Ocean with David Attenborough review: Age has done little to quell the naturalistβs intellectual curiosity and childlike wonder β The Irish Times
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environmentalist Bach devotee trustee of Charleston resident of Lewes
Ocean with David Attenborough review: Age has done little to quell the naturalistβs intellectual curiosity and childlike wonder β The Irish Times
09.05.2025 14:52 β π 54 π 6 π¬ 2 π 0Today, the @ec.europa.eu is hosting an event on EU farming
Yet, food systems are not part of the discussion
We risk making our policies narrow & unable to ensure decent livelihoods for ALL farmers & affordable, healthy diets 4 people on a thriving π
The EU must #ThinkFoodSystems!
#EUAgriVision
If you'd like to stay informed about EU Food Policy Coalition participants' activities around food, farming, fisheries & aquaculture policy issues ... we've got you covered!
A must-follow #starterpack π€π
(and please shout in case we forgot someone...π€)
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#FoodSystems
If you can pull off a 'WalkΓΌre', there's no greater experience in the opera house. And between them director Barrie Kosky, conductor Antonio Pappano, singing actors and orchestra absolutely did. theartsdesk.com/opera/die-wa...
02.05.2025 10:23 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0"Humble Francis: A memory of transcendent humanity in Rome"
Others, more knowledgeable than me, will write memorials today. I want to share a single detail from one day in Rome, in January 2018.
snyder.substack.com/p/humble-fra...
What will an emboldened Netanyahu do next?
https://www.ft.com/content/f7f43ca2-f3f2-4159-bf64-b49f64eb8199
Listen to @worldresources.bsky.social's Ke Wang on @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social's Circular Economy Show. Learn:
β‘ Why the circular economy is important in the energy transition
β‘ How this is fundamentally driven by economics and competitiveness
www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/podcasts/ep-...
New @wriclimate.bsky.social research finds that human behavior change can meaningfully cut #greenhousegas emissions and fight #climatechange β but without policy & industry support, only a small fraction of this is possible in practice.
Read more: go.wri.org/climate-impact-bl
βοΈParts of India are facing temperatures up to 40Β°C (104Β°F) this week, with early-season heatwaves becoming more frequent and intense.
β¨οΈBut some solutions can help cool cities down, even as temperatures climb. Learn about the ways cities can get coolerπ go.wri.org/cool-cities-bl
πA draft deal was struck through the International Maritime Organization, requiring ships to pay a fee based on their fuel mix carbon intensity.
βπWhile a step forward, the deal falls short of the ambition the climate crisis demands, says WRI Ocean's @tomolamola.bsky.social: bit.ly/4ihtTa6
βAt 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to. That means no more mortgages or new real estate devt, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function and capitalism ceases to be viable.β
04.04.2025 07:01 β π 1182 π 514 π¬ 39 π 64Incredibly beautiful. And yet never nostalgic or sentimental.
Perfect book to read on a long Easter weekend.
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social
found it
sabeel.org/category/lat...
will donate
@willdalrymple.bsky.social william
am rereading your wonderful book
does Sabeel the charity still exist?
3/3 To conclude our series on Ireland & Empire, Anita and William are joined by the brilliant @fotoole.bsky.social , author of We Donβt Know Ourselves, to reflect on how Irish society has transformed since the 1950s, and how the countryβs colonial past informs its future. @empirepoduk.bsky.social
16.04.2025 07:01 β π 53 π 12 π¬ 4 π 0This is Europe's fault
15.04.2025 14:35 β π 360 π 62 π¬ 16 π 4super novel
14.04.2025 21:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The presidentβs economically ruinous trade war will also be a disaster for Americaβs role in the fight against climate change. I wrote about it for @nytopinion.nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
14.04.2025 13:44 β π 58 π 15 π¬ 0 π 2holiday reading
14.04.2025 16:38 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Image of the cover of "Golden Hill" by Francis Spufford. Shows parts of pictures of C18 boats off Manhattan island, a painting of a social scene and a map of old New York.
I just read "Golden Hill" by Francis Spufford. What a glorious, engrossing, hilarious (when it wants to be) novel.
06.10.2024 13:24 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Praise in The Guardian from Francis Spufford for John Crowley, Ursula K Le Guin and Katherine Addisonβs βThe Goblin Emperorβ. Makes me want to read everything on his list.
30.12.2023 10:29 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Todayβs episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
@jonathanhaidt.bsky.social discusses the parents revolution on smartphones that his book βThe Anxious Generationβ has started.
open.spotify.com/episode/1hKD...
youtu.be/RN2GhPal4qA?...
Can't believe I listened to Nobel prize winning economist specialising in trade on a Saturday night!
#TrumpTariffs
But recommend for those still imagining/hoping there is some 'masterplan or deeper strategy'
- there's just "layers and layers of wrongness"
"Never been anything like this craziness"π§
For Abdulsalam, a boy caught up in the Darfur genocide, βthe world unravelled in a day.β @imaanirfan.bsky.social speaks to survivors of the 2003 Darfur genocide.
www.prospectmagazine...
Cornwall
13.04.2025 21:13 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As many people made their way to prayer on Palm Sunday, Russia launched rockets at #Sumy. It shows once again: Putin underscores with blood that he seeks not peace but destruction. In the heart of Europe, he continues to bomb civilians. We stand firmly with #Ukraine. @abaerbock.diplo.de
13.04.2025 13:49 β π 199 π 61 π¬ 2 π 2"In the United States alone, climate change is expected to wipe away $1.47 trillion in value from real estate."
Between his tariffs and anti-climate policies, Trump is a one-man wrecking ball to our economy.
My Matthew Passion notes (in 3 parts) are here; a joy to write. WHAT A PIECE, I'll never tire of it. That halo of strings every time Christ sings β and the way it's absent when he asks why God has forsaken him, accentuating the sense of loss. Incredible. Go on, have a read issuu.com/orchestraenl...
28.03.2025 17:06 β π 18 π 4 π¬ 2 π 1Marvellous St Matthew Passion from the OAE at the Royal Festival Hall tonight. Particularly enjoyed the rapport between director Jonathan Cohen and Evangelist Nick Pritchard β who was so assured it was like watching a top athlete acing an assault course without breaking a sweat.
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