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Please plant a hawthorn! These native trees are wonderful for wildlife, supporting a wide range of species – including more than 300 insect species. The blossoms, berries and leaves are a good source of food for all sorts of creatures. More native trees: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/nat...

Ever heard someone say "protest doesn't change anything"? Brazil and Serbia just proved them wrong. 🇧🇷🇷🇸

The REWILDING movement!!

Longyearbyen is warming at between 5 & 7 times the world’s average rate We're getting a glimpse of the chaos to come if the world does not act now on climate change share.google/Fxd4dhTvAVlD...

Your voices have been heard! After the massive fire at Dunwich Heath in July, 140,000 people signed our petition calling on Government to make climate resilience a national mission and restore nature to help curb wildfires.

Only 3% of our wildflower meadows are left. Please share this post if you agree we should give pollinating insects a fighting chance by growing wildflowers in our gardens, communities, towns and countryside, and by avoiding pesticides and weedkillers 🐝

The chance to keep global warming below 1.5°C with no overshoot is gone. But urgent action can still limit the overshoot and bring warming back to 1.5°C by 2100. Current policies, however, put the 🌎 on course for up to 2.8°C this century. New #EmissionsGap Report: https://ow.ly/SNHX50ZZz8l

We don't do shout-outs, as the term makes me feel ill, so a cheery "well done everybody" to all these folks who have planted wildflowers for the project in past couple of weeks. Special thanks to local #YHA staff for their regular visits. (1/2)

Great news for nature! 🎉 Today’s announcements by the Prime Minister at the first Wildfire Resilience Summit announcing £25m for peatland restoration is a positive step forward. This investment will mean that the critical & vital work restoring these natural landscapes can continue.

Around 1.7m pieces of plastic are binned in the UK every week. There are lots of eco-friendly soap bars that contain only natural ingredients, and many are plastic-free - so choosing bars instead of liquid handwash is one way to reduce plastic pollution. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/Natu...

If anyone is interested and wants to help protect Britain's remaining countryside, The Wildlife Trusts campaign to acquire the Rothbury estate in Northumberland is still ongoing. More details here: www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth... #conservation #wildlife #fundraising

Victory for Lula, who has already reduced Amazon deforestation by 70% since 2022, means there is now a chance of ending deforestation of the rainforest entirely I’m weeping with joy for Brazil, for the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and for life on Earth 🇧🇷🌳🌎 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Ever see these species? We’re looking for volunteers for the Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey this winter. Sign up➡️ www.bto.org/webs-news All you need to do is walk your chosen survey sector along the coastline once between 1 December & 31 January & count the birds you see. #UKBirding

The planet doesn't need more data centres. It needs more forests, clean air and a future.

Fruit trees benefit all sorts of wildlife, including bees, bats and birds. But around two thirds of UK orchards have been lost since 1960. Planting an apple tree in your garden or community can really help to boost biodiversity. A guide to what to grow: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cho...

Final week to help secure the huge Rothbury Estate for the future, for #NatureRecovery, wildlife, heritage & public benefit. To stop parts being broken up & sold off. Well over £28million donated so far, very close to @northwildlife.bsky.social‘s goal. ➡️ www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

Loathe it

Imagine the Scotland we could leave for future generations. 🌿 #Forests flourishing. #Wildlife returning. Landscapes full of life. A gift in your #Will could help make this vision a reality. Find out more 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/support/supp...

Please don't leave Halloween pumpkins to rot in your garden, or dump them in the countryside. Eating mouldy pumpkins can make hedgehogs, birds and other animals poorly. Instead, dispose of pumpkins in a covered compost bin or council food waste bin. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...

This 👇 So important.

Cardiff's climate-wrecking data centre would have little chance of going ahead if it was not supported by the local MP, Jo Stevens @jostevenslabour.bsky.social, who has thus far declined to take my calls or respond to my emails.

Fantastic news for rare wildlife, including the Small Blue and Northern Brown Argus! 🦋 Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the years in helping to protect this special place. We would also like to thank those who have provided their expert advice, which has been crucial to the outcome.

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Traditional plastic tape (eg Sellotape) isn't recyclable – and if you put tape-covered wrapping paper in the recycling bin, it can contaminate the paper recycling. Using recyclable paper tape like this is one solution! More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc...

Owning woodland means you regularly see bits of deflated balloon and shreds of lantern tangled in branches and undergrowth. The worst are the plastic foil ones which last indefinitely.

Keeping an area of grass unmown throughout autumn and winter can really benefit wildlife. Long grass offers protection to all sorts of small creatures - from beetles & bumblebees to frogs & toads 🐸 🐝 🐞 #gardening #biodiversity #rewilding

Balloon releasers seem to think they never come down. In the Fens we often see them in drainage dykes like this one. Not a diy recovery: banks are 3m tall and a slip means you're in +2m of water. The drainage board had to send a team to remove it as it was big enough to block a sluice or culvert.

Currently wondering what message the UK govt thought it was sending by dressing up the Minister for Net Zero in a literal Shell logo.

I signed a petition to ban them. The government replied that there aren't enough incidents of damage to justify that. It is still littering! I could drop a piece of paper or plastic on the street and I can be fined. Yet I could let go of a lantern or balloon deliberately and that's ok. Madness.

Balloon and lantern releases create litter and #plasticpollution in landscapes and seas that can harm the environment, wildlife and livestock. Celebrate special occasions and loved ones by planting trees, wildflowers, or bee and butterfly gardens instead! Pic via Keep Britain Tidy

Jackdaw won’t make a jot of difference to our energy bills, but it will fuel the climate chaos already unfurling in front of us. The route to lower bills and true energy security lies in the UK’s vast capacity for cheap, homegrown renewable power and home insulation programmes.👇 tinyurl.com/2td9ft2z

Nature bounces back: 5,000 butterflies appear at chalk grassland restoration project at Halnaker Hill in Sussex, two years after its reversion from arable land I’ll be talking lots about chalk grassland restoration in my next book THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dear Google, WTAF? "the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with machinery trail marks....brown water flowing off the site into a stream" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For a better world. 🌍 #savetheplanet #savetheearth

Fake cobwebs like these may look spooky – but what's really scary about them is that they can trap & injure wildlife, including birds, insects & small mammals. And fake webs aren't recyclable – so will end up in landfill for many years. More: www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i... #halloween

Across the Peak District, habitats are being lost, leaving wildlife with fewer places to breed and shelter. We need to raise £100k by 31 Oct to restore the #WildPeak 🧩 Donate: https://www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/wild-peak?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wildpeak&utm_source=bluesky

Forests stabilize climate better than ANY tech we've invented. And protecting an existing forest stores 8-12x more carbon than planting a new one. We don't need to invent the future. We need to protect it. 🌲

World headed for warming of 2.8C, UN reports, based on present government policies… with the US standing out among developed economies with sharply higher energy-related emissions. #climate www.ft.com/content/76bf...

Please help bees, butterflies and birds by reducing the mowing next year! By leaving a patch of grass in your garden to flower you'll be helping wildlife while reducing effort, cost and carbon emissions. Cartoon courtesy of the wonderful @sepponet.bsky.social #Nature #ClimateAction⁠ ⁠#biodiversity

Here's Sir David Attenborough on why this huge, heart-shaped piece of the UK in Northumberland is so important. A chance like this to save massive space for nature won't come again. £11,000 donated yesterday, £1.37m still to go by the end of the month - the time is now! 💚 #conservation #ukwildlife

Restoring UK orchards is vital! While community action like garden planting helps, reversing 60 years of habitat loss requires public investment. We need policy supporting sustainable agriculture, protected green spaces, and community land access—putting ecological health over developer profits.

And you get apples 🍎 🙂

A huge thank you to the 28,000 people who stood up for this natural treasure and demanded that it be protected. Other vital and priceless landscapes like Coul Links deserve the same. So tap the link to find out more about how you can take action 💚 brnw.ch/21x6zFO

Please say no to plastic grass. This ugly stuff removes food & shelter for wildlife including bees, butterflies and birds; has a high carbon footprint; sheds micro-plastics which wash into our rivers and seas. Create a wildlife-friendly space instead. More littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/gra... 🐝

At #Dundreggan, our team have been out on the hill with volunteers to check on the progress of young #trees. 🙌 We’re transforming open hillsides into nature-rich #woodlands where wildlife can thrive. Find out more about our #rewilding estate 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/dundreggan/

World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says UNEP report says window has closed on holding temperate rises to 1.5C, but swift cuts would enable overshoot to be limited Meanwhile, UK government approves a new gas field… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

In the UK alone, around 300,000 tonnes of used clothes are binned each year. To help reduce this waste: 🧵 Avoid fast fashion 🧵 Use what you have 🧵 Buy second hand 🧵 Learn how to mend More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/six...