Today is #IntlForestDay
We’re loosing 10 million acres of forest every year, at a time when we need to maximise every possible carbon sink.
In some places planting trees is a great solution but given our timeframe the most effective way is to protect and rewild existing forests.
This fantastic @BenEhrenreich piece from the new TNR issue hits bone deep at the bizarre disconnect between cheery optimism from folks in climate world in the US and the fact that so, so little has actually changed https://t.co/Yqc9fQVZUv
785 million people lack access to #cleanwater and climate change is making access to clean water even harder.
For #WorldWaterDay, join the conversation and raise your voice to say what water means to you. #water2me
This article is exceptionally good. So much rich history on worker and social struggles to exert democratic control over life-altering tech. Big clarity about the correct terms for this debate going forward.
My favorite line from the poem by @TheAmandaGorman today: “We lift our gazes not to what stands between us but what stands before us.” She is amazing. #inauguration2021
Online learning is going to have to be rapidly ramped up this week.
- Ofcom says up to 1.8m children have no laptop or other device
- Govt has promised 1m laptops
- Govt has delivered around 500k so far
Hi guys. Dai here - one of the directors at Manumit. Tomorrow (Sunday 18th) is Anti Slavery Day. I just wanted to share a few words about modern slavery and why Manumit Coffee Roasters exists.
READ MORE: https://t.co/bKfsSBPatF
The Pantanal is currently on fire in Brazil and yet this doesn’t make the headlines. I don’t mean to say it is more or less important than current fires on the US west coast or the Australian fires last year, but this might be an consequence of climate change. A thread 1/n
#Indigenous communities are under increasing threat across the Brazilian Amazon during the #COVID19 pandemic due to lack of adequate government response, land grabs and deforestation.
Action is needed to ensure protections for indigenous communities ✊
https://t.co/JYnRS1Ze90
When we are talking about Britain coming to terms with its legacy of Empire - remember that’s not simply a historical fact, it’s an everyday reality of how U.K. & others in global North have continued to exploit & sacrifice black/brown people from colonialism to neoliberalism.
What can we do to help get the histories of empire and migration on the school curriculum in England?
✉️ Write to your MP and local school governors
We've put together a guide with 7️⃣ things you can do to help move these long-overdue changes forward.
https://t.co/90ulpReMy7
We're preserving #BlackLivesMatter signs left at the former site of the #Colston statue so we can tell the story of this historic moment for our city at @mshedbristol
Love this! Powerful and moving - many churches uniting across the UK at this time to sing a blessing over the nation #UKBlessing https://t.co/HzNVApGKqS