Rob Yorke

environmental/rural commentator, moderator, curator, chair : mostly elsewhere, critical thinking, long term, joining the dots

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'the recognition of reality is the beginning of wisdom'

blog set for 2026 on stuff learnt from 'field intel'

https://t.co/pzdRIwMXGI

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piece in The Times today on thoughts from the Chair of the Forestry Commission

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a session I curated and moderated earlier this year

https://t.co/7UeHnYZdP1

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a gig in Ireland, 16 Sept / a lively interactive session on food, farming, agri-tech, diet, land use at a climate ‘carnival’ event

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an eclipse special on environmental dialogue

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Groundswell / Royal Welsh / Game Fair / field intel trip - the common theme?

listening and talking to people

grateful for any contrib to unaffiliated time and expenses, thanks https://t.co/M6UNsLIrzk

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going...going...

https://t.co/quIyKljULL

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Defra's 'Capital Grants 2026 now open'
https://t.co/EIwevWByum

don't lose your shirt, 'create a wildfire checklist' (WF1) and more, much more....
[hurry, before prof 'grant harvesters' clean up]

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48hrs later

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future’s bright for bracken’s fuel load legacy for next spring / so time to plan some firebreaks

#environmental #dialogue

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notes on a need to both ‘harvest’ water and enhance soil biology for food production / with side benefits for nature

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@stuttonsparrows some straight stem timber for a wild bird cherry-topped table

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seeing the wood for the…..a small woodland, evolving : sidestep the bunkum to take the joy

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that’s ‘it’ not ‘he’!

https://t.co/NaH2SHx7QH

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sharing [pragmatic] ideas ; shelving [idealogical] ideals

#environmental #dialogue

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great presentations and audience interaction

#groundswell2026

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my unaffiliated response to @CommonsEFRA’s ‘Climate adaption and emergency response’ inquiry has been published
https://t.co/fqvOxI57E0

pic / Lancs uplands and Cambs lowlands

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a distraction /

nestful of spotted flycatchers

/ in the shade

more 10sec nature vids (links via X) https://t.co/qkHsJtXGoI

#environmental #dialogue

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continuum of land use

I’ve a ‘novel crop use’ gig @Groundswellaguk next month and just attended a ‘how to feed the world’ lecture @royalsociety

#environmental #dialogue

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@PaN_BES “Practices associated with relational values are more likely to be sustained through time��