Gaia Visual

Photography, video and visual storytelling for change makers. Owned by Jonathan Perugia based in London, working globally.

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We're mostly on Instagram - keep up with #PicturePositive here https://t.co/NWwLxMnIwJ

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This is Udo.
She is a consultant within the Oncology team at the Bristol Royal Infirmary Cancer Unit.

This shoot was for the Royal College of Physicians' National Lung Cancer Audit.

Udo organised the shoot, and accompanied me for the day, occasionally… https://t.co/Hgm5KVB6jI

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Have you put #Sustainability at the core of your orgs activity? Why not enter the @GlobalGoodAward – the only truly sustainable #awards programme, who's been walking, wearing and eating the talk since 2018! https://t.co/nVWAEMlksV ENTRIES OPEN NOW... https://t.co/R6nMr5JNPX

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So, it's Monday afternoon again, and time for my weekly little dose of inspiration.

This week, I'm sharing an app I use every day, Insight Timer.

It is a huge library of guided meditations, all free.

There's something for you if you've never tried med… https://t.co/qNKAqP46vB

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"I survived 22 years in the army without a scratch. Within a few years of being demobbed, I got cancer of the fucking toe and had to have my leg amputated below the knee.” When Simon Bowes-Daniels arrived at Enviromail in 2008, he was unemployed and look… https://t.co/RZ33wTK446

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This is Ghost Steve. His workmates at Towne Lifting and Testing, where he is an engineer, call him that because of his uncanny resemblance to Patrick Swayze in Ghost.

TLT is a family business - run by Chris, and his son Tom. Like many other businesses o… https://t.co/3LUnjnxQDl

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In its heyday, the fish dock in Grimsby was so crowded with trawlers that you could walk across the boats for a mile from side to side.
Now the Grimsby fishing fleet has about five boats in total, and some of the fish that comes into the docks has even … https://t.co/7bHWvEt13J

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A great project - nearly fully funded. #sustainability #fashion https://t.co/yDCCK26trK

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Albert Weatherill tells terrific tales of Hull's maritime past, infused with the passion and pain of his background as the son of a trawlerman.

As a boy, his dad used to come into port after 2 weeks of freezing, treacherous fishing in the far North Sea.… https://t.co/RgmgMNA3bf

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Offshore wind personnel practice an emergency evacuation drill in the training pool at the Humber Offshore Training Association. (HOTA). HOTA was set up to serve the offshore oil and gas industry, but since 2015 training delegate numbers from renewables … https://t.co/KZJj0hjiry

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Shaun Cray, UK Head of Real Estate at Siemens, was responsible for the site acquisition and construction of the Siemens Gamesa facility in Hull.

Born and bred in Hull, and an avid fan of Hull City, the local football club, many of his forefathers were e… https://t.co/F3891oqqm9

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Wind turbine towers tower above children playing on the banks of the River Humber.

This is the former coal dock in Hull, where, in 2013, Siemens Gamesa established a factory to build blades for new offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

The first phase … https://t.co/7tCFqk0aQh

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Rolling up his sleeves in the face of rising costs, Rich Butterworth put his family farm up as collateral for a £1.2m loan to install one wind turbine on his land.
That gamble secured his family’s future for years to come. He now covers all his energy c… https://t.co/F2jg7G2kIG

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Wind turbine towers loom over a houses by the River Humber in Hull. The 95 metre-high towers sit on the former coal dock at the Siemens Gamesa manufacturing facility, which was established in 2013 to build blades for wind farms in the North Sea.
The pla… https://t.co/9sIbAM2rk2

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This is the Whalebone Inn, by the River Hull, in what was once an area clanging and hissing with fishing and industrial activity. The name of the pub refers to Hull’s whaling and fishing heritage: industries that were fundamental to the city’s growth for… https://t.co/HvJhHAhzVV

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This is a drop of the last oil from a North Sea oil field called North West Hutton.

The drop sits on the old oak desk of Gerry Bond; a souvenir of his long career in oil & gas, which has taken a surprising turn. He is now a consultant to the offshore wi… https://t.co/5hoL5Kxh6Q

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This is Jason.
He’s a performance poet, and works with vulnerable people in Stoke in his role in the probation service.

Walk through Stoke with him, and many people call hello: young street preachers, homeless young’uns, old people with worn faces that… https://t.co/xtDLJ03Pv3

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“This is very different because it is not just a bunch of very well meaning and committed activists. This is all of us,”

#ExtinctionRebellion arrests pass 1,000 on eighth day of protests https://t.co/lcdBPGzYoj

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@GeorgeMonbiot @ExtinctionR Big love George! xxx

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This seems like a very smart strategy. #ExtinctionRebellion Rebellion: protesters to offer to 'pause' climate action https://t.co/DN6rdQaONh

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Wow. This is HUGE. Christiana Figueres supports the rebellion!

"We are simply not acting fast enough. The outrage that is out on the streets has to turn into action."

Thank you, Christiana. We recognise and commend your leadership.

#InternationalRebellion #TellTheTruth