angharad mclaren

Textile designer: weave, craft, tech, heritage, community, wellbeing, sustainability. Lecturer @NTUArtandDesign. Views are my own.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

The Government paid a firm linked to a Tory peer £122m for PPE that had been bought for just £46m.

Please RT if you think everyone should be aware.

https://t.co/A3ZHfv8aXH

[angharad mclaren @anghym]

@janinematheson I hate them too, but when I had my email address on my site I got so much spam, timewasters, even a few trolls, it got too much to manage as a single person trying to run my own practice! The form helps make it more manageable and less pressure

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Vladimir Putin's government has launched a major, unprovoked, imperial war.
We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine 🇺🇦and reject Putin's mendacious excuses for this act of aggression.

[Iain Gulland @IainGulland]

Good call from @scottish_water on the need to reduce the impact of single use wipes containing plastic. About 25 wipes were recorded on average for every 100m of beach surveyed in Scotland last year #naturecalls https://t.co/rA7temwtE6

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

So @trustly @LycamobileUK @MonsterEnergyUK @SiteGround @Vitality_UK @Kissimmee @heinekenUK_News @manscaped @YieldApp @GlobalReachG @UFLgame @Grintafy you are all partners/suppliers to @WestHam so how do you feel about their failure to address animal cruelty ? Please RT

[angharad mclaren @anghym]

@daftweepal 😬

[WilliamMorrisGallery @WMGallery]

Althea McNish: Colour Is Mine - opening 2 April 2022 at the William Morris Gallery. A landmark retrospective of one of the UK’s most innovative textile artists. Sponsored by: @LibertyLondon and @LibertyFabrics

More info here:
https://t.co/tSczeIF9hp

[George Pointon @GeorgePointon_]

I ask a group of 6-year-olds "Who should be the next prime minister?"
They had some thoughts
A THREAD

[lucy siegle @lucysiegle]

Of course you should. Just get on with it! If you revert to the two years of evidence and work previously carried out, you might also include single use coffee cups!

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

The government has operated on the assumption that people get ‘outrage fatigue’ after a few days. But I can’t get out of my mind all those - mostly elderly - people who spent Christmas 2020 alone. For many, it was their last Christmas. Stay outraged. There must now be justice.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Minister for @borisjohnson says PM "takes this seriously". Really? PM absent, Government frontbench absent, answers absent. On 20 May people missed funerals, died alone, could only meet 1 person outside - people are angry. Inviting 100 to this party won't be forgiven or forgotten

[Brendan May @bmay]

If you’re Prime Minister and you’ve told people the rules are so strict you can’t even visit a dying relative but you then go to a bring your own wine party of 100 people, I’m afraid you can’t be the Prime Minister anymore. It’s that simple.
#JohnsonOut #JohnsonOutNow #ToryLies

[angharad mclaren @anghym]

@Botanygeek Well, this depends on what is powering your oven though right? Electric oven powered by renewable energy = carbon neutral?

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

"We don’t prioritize the climate today. Our goal isn't to lower emissions. Our goal is to find solutions that allow us to continue life today. Of course you can ask “Can’t we have both?” But the uncomfortable truth is that we've left it too late for that."
https://t.co/WehPzxaGAR

[Leonardo DiCaprio @LeoDiCaprio]

“It’s funny and terrifying because it conveys a certain cold truth that climate scientists and others who understand the full depth of the climate emergency are living every day.” –Peter Kalmus, climate scientist #DontLookUp

[angharad mclaren @anghym]

@ZoeOliviaJohn Great news!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Unless we achieve immediate, drastic, unprecedented, annual emission cuts at the source then that means we’re failing when it comes to this climate crisis.
“Small steps in the right direction”, “making some progress” or “winning slowly” equals loosing.
#COP26 #UprootTheSystem

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Here's my article about who we are, why we're trapped, why we are heading for planetary collapse, and what we must do to prevent it. It might not be saying much, but I think this is the best thing I've written. https://t.co/l9aLVivMZt

[Philip Pullman @PhilipPullman]

The sort of green activities that all of us can carry out and some of us do, like recycling plastic bottles, will never have much effect. Only action at government level, like making plastic bottles illegal, would begin to make a slight difference.