Urban ecologist (soil, green roofs, trees). Lecturer @PortsmouthGeog. Outdoor enthusiast @ULGMC. Mother to a comet girl.
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More nonsense from @simonjenkins4 . Evidence please for: (1) stamp duty putting elderly people off downsizing; (2) the UK using space in the least efficient way in Europe and (3) housing "causing" the UK to be the most nature depleted in Europe. 1/2
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2/2 There's some really good points in the article but, as usual, undermined by @simonjenkins4 propensity to extrapolate from single data points and generally make stuff up.
While people in Ukraine are being bombed and others in Europe can't afford to heat their homes, some sickos are making millions from the uncertainty in the market. #brokensystem
‘The profits of commodity traders like Trafigura look grotesque as bombs are falling and people freezing’. Yep, but they’re not only profiteering - they’re driving the volatility and price rises through speculation. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Sunak says he's "shocked" to read of Baroness Mone pocketing millions - hasn't he paid attention to rest of his party? Hancock's Covid contracts for his own family? Ex Health Minister Lord Bethell in cahoots with lobbyist Tory MP Owen Paterson? So much for Govt "integrity" #PMQs
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The idea of an ‘endangered identity’ was a major motif of the Nazi version of cultural criticism & political anthropology. ‘Remember who you are’ was a key formula of Nazi ideology which propagated a solution to that 'problem' of identity: ‘Race always tells us what we are.’
I LOVE SWIFTS!!!!
Sign the petition, life needs more swifts.
To remind you of who #TheFeatherSpeech is campaigning for🪶these are the faces we are trying to help. These birds successfully fledged so right now, should be in African skies. #EveryBirdCounts Sign and share⬇️ petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Vid: swift rehabber Zoe Crossley. (SOUND on)
I don't remember anything being as bad as it is now under Labour @RishiSunak
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All killer no filler from @nickhillman, nailing why yesterday’s ‘foreign student ban’ kite flying was mad as well as bad - but also where it likely came from and why (and what to do about it). A must read. timeshighereducation.com/blo… via @timeshighered
Anyone who's recoiling at China's new 26 storey pig farm but eats pork... Remember that 60% of UK pork comes from intensive pig farms. I've been to one and will never forget it, one of the most harrowing experiences of my life. It's a shame more of them aren't open to the public.
“On the southern outskirts of Ezhou, a city in central #China, a giant apartment-style building overlooks the main road. At 26 storeys it is by far the biggest single-building pig farm in the world, with a capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year.”theguardian.com/environment/…
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My charity has more businesses wanting to pay for trees than we could ever possibly plant, but we can’t get anyone to pay for hedgerows.
What’s the difference? It’s the same species as a woodland: oaks, holly, field maple, hawthorn, hazel, etc. they’re just in a straight line.
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Granite to plant ratio?
Reduce the hard space and invest in gardeners for fuck sake?
A rare trip to London for me today. I 😍 Patrick Blanc's living wall near Green Park. Lots of people are down on living walls... Sure, they take maintenance, energy and water but so do many other beautiful, inspiring things. It's not for every wall, diversity is surely the key.
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Tories and Labour both faffing about pretending #immigration lowers wages, ~that we can't have high wages without closed borders. Piffle. Low wages are a political choice. UK govt sets the minimum wage. UK govt depresses public sector pay. UK govt limits #TradeUnion action.
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💥New populations of rare beetle discovered on #Dartmoor💥
We're excited to share that two new populations of one of Britian’s rarest beetles have been discovered in #Devon.
Find out more 👇
buglife.org.uk/news/new-popu…
#Beetle #ConservationOptimism #Cornwall #NewDiscoveries – at South West, England
ALT Blue Ground Beetle (Carabus intricatus) ©️ Steven Falk
Energy is the currency of the future ( to quote @stephantietz). We're going to be France's poor neighbours.
France is not fucking around
New legislation demands all *existing* carparks with 80 or more spaces must install a solar roof (in 3-5 years)
This could generate up to 11 gigawatts, which is the equivalent of 10 nuclear reactors
electrek.co/2022/11/08/franc…
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It's interesting seeing people's reactions to protesters and activists recently, compared to views of the suffragettes for example. It's like they only like you if you win. Protesting is meant to be disruptive, instead of hating activists, hate the government who arent changing.