Edna Austin

Strategist, environmentalist, Irish citizen, anti Brexit. She/her. Now at

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Everything is right in the world when you're stroking a cat

[Green is a mission @Greenisamissio1]

Our cities need to go back to being sponge cities with green oases. Trees are and always will be the best way to do that. 💚☘️🌿🌱🌳🌲🍀💚

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Herbs provide food and shelter for all sorts of insects – many have nectar-rich flowers that attract bumblebees and butterflies. They're usually easy to grow and cope well with hot, dry weather. They taste great too!
More:
https://t.co/q0IJV1U08o

[Roger Hallam @RogerHallamCS21]

☠️ Why We're Going Extinct - 5000 Fucks, 30 Million Views, 8 Billion Dead

https://t.co/tlNg8xSKda

[CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 @CommunityPlann1]

Worried about loss of nature, parks & countryside in your local area?
Join thousands of people & show councillors, MPs & the government how much we care. 💚🫂🦋🦇🍃
DAY of ACTION 18 April
https://t.co/PiTLAx1Jrb

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦@markruskell⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

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.
https://t.co/l7h9kjQMpl

[Bonkers Busway Cambs News @BonkersBusway]

Planting trees is easy. Replacing ecosystems isn’t. With all the talk of National Forests & Forest Cities, it’s worth remembering that felling is quick, creation takes decades, and species already in decline can’t wait for new habitats to establish. Protect what we have first 🌳

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Developers' bid to remove resident badgers from housing site sparks outrage among Milton Keynes animal lovers

The placing of steel mesh over badger setts on a field that is to become a housing development has been branded as cruel and callous by hundreds of protestors.
The structure has metal doors in place to ensure that once the badgers leave their sett, they cannot enter it again and will be forced to relocate.

Although it is technically legal for a developer to do this before construction begins, it is a highly controversial move amongst wildlife campaigners.

The metal frame was spotted on farmland on North Crawley Road in Newport Pagnell, part of the 45 hectare Tickford Fields site sold by the council earlier this year to the Vistry Group.

The developers plan to build a complete mini town with 930 homes plus community, education and recreation facilities as well as play areas and sports pitches.

The countryside site is home to a plethora of wildlife, including badgers, and theymust be legally relocated before building work can start. In the UK, badgers and their setts are legally protected under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, which imposes significant restrictions on developers.

Interference with setts is a criminal offence unless a specific licence is obtained and developers are careful to stick to the permitted ways to encourage badgers off their land by applying for a special licence from the government before they act.

Licensed' relocation involves a process of humane exclusion from the existing sett and encouraging the badgers to move to an alternative natural or artificial sett nearby

Meanwhile, the law regarding the protection of badgers during development could get stickier under the government’s if the government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB) goes ahead. This proposes to streamline planning processes to accelerate the delivery of 1.5 million new homes and fast-track major infrastructure projects.
Under it, proposed amendments to the Protection of Badgers Act would allow, for the first time ever, badgers to be killed or translocated for development, drainage, or "overriding public interest".

The Badger Trust is strongly opposing the proposals .

[Treemissions @treemissions]

Plant a tree, save the planet! Reforestation can suck up CO2, boost wildlife, & cool Earth. Join the green revolution—grab a shovel & grow a forest! 🌳💚 #Reforestation #ClimateAction

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Please RT To Help Rescue Charities 🐾 🙏.

If you are having a clear up at home don’t throw out your old blankets, towels and sheets ~ give them to your local rescue.

And not just in Winter, they need them all year round.

And remember ~ if at all possible ~ PLEASE #AdoptDontShop 🐶 �� 🐾.

@RickyGervais.

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Small gardens can boost biodiversity just as much as large ones – and when little green spaces join together with others, it creates a network of wildlife-friendly areas that benefits many different species.
Ideas: https://t.co/Bs6hWkKBA7

[Plastic Pollutes @PlasticPollutes]

Did you know that the plastic you put in your recycling bin could actually be shipped to other countries? 🤔And it has a name. It’s called waste colonialism.

🥤An enormous amount of plastics, labeled as “recycling,” have been historically shipped from the Global North to the Global South. Shipped plastic waste is rarely ever recycled upon reaching its destination. Instead, this waste trade more commonly involves waste haulers illegally dumping and open-burning plastics, shouldering the people who live near these dumping sites with major health risks and a degraded environment.

👷Waste pickers process about 60% of all plastic collected for recycling around the world. People who earn incomes by picking wastes make the least from cheap plastics, and because of constant exposure to plastics in their line of work face elevated risks of cancers, infectious diseases (which cling to plastics), respiratory problems, and other serious health issues. Despite living and working on the frontlines of the plastic pollution and waste crises, waste pickers have historically been left out of policy discussions and decisions around waste management.

🗑️ When it comes to plastic, there is no away. That’s why we need to shift our reliance away from plastics and toward reusable and nontoxic materials. 🔃🍃

#PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

Swifts so desperately need our help. How any nature advocate could ever vote against fundemental nesting habitat for one of the most rapidly declining birds with one of the lowest populations especially when swift bricks are simple is the worst kind of low. #TheTimes today, p.13

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Fireworks bad for animals & people

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

What’s Amendment 130 and why does it matter?

It ensures the new planning system works with nature, not against. It will:
🌳Protect wildlife - without it, nature & development both lose out.
✅Provide certainty in planning

📢 Stand with nature: https://t.co/dH2ZAXflrr

[Hedgehog Society @hedgehogsociety]

We're urging anyone who's building bonfires to only do so on the day they are to be lit & then check them carefully before striking that match!
These simple steps can help save #hedgehogs & other wildlife from appalling suffering.
🦔 🍂 🔥

❗Please #sharetomakeaware

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂

#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

[Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 @vickihird]

Please use this urgent action to write to your MP about a key amendment - they should vote for - to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ensure vital nature and ecosystem protections are in it.
Do share this. Thanks
@WildlifeTrusts https://t.co/rNVKbvXJX4