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For the sake of humanity and the living world let’s hope Miatta Fahnbulleh can stand up to the Chancellor and PM and sat no to Rosebank. #stoprosebank www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beautiful surf and light today. #writingwalks #autumn

Incredible scenes from Brazil after Brazilians saved their democracy.

Today’s news about President Lula being reelected and the student uprising in Serbia makes me think my new novel about the transformation of society might not be so far fetched after all… #lifeimitatesart #solarpunk #democracy #hope #booksky #fiction

UPDATED – Analysis: Lula presidency saved at least 20,000km2 of Brazilian Amazon since 2022 ✍️ By @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social 💬 With comments from @claudioangelo.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/QqRBFfy

Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

Amazing! “This is a huge victory for the Brazilian people who in the second round had the chance to think about what President Lula means for the environment, for the defence of our national health service and our education system and for the Brazilian constitution.”

The garden got a bit battered by the storm but the purple loosestrife and amalanchier are still looking beautiful. 🍂 #autumn #wildgardening #ponds

Wrote the story. The story is out. Shoutout to the fearless residents along the river's edge who reported the problem, went looking through toxic fumes, and who won't shut up until there is real accountability for what happened. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Shocking. 😳 #Google fell 250,000 trees for a data centre. Around quarter of a million trees occupied the 815 acres of forest in northern Finland. Now they are gone. Google illegally stripped the area – taking even the top soil with it – and all that remains is a vast expanse of mud. #ecocide

A tenacious Clouded Yellow clinging onto the Valerian on a windy Worthing beach. #butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Pleased what #WestSussex libraries will continue to loan Sally Rooney’s books. I asked what would happen about the Public Lending Right and if the author still be paid and the librarian said she thought the library would issue a statement at some point. #sallyrooney #booksky @ravenbooks.bsky.social

Couldn’t make it to London for the protest against the stupid & dangerous decision to approve the #Jackdaw gas field, so here’s mine from Worthing. The government clearly still doesn’t understand the dangers of the #climateemergency and/or is in the pockets of fossil fuel companies and lobbyists.

There is already more than enough fossil fuel being extracted to cover demand while we switch to alternatives. We should be accelerating the switch, not adding to the problem. And there is so much more the government could do, right now.

Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.

"This decision will support the country’s energy security with homegrown gas this winter and help minimise the UK’s use of imported higher emission fuels as we continue our transition to renewables and nuclear." The minister is knowingly spouting utter bullshit, this decision is insane

Depressing news 😢 Tessa Khan, the executive director of Uplift, said: “Jackdaw will provide around just 2% of our gas demand for roughly 10 years. It has been oversold and won’t stop the overall decline in North Sea jobs, as it will be largely unmanned and operated remotely.” #climatecrisis

Among Keir Starmer's worst deeds were his legislative and rhetorical attacks on nature protection. In those two wasted years, we spiralled backwards, even from the Tory legacy. At this week's biodiversity summit, the Burnham govt should pledge to turn that round. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brilliant! A life-sized statue of Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, was unveiled and promptly began melting in a symbolic protest at his rejection of action on the climate crisis. The silvery statue melted away to show a skull under DeSantis’s face. #climatecrisis #artivism #protestart #Florida

When I’m feeling overwhelmed by news of authoritarian crackdowns and climate and nature crises, it helps to walk where I can see the sea and sky. Very lucky to have this at the end of my road. #clouds #beachwalks #writerswalks

Governments look almost certain to miss nearly all of the targets – potentially continuing the record of never having met a single UN target on nature since the biodiversity convention was created in 1992. UK is on track to meet just 3 of the 23 targets by the end of the decade. #biodiversityloss

Fifteen Brent Geese on the sea in West Worthing this morning. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #geese

Beautiful sunset in Worthing this evening.

Bootsy says Happy #Caturday ! #writerscats 🐾

Martin Abram's speech to full council last night about his experiences as a Jewish man facing antisemitism, the dangers of turning antisemitism into a political football, and our drive to make Lambeth a borough of sanctuary and solidarity for all – no hatred used to divide us!

Most interviews about fascism don’t end with me almost crying about the wonders of Pacific wild salmon, but somehow this one did. One of the best conversations I’ve had on tour so far. Thank you Oli Dugmore and The Exchange. @newstatesman1913.bsky.social youtu.be/JdfMaPrMBW4

Still seeing some lovely Clouded Yellows around. This one on the wildflowers on Worthing beach. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #butterflies

Well at least you can still borrow #SallyRooney books from the library even if you can no longer buy them in the UK….. #booksky #fiction

Greenham Common, 1980s UK, 1st peace camp, women-only, active for 19 yrs protesting nuclear weapons. Embrace the Base event-30,000 women held hands around the US airbase fence housing Cruise Missiles, a 14-mile human chain #WomensArt

Sally Rooney has said she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale in the UK because of her support for the banned organisation Palestine Action. The Irish novelist said her public support for the direct action group meant she could no longer receive royalties from UK sales.

The autumn blooms of common ivy, rich in pollen and nectar, are the most visited by insects. The next most popular are hogweed and bramble flowers, followed by non-native buddleia, which attracts four times as many butterflies and moths as other high-scoring flowers. #pollinators #butterflies

Terrible news 😢 Wild bird populations in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since records began, with nearly half of species in decline. Farmland bird populations have decreased by 63% since 1970. The decline is due to changes in farming, increased pesticide use, & the removal of hedgerows.

Usually I have an idea about how I want the novel I’m writing to end, but with this one I’ve wrestled with it for several weeks, then this morning it kind of wrote itself. I love the magic of the creative process! (Which is also why I’ll never use AI) #endings #fiction #booksky

“People come and walk here and it looks just like mud, at a distance. And then you get closer in and see.” Set up by the environmental charity Thames21, volunteers are recruited to help map out the amount of wipes that are flushed down the toilet and washed up along the river. #plasticpollution

Happy #indigenouspeoplesday in the US. And to Indigenous people all around the world whose ancient cultures so connected to the Earth help to protect nature and humanity.

#FindingBritain’sSlaveTraders is brilliant & disturbing. Essential information about the role Britain played in the transatlantic slave trade. Don’t know how David Olusoga manages to present the horrific facts so clearly. (Liverpool Town Hall need to remove some of their paintings from display)

Heat pumps ARE defence. We are fighting a war against fossil-fuel backed petrostates whose Achilles heel is our energy independence. Our weapons are as much heatpumps, EVs, grid upgrades, batteries, solar, wind as munitions. (I made this argument last week, speaking at @friendsofeurope.bsky.social)

Beautiful walk on #CissburyRing My favourite oak at the top is just starting to turn. Saw a young girl holding the trunk of another oak saying, ‘I love my tree.’ #lovetrees 🌳🌳🌳 @southdownsnp.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

The wonderful @sussexwildlife.bsky.social need to raise funds to help protect marine life along the coast. Please donate if you can. 🦀🦑🐬🪼🐟 #protectouroceans @sussexkelp.bsky.social www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/suss...

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Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. Let us seek to end this inhumane and immoral practice around the world, especially here in America. It is so deplorable that in the 21st century this is going on in a modern democracy.

Happy #bookshopday ! Images from the lovely #TheSussexBookshop in Chichester who feature local authors and looking forward to the opening of #Worthing independent #TillysBookshop on Oct 24th. Please always buy from independent bookshops or borrow from libraries if you can. #booksky

Amazing! Dr Frauke Fleischer-Dogley, the CEO of SIF, said: “More than 180,000 giant tortoises roaming freely on our atoll is proof of what long-term commitment to conservation can achieve. This is wonderful news for Seychelles, for the world, and for everyone who has worked to protect Aldabra.”

I love the persistence of these Common Darters, still around despite it being nearly mid-October #dragonflies

Report on impact of #PeoplesEmergencyBriefing film. Of 13,000 people surveyed, 87% said watching the film made them more motivated to act. 89% of people said the government should respond to the crisis with emergency-level mobilisation, similar to Covid-19 pandemic or WW2. @nebriefing.bsky.social

The beautiful Greater Knapweed flower in the treepit of the new tree in our street has been poisoned by West Sussex CC, who continue to spray glyphosate on #Worthing pavements. 😢 #pavementplants #wildflowers #banurbanglyphosate @lgspace.bsky.social

What an amazing tree! The wych elm tree, located in Newcastle, County Down, owes its name to its near horizontal trunk, which has grown sideways owing to the strong seaside winds coming off the Irish Sea. #uktreeoftheyear www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Really enjoying #Ancient by Luke Barley. Beautifully written and fascinating. For anyone who loves trees (and that’s surely everyone?) 🌳🌳🌳 #booksky #naturewriting @wainwrightprize.bsky.social

Massive news - the world's largest deforestation project seems to have been halted by coordinated global campaigning The government of Indonesia planned to clear 4 million ha of rainforest on New Guinea, but will now refocus its farming and biofuel expansion on degraded lands instead