Mark Wildman

What follows if we imagine rivers as having lives, deaths––& even rights? I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has. It’s from Is A River Alive? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."

That's 95k! We're 95% of the way to 100,000 signatures on our petition, which means we get a ban on driven grouse shooting debated in parliament. Only 5k to go! Please share & sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

correct, these are the best flowers. (especially thrift!) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Harbour Energy made £4.9 BILLION in 2024 drilling for oil and gas . These companies and their execs are quite literally killing life on earth . Sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships now govpetition.uk/700024 – 60K by midnight ? C'mon !

I scroll through Bluesky and am disappointed by the lack of coherence and spirit. Threads is still so much better IMO.

One for @gnashette.bsky.social

Our new soap has arrived! From plant to bar with the help of a local soap maker.@_goly.natural Using the Attar Of Roses scented pelargonium leaves it smells like Turkish Delight. Thank you to year 6 for harvesting the leaves! #Gardening #School

I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I? Like if you do RT if you really do

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@gardenshour.bsky.social Good evening! Thank you so much for sharing our move.🥰 #GardensHour

Here’s an article I wrote on the Behaviour Hub scheme and why Labour should keep this approach… schoolsweek.co.uk/five-lessons...

Anyone out there walked the Great Chalk Way? #longdistancewalk

They don’t care about you .

Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires. Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽

Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

It might be expected, but is it enough? The risk of tracking towards expected standards. www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/12/13/i...

The Eco Jurisprudence monitor is a fascinating & hopeful resource: an interactive database of Earth-centred legal initiatives (eg river-rights) as their number & consequences grow & grow. Cartography as imagining otherwise; a glimpse of a geography of hope. Here: ecojurisprudence.org/dashboard/?m...

Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it! After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻

Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher's personality and desire for autonomy; let's celebrate that. @walkthrus.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2024/01/07/e...

It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...

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Good news. It's a great shame and indeed it makes no sense that local authorities are not generously funded. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I think Wikipedia is a valuable teaching resource and I urge all teachers to donate at least once a year. Far better than Twinkl

You should donate to Wikipedia. It may eventually be the only way news gets out. https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-takes-aim-wikipedia-fund-raising-editing-political-woke-2005742

There is so much that needs fixing. One place is csll out parents who fabricate conditions in their children. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

They are laughing at us. Yorkshire Water CEO defends plans to increase bills by 41% after collecting £371,000 bonus. Bonus for what - dumping sewage, paying dividends, increasing debt, financial engineering, neglecting investment, fleecing customers? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Idea - if you were one of the main cheerleaders for the catastrophic Brexit you’re not allowed to publicly advocate for any of your other ‘ideas’ for ‘improving’ the country until 2036, before which time you must spend a minimum of half an hour a day sitting and contemplating why you’re a big silly.

From thirst to success – the new brewery that started as a hobby and is now a major Perthshire enterprise | @charliemac2204.bsky.social

If you were considering voting for #Reform then read about the health care system #Farage wants us to have and calculate whether you have the funds to cover it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More train delays this morning Bring back British Rail....I know we moaned but jeez...you were cheap and efficient and fast .... Thanks Margaret Thatcher and John Major ....another fine bloody mess you sold to us and then made us pay for 😡😡 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

Successful schools run on the power of vision; deep, thoughtful vision. Not three alliterative words or trite phrases.

One of my early jobs was working for HTV Cymru/Wales. The show was All Kinds of Everything and Terry Griffiths was my guest. A gentle ♎️ with great warmth and charm. I’m truly sad that he passed due to debilitating dementia. Such a nice man: I’ve only fond memories of Griff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This is how knowledge-rich works. Rich, connected schema transform what and how pupils access the next stuff, unlocking fascination, heightening attention and thereby transforming inclusion. Our latest video from #OpeningWorlds, this time about Year 4 geography. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ETA...

Nigel Farage is a hypocrite Watch the latest @ledbydonkeys.org film

School leaders need vision. It might be hazy and mirage-like - indeed it probably will be - but without vision you can forget growth.

Today @butserancientfarm.co.uk we were mostly doing wattling.

Feeling irked by friends of my parents who have been bitterly complaining on FB about 'brutal' cuts to the Winter fuel allowance, posting anti-Labour memes every day. Meanwhile, they are also posting images of the wonderful meals they are eating every day in their month long holiday to Greece.

It's highly disturbing to read a article about Ofsted and see it is followed by the Samaritans number. Just think about this. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We had a visit from a celebrity in our school grounds last week...a member of the Patridge Family. How can I be sure?

In our school grounds this year the children have seen some great wildlife including three hawk moths - pine, lime and elephant.