Sarah Finch

Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!   Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where oncestock car and speedway bikes lined up to cross the finish...

Save Arena Essex! Tell Google to search elsewhere.

The former Arena Essex Raceway is now a wonderful wildlife site. Google wants to build a data campus there. Please sign this petition asking Google to withdraw and Thurrock Council to refuse the plans.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Well deserved! It's a great read.

Recommended tea break read! @edfinch.bsky.social's blog on his fundraising swims for Palestine. Descriptions of 19 (so far) wild swimming spots in Devon, and thoughts provoked thereby. Guest appearances by me.
#wildswimming #Devon #salmon #nature #Palestine

The old version is still showing on the justgiving page. I am looking forward to reading your account of the five swims we shared (or more truthfully four)

Morris dancers on the street in Sidmouth. One has a print of a salmon pinned to their back. Posters behind them read: Mayday!, Protest is not Terrorism, and Folk is Political.

Close-up of a screenprint of a Salmon on a Morris Dancer's back

Great to see the wonderful Mayday Morris at @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social. Protest is not Terrorism! Folk is Political!

Proud to see our salmon icon on a dancer's back. Our Salmon Run event combining arts, running, and care for nature is on 21 Sept. Find out more: tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...

A man and woman in swim gear stand on a beach in a rocky cove. They are smiling for the camera.

Like almost everyone else, I have been feeling appalled, angry and helpless about the horrific news from Gaza. On Friday I joined my brother on a swim challenge to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. I wrote about it here.
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Brilliant news! Well done everybody involved.

Today I'm accompanying my bro @edfinch.bsky.social on his swim challenge for Medical Aid for Palestine. We're aiming for five swims today.

A great thread on the Atlantic Salmon from @rewildingbritain.org.uk

In the Exe, salmon are barely surviving. Join the Salmon Run on 20 Sept to raise awareness and help turn this round!

It's a festival & run between Exmouth & Exmoor tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...

Please share with runners you know!

Hello!

That's brilliant Penny!

A painting of a bison by a prehistoric painter in the cave at Altamira, Spain

Reading it in the Picos de Europa made it extra resonant.

Despite millennia of human occupation, nature is less trashed here than in the UK. It adds a frisson to a forest hike to know there are bears and wolves nearby, even if there's next to no chance of meeting them.

A copy of the book Nature's Ghosts by Sophie Yeo held up in front of a mountain

Recommended summer read! Nature's Ghosts by @sophieyeo.bsky.social

Thoughtful book which asks if it's possible to bring back past ecosystems (no…) and how we can learn from the past to support wilder places in the future.

Packed with research but with a gentle tone that makes it a joy to read.

My favourite event of the year! Details at: tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...

BREAKING 🚨: We've just dropped a massive banner off Westminster Bridge to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank

It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀

Dartmoor is my local wild place. I love it's drama and beauty. But large areas are effectively becoming desert, mostly due to overgrazing. 💔

Great article with thoughts from @tonydartmoor.bsky.social and @guyshrubsole.bsky.social

Good luck @wildjustice.bsky.social with your legal case on thanks.

Phew... another scorcher. As the heat ramps up we think about how challenging shadeless rivers and low river flows are for Exe Salmon. Find out how you can help these amazing creatures through the Salmon Run: our latest newsletter is here: mailchi.mp/1b37aba495bb...

Shame on @thetimes.com! Will they print a correction? Thank you Emma for your important work.

Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it.

On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government:

✅ Tax the super-rich
✅ Protect workers, not billionaires
✅ Make polluters pay

Spread the word today!

Let's set a date! We are off on holiday today, back 12 july

Well you are truly welcome to come and stay. We could take in one of the several local park runs and take @edfinch.bsky.social out for a beer.

Come to Exeter and see us both - and Ed for good measure!

Yes!

Thanks Emma!

The woman who bested Big Oil Sarah Finch's victory in the Supreme Court last summer sunk billions of pounds worth of oil and gas projects.

Another profile of me, in the @newstatesman.com this time. Much more of this and my "quintessential modesty" could be undermined.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...

Thank you Sharon!

The Supreme Court's judgment held aloft in front of crowds at the Supreme Court.

💥 That’s a game-changer for every community resisting dirty energy.

This wasn’t just a courtroom win. It was the result of relentless grassroots organising, years of resistance, and the strength of communities who refused to back down.

I wanted to name-drop that I worked with Sheila McKechnie! Which is true, but I was very junior at the time and didn't really know her at all.

A friend of the Earth: how I stopped Surrey becoming the ... As campaigners across the country are celebrated in the Sheila McKechnie Foundation awards, this year’s campaigner of the year, Sarah Finch, tells how sh...

And I was given the Campaigner of the Year Award by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation, which means a lot. All the Awardees were so impressive and inspiring, and of course the tip of the iceberg of the campaigning community. What exalted company to be in!
#SMKAwards2025
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To round off an amazing year, yesterday the government issued new advice on assessment of climate impacts of new oil and gas, which I cautiously hope will make it a lot less likely that new fields like Rosebank will be approved
@stopcambo.bsky.social
www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/2025/06/new-...