Andy Redfern 💚

Father, geek, yogi, focus on fair trade & eco activism. Loves Ecommerce & selling online. Founded @ethicalstore, worked at @yogamatters now with @newgreenheart

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@Wizward Astonishing. What a night

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@michael_wildbbc https://t.co/dFRUQLT7F0

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Interesting piece by @BBCRichardMoss on whether the North has been abandoned by the Labour Chancellor. It certainly feels that way from our little shop on Gateshead High Street. Awful December due to road closures and metro chaos https://t.co/us7urkGBAL

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@michael_wildbbc Feels that way :-(

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@BBCRichardMoss And January is not much better. Gateshead Council is still telling people to avoid the town centre. No timeline for when the flyover situation will improve. The south end of the High Street is in an awful states with a redevelopment plan that stalled 5 years ago.

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Interesting piece by @BBCRichardMoss on whether the North has been abandoned by the Labour Chancellor. It certainly feels that way from our little shop on Gateshead High Street. Awful December due to road closures and metro chaos https://t.co/us7urkGBAL

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Now @nikkidravers founder of @REfUSE_cic and showing visually how the food system is cross-linked across so many issues. #foodgateshead2024

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@Feeding_Britain Yakub from @BiteBack2030 sharing about the bombardment of teenagers with fast food advertising. "Junk food is the cultural wallpaper" of young people today. #foodgateshead2024

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Catherine Donovan reminding us at #foodgateshead2024 about how 1 in 4 children are living in food poverty. Only a joined up strategy across the sectors will work.

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Now Andrew Forsey from @Feeding_Britain telling us the history of the fight against food poverty #foodgateshead2024

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Very excited to be at the @FoodGateshead food summit. So many passionate people and organisations who are trying to make Gateshead a better place. #foodgateshead2024

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What if everyone in the UK bought one pair of second-hand jeans instead of new?

Well according to Oxfam, the water saved could fill Wales' largest lake (Llyn Tegid) FIVE TIMES OVER.

#SecondHandSeptember

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Looking forward to the birthday celebrations tonight. Can't believe it is a whole year since we opened the shop!

[Green Heart Collective 💚 @NewGreenHeart]

Wow! You have been making the most of our Birthday Sale. 😍
Don't forget to get 20% off all purchases over £9.99 when you use code HAPPYBIRTHDAY at checkout.
Only at https://t.co/hgoZVD2Avd

P.S - Tomorrow. 5.30pm. Come to our first birthday celebrations! NE8 1AS.
#gateshead

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So good to have members of the @SustransNorth team with us yesterday. Great to be working together with @gateshead on supporting active travel kids in the Gateshead area. Looking forward to the coming weeks.

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Breathing new life into old scooters.... 🛴💚

Yesterday our GREEN HEART Yarden was a hive of activity, with Lou Millington, Project Officer for @gateshead School Streets, and team of @Sustrans staff and volunteers working on 15 unloved scooters.

#activetravel #gateshead

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Love this piece by my other half. Love that she has found what she loves and is expanding her horizons.

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"If you’re anything like me, your relationship with your wardrobe and #style will be contradictory and unpredictable, a roller coaster of emotions and thoughts."

Read Part 1 of Helen's inspiring new LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD DO GOOD series: https://t.co/zYUHK1t1Ed

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@DanRavenEllison @SlowWaysUK Serendipity. Since you and I walked the route in June, they have closed the other walkway meaning you can't take the classic Tyne Bridge photo. However, the joy was seeing it framed from a position I never normally use. #slowways

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Great to hear @SlowWaysUK and @DanRavenEllison on Radio 4 this morning with Justin Rowlatt. I was able to use a #slowway to save a bus journey to my first meeting today. #NewGat4 and the views were stunning. The Tyne Bridge framed in the arch of the High Level bridge.

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Oh my word - how did it come to this? 21 years of prison sentences in total for five climate activitists. Why shoot the canary who's trying to warn you of near certain disaster?

https://t.co/GOGSKS337P

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@inventory_plan trying to access the app and it seems to be down. Sage status says there is no issue. Any ideas?

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We have been in the @NewGreenHeart shop for almost a year. Once we painted the stair walls, we never got round to making them look better. Today I decided to fix this. We now have an amazing @SlowWaysUK map. Going to need a ladder to put Orkney and Shetland in the right place.