bsky.social supported by @yas_charity

Planting fruit trees today with thanks to @nhsforest.bsky.social

Five new fruit trees planted in this bare patch with a new hedgerow behind it to helpfully support a wide range of species as well as provide fruit for our #LeedsAmbulance Station
Thanks
@nhsforest.bsky.social

Inside Health - PPE waste and blood test tube shortage - BBC Sounds How the NHS is going green to reduce its PPE waste.

Linking tothe Radio 4 podcast from 4 yearsago

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Over 180 trees planted today at our Yorkshire Ambulance #Hoyland ambulance station. Thanks to NHSForest for what will be stunning wildlife hedgerow

I have planted 5 this year!
It is very satisfying that we are planting for the future food production

Going the extra distance: How Pinderfields Hospital Created England's Longest NHS Hedgerow - NHS Forest In an inspiring move towards greater sustainability and nature recovery, Pinderfields Hospital in West Yorkshire completed a massive tree-planting project

Fabulous NHS colleagues at #Pinderfield Hospital have put in the longest hedgerow in the NHS. Great to see how we can make a #GreenerNHS

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“Astonishing and, frankly terrifying” - hottest Jan on record shocks scientist as emerging La Niña fails to dampen record temperature on.ft.com/3WQI51X with @janatausch.bsky.social

Successful morning planting a new #orchard at our @YorksAmbulance site
@NHSForest
10 new apple, plum, quince and pear trees in.

Making pollutants great again: Trump says he’s bringing back plastic straws in new executive order — The Independent The Biden administration had moved to remove harmful single-use plastics from federal operations

Pollute baby pollute

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Great to see my ambulance service colleague
@ChrisAmbulance
in the top 100 and work he is doing to drive green vehicles forward is amazing!

GreenFleet 100 - Most influential decision makers in environment fleet management gf100.greenfleet.net/chris-ruther...
#GF100 #MostInfluential #IloveJC

Wow that is an extreme headline!

#ReportClimateCrisis

How the world has responded to Trump’s Paris climate agreement withdrawal - The Guardian

Love these Leeds Lads... hitting the nail on the head as always!

Everything we are doing in education to tackle climate change Our Climate and Sustainability Strategy is preparing schools for the climate issues we face, encouraging positive environmental behaviours and creating a better environment for children’s futures.   W...

What the British #education system is doing to educate the next generation on #climatechange

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The Best Sea Glass Beaches in the UK From personal experiences to expert tips, this guide will help you find the best spots to uncover sea glass treasures.

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We went #SeaGlass hunting at Seaham, near Durham, UK this weekend
Thousand of tonnes of glass were dumped on the shore 170 years ago and continued with colliery waste until 1993…. Our oceans are not a rubbish dump

This sea glass is still washing up on the shore, 170 years later