Kate Basley

[Fidra @FidraTweets]

Our unsung soil heros must be protected from harmful #PFAS and #microplastic and unregulated #chemical cocktails that reach our environment

[Fidra @FidraTweets]

#PFAS #pesticides aren’t just causing widespread environmental pollution in the US🌍

Our research shows they’re used across all agricultural crop sectors in the UK too, posing a serious threat to the environment here as well 🚜🌱➡️https://t.co/yEaTbVhqDP

https://t.co/U4ZIYf26jD

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Please sign this petition & RT. We don't need pesticides in our streets and parks. Come on Keir! https://t.co/KPdbU6vVuk
#gopesticidefree @PesticideCollab @PAN_UK

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

If you live in the SE, you must visit Great Dixter, a fabulous wildlife garden. Otherwise you can make do with this video ;)
https://t.co/RGmA3LTz8u

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

These rivers have all tested +ve for thiamethoxam since 2020 (data from Env Agency). This neonicotinoid was banned in Europe in 2018, but is allowed on sugar beet crops in UK. That is its only authorised use. Yet it is turning up in rivers all over the place... Hugely concerning.

[The Buzz Club @The_Buzz_Club]

@SussexUni campus is fluttering with Marbled Whites!

Did you know that these #butterflies do not lay their eggs attached to their offspring's footplant? They instead lay their eggs mid-flight, randomly dropping them onto grasslands!

[Fidra @FidraTweets]

#Chemicals of concern risk undermining a safe #CircularEconomy, but our new Evidence Review outlines promising solutions. Using #FlameRetardants in #mattress recycling as a case study, we assess more effective chemical management options.

Full report 👉 https://t.co/W1bqAHZ2sl

[Jack Wallington @jackwallington]

Ban the sale of non-organic pesticides - including the worst residual and systemic - we have one month to reach 10,000! The petition is over half way there, pls help to make it happen @DaveGoulson @GreenJennyJones @DrAmirKhanGP @CraigBennett3 @natalieben https://t.co/Vaj5y0dC5y

[Wild Moors @wildmoorsuk]

An abundance of benefits are unlocked for nature, climate and people when moorlands are restored:

🐦 Wildlife and biodiversity
🌍 Carbon storage
🏘️ Flood protection
🚰 Clean water
💷 Employment and economic value

RT if you agree it's time to turn grouse moors into wild moors.

[Frida Hök @fridahok]

REACH revision needs to happen now- a delay would mean continued exposure of harmful chemicals to all citizens and our environment.

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Please sign this petition asking our government to set ambitious pesticide reduction targets...
https://t.co/Q4VhQdRpg0 @Sheepdrove #silentearth

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

The relentless rise of pesticides. From https://t.co/e1trlWlum6 @PAN_UK @WildlifeTrusts

[Sam Langlois @Naturalist_Sam]

A family of Otters porpoising in Thurso river last February 🦦🦦

[Megan @FavColour_Green]

6 REASONS to RETHINK your SEPTEMBER HEDGE TRIM

(&/or ways to do it better)

September is round the corner; we can soon expect hedge trimming all over the countryside

I'd like to put a few reasons forward to tweak how/when you trim

A🧵

& a BONUS tip to stop blunting your flail

[Kate Basley @kate_basley]

@LJBees @newsmary @PeterGordo 🪱 I'm afraid my experience is only moving worms from weighing scale back to their bottle home 😅 If it were me I would put as many as I could in a Tupperware with holes in the top & soil/medium & moist paper & some snacks. Make sure to get them a window seat! Safe trip :-)

[Enough is Enough @eiecampaign]

Enough is enough. It's time to turn anger into action.

Join the campaign to fight the cost-of-living crisis.

https://t.co/1SeHcIXdMr

[Ian Cousins @IanTCousins]

We suggest that we’re outside the safe operating space of a new planetary boundary for #PFAS in a new perspective in @EnvSciTech https://t.co/HEGwjQdqSr

[Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] @JeffOllerton]

"All we are saying, is give weeds a chance!"

"Weeds" get a bad press but they can be nectar and pollen sources for #bees #butterflies and other #pollinators

So put away the #glyphosate & other #herbicides & learn to live with them.

RT if you think we should #GiveWeedsAChance

[Kate Basley @kate_basley]

@DaveGoulson @wainwrightprize 🙌