Nature, UK wildlife, wild places, words, stories, sunsets. Sharing celebrations of wildlife wherever I find them.
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Sue Young retweeted
The climate-driven storm of the century is a wake-up call that the climate crisis is already on our doorstep 🌍 #StormEowyn
Yet, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is pushing for mass airport expansion🛫
This is the worst kind of short-term thinking 👇
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Sue Young retweeted
'Fossil fuel + other petrochemical companies have used "the false promise of plastic recycling" to increase virgin-plastic production exponentially over the past six decades.'
99% of plastics are made from chemicals sources from fossil fuels.🧵1/7
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Sue Young retweeted
I wrote this for the @guardian
in 2015.
Tragically, it is still very relevant, and yet rarely discussed...
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Sue Young retweeted
The Norwich Western Link public consultation is live 😱
Now is the time to say your piece for Norfolk's wildlife! Add your voice to our e-action and #StopTheWesternLink 🚫👇
norfolkwt.uk/NWL
Sue Young retweeted
It's #insectweek yey! 🐞🪲🐝🦗🪳🪰🐜🐛🦋 Check out events & resources @insectweek
& @RoyEntSoc
Lots of rebugging with children ideas on my website - rebuggingtheplanet.org/2022/…
Great fit with #30DaysWild too @WildlifeTrusts
Today-a new one on the lilly pads -Possibly Knot Grass Moth?
ALT Knot grass moth
Sue Young retweeted
It’s amazing to see what happens when we all come together 💚. The next UK government cannot ignore the nature crisis! @RNNMarch theguardian.com/world/articl…
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Over 60,000 people here today shouting loud and clear #RestoreNatureNow! Huge thank you to everyone who has made it such an excellent day and called loud and clear for a wilder future 💚
Sue Young retweeted
The biggest, most existential issue facing our species is being totally ignored in the election debate. Today’s march to #RestoreNatureNow will be a celebration of nature but also an expression of our grief & anger - the lack of leadership is unforgivable theguardian.com/environment/…
Sue Young retweeted
In a poll published today we found:
❌79% think nature is important for our well-being and economic prosperity
🌎59% consider environmental issues to be at least as important as other issues facing the country
👉🏼 More wtru.st/4e906jc
Sue Young retweeted
It's happened many times over the decades...
Every time the statutory environmental agencies dare to do their job right, the Govt of the day threatens to take away their powers, cut their budgets, and put them back in their box
That's ultimately why we end up with poo in our rivers, and why nature is in decline
We've had no fewer than 10 different Secretaries of State for the Environment since 2010 - some of whom showed zero interest in their brief
Now there are moves afoot to centralise yet more decision making in Whitehall, and take the scientific job of designating our best nature sites away from @NaturalEngland and giving it to the interns
We will move from having Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) to having only Sites of Political Convenience
The commercial vested interests will have a field day
This mad proposal must be defeated
hansard.parliament.uk/Common…
Sue Young retweeted
“Why is nature so far down on companies’s priorities given how interconnected our existence to it is. It can increase the effects of climate change but it can also help mitigate other effects.” @wildishly @Good_Homes #BNZN
Sue Young retweeted
Peatlands are formed over thousands of years.
It takes 1,000 years for 1 meter of peat to form. That’s around 1mm per year!
Yet, it’s dug up when it shouldn’t be, e.g. to grow house plants
Pledge to go peat-free! 💚
wildlifetrusts.org/ban-sale-…
Sue Young retweeted
☣️ Yesterday the govt approved the use of a toxic neonicotinoid on sugar beet.
⚠️ The precautionary principle is enshrined in law to protect people and the environment from potential harm when evidence or certainty may be absent.
❓ Where was it in this decision.../1
Sue Young retweeted
🚨Breaking 🚨
@GOVUK has approved the use of a banned bee-killing pesticide for the fourth year in a row‼️
This is a:
❌deathblow for wildlife
😡a backward step in evidence-based decision-making
🌱betrayal to farmers who try to produce food sustainably. wildlifetrusts.org/news/auth…
Sue Young retweeted
Government's response to the @OfficeforEP 2023 environmental progress report has been published.
It responds to the watchdog's recommendations with reassurances.
But delivery's delayed across the board with little accountability & big risks for nature. Here's a list. Any more?
Sue Young retweeted
⚠️If our legally protected, most important nature sites are open to development, is anywhere safe?
⏰It's the last day to use your voice to #DefendNature & object to @Hillingdon's proposal for a Watersports Facility at #BroadwaterLake: ow.ly/jffT50Qk3Mf 💚
Sue Young retweeted
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Research shared with @NS_Spotlight shows that robust biodiversity policies could be crucial at the next election.
@meganekenyon reports ⬇️ newstatesman.com/spotlight/s…
Sue Young retweeted
Once again, @DefraGovUK has been asked to allow use of a banned pesticide. When 1 teaspoon of this poison is enough to kill 1.25 million bees, it should be nowhere near our wildlife. Tell the Farming Minister why these pesticides should stay banned. 🐝👉 wtru.st/yes-to-healthy-bees
Sue Young retweeted
Shocking scenes today as the road that runs through the ‘Golden’ Valley, Herefordshire, is awash with red water as soil runs off fields and is swept down into the River Dore below - and on into the River Wye @EnvAgency #SaveTheWye @FriendsUpperWye @of_wye
Sue Young retweeted
Featured @Good_Homes 2024 speaker - Sue Young (@wildishly), Head of Land Use Planning at the @WildlifeTrusts.
Session 2: #Adaptation and #Regeneration with speakers from @PTEarchitects (@DollardTom) and @AnglianWater.
Register for early bird tickets - goodhomes.org.uk/good-homes-….
