First I listen; then I draw my listen. I capture ideas visually from conversation. Founder @visualthinkery. I make zines about stories from Ulster.
London, Glasgow, Ireland...
Joined May 2009
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Bryan Mathers - @visualthinkery.bsky.social retweeted
Why are plastic offsets and credits a dangerous distraction from an ambitious and legally binding global #plasticstreaty? A 🧵
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC5
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With only a few hours left in the negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty, we call on courageous delegations to keep defending key ambitious provisions.
@Dr_Uwamariya 🇷🇼 @sivendram13 🇫🇯 @theeco_nomist 🇵🇦 @OlgaGivernet 🇫🇷
#BeatPlasticPollution #BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC5
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Day 4, INC5 - Diplomacy #101
We're on Day 4 of the fifth (& final) negotiations, and delegates are still deciding what the mandate should include. Every clause that addresses plastic pollution across its lifecycle? Not in the mandate!
#PlasticsTreaty #BeatPlasticPollution #INC5
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When the INC Secretariat and the Republic of Korea extended invites for the fifth and final negotiations, CSOs did not expect to negotiate for space as well as a global plastics treaty!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #INC5 #PlasticsTreaty
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Let's remind #PlasticsTreaty negotiators: the full lifecycle of plastics starts at the point of extraction of raw materials. We want an effective treaty that addresses the root cause of the plastic crisis. #BreakFreeFromPlastic #BeatPlasticPollution #INC5
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Last round of negotiations for a Plastics Treaty has begun! Would petro-states continue to block efforts to address the root of plastic pollution? Or would high ambition countries prevail? 👀
🧵#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic
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☄️TWO new reports show dubiously close ties between the @EU_Commission and the #FossilFuel industry with 1⃣0⃣0⃣s of meetings and millions 💰 invested in lobbying!
🔗 fossilfreepolitics.org/news/…
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#FossilFreePolitics
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🎉 #OEAward24 in the Open Assets category for Open Reuse / Remix / Adaptation goes to
🏆 The Remixer Machine from @visualthinkery @bryanmmathers
Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/2bzqrnxb
Congratulations!!
#oeglobal @openedglobal #oeawards
I’m really excited to be a contributor to @WIP_Comics double anthology this year - “Tall tales and short stories” with a (very true) tall story about an Irish Giant - only on Kickstarter - just a few days to go! >>>
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ALT A sample of artwork for Tall Tales and Short Stories - a comics anthology produced by WIP Comics. The picture shows a skeleton of an Irish Giant from long ago...
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If you would like to show your support for Scoil na Seolta, the first Integrated school to teach through the medium of Irish, you can donate below.
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A little exercise I like to do in any talk or workshop...
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ALT A self-permission slip.
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A reflection from the archive: Ah yes, June 2016...
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Who dares to speak of (17)98?
A thought about aftermath and trauma and a need to talk about what has gone before.
ulster.visualthinkery.com/17…
ALT What I expect the Belfast Newsletter might have looked like in 1803...
So you want to visually record a conversation? Here are a few knobs to twiddle…
visualthinkery.com/project/v…
Insight - a visual thought…
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ALT A person has insight. They articulate it in plain sight. The effect is to incite...
I’m doing a Visual Storytelling workshop tonight for a group of upcoming social entrepreneurs in Lewisham. Let's see if I can get them cartooning... :)
visualthinkery.com/examples/…
ALT Humans draw wobbly lines.
Ulster says Maybe...
From A Patchwork Province >>
ulster.visualthinkery.com/th…
ALT A couple stand in the rain opposite Belfast City Hall and look at a banner which says "Ulster says Maybe".
Remix of a Remix
(You can remix it too:)
remixer.visualthinkery.com/r…
ALT A remix of a Roy Lichtenstein painting.
Drawing from the archives: Openwashing.
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