@AnnadeBuisseret Dear Anna, I had the honour to meet you once in London after one of your talks . I can't thank you enough for what you did, your bravery for standing in your truth. You taught me so much. You were a big part of my awakening. Sending you and your family big hugs tonight. ❤️
Dorset Council, supported by Natural England, is pressing ahead with plans to buy a dairy farm for a rewilding project.
@NoFarmsNoFoods’ @JamesMelville:“We lose our food security at our own peril.”
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For anyone that doesn’t believe money is important let’s crunch some numbers…
This is the CHEAPEST 2 bed house on rightmove within 10 miles of Manchester.
So let’s do this for a new family:
- Rent £750
- Council tax £115
- Gas/electric £200
- Water £30
- Food £500
- Internet £20
- Phone bills £30 (Airtime only, not including the phone itself)
- Car £150
- Car insurance £100 (for 2 drivers being extremely generous)
- Car maintenance £50 (£600 per year)
- Fuel £50 absolute minimum
Ok so just to survive in a house which isn’t great located in an area which also isn’t great costs £1,995 per month.
Now you have the cost of baby clothes, toilet roll, washing up liquid, shampoo, nappies, haircuts and all the other general stuff on top of that which I would also consider as survival items in a first world country.
Let’s say all of this if you’re lucky comes to £300.
Now you’re on £2,295 and you haven’t even done as much as treated yourself to a KFC.
In order to earn £2,295 per month you’re salary has to be 35-40k.
So you’re living a low quality of life, just getting by and earning 35-40k per year.
Now let’s add a holiday.
You want to go away for 1 week? Oh that’s at least £100 per month in savings.
Now let’s add unexpected expenses.
Your car gets broken into, that window is going to cost at least £200 to replace but you’re living pay cheque to pay cheque, where’s the money coming from?
Not insurance because you have to pay excess.
It’s coming from rainy day savings which should be at least £200 per month.
Now we’re up to £2,595.
But what’s that I hear, you want some new clothes for yourself, £50 per month extra.
Oh and ermm yeah I can’t go without my coffee, £2 per day, £60 per month.
Also I almost forgot to mention, I have these things called hobbies, I like to play video games, watch Netflix, go to the pub every now and then you know, just live a normal life.
Oh right so that’s another £200 per month then.
New total £2,910 for one holiday and a low quality lifestyle to feed 2 adults and a baby.
Now you’re earning around £45k per year and still don’t really have any savings other than rainy day savings which will be used as that’s just life, shit goes wrong.
But I forgot to mention the 2nd car or work commute expenses, we’ll say you take the bus at £100 per month.
The expenditure just keeps on rising.
So if you don’t think money is important then be my guest, start a family, watch what happens🙂
Oh and by the way, once you hit a 50k salary you need to earn an extra 25k per year in order to get an extra 1k per month.
@RishiSunak our country is a fucking mess!
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FFS. Why is it so hard for people to pick up their litter…. From Glencoe Nature Reserve FB 😩😩
While it might not be initially obvious, this discarded beer bottle contains two dead shrews 🐁🐁
Shrews like to crawl inside small holes for cover and to hunt for insects, but the smooth surface of a bottle often makes it impossible to get back out ⛔
If they don't drown in rainwater or the liquid remnants of the container, they eventually die of stress, starvation or exposure when they are unable to dry off...
A study in a US National Park found dead small mammals in one in 10 of 1000 discarded bottles they checked, with one bottle containing more than 20 skeletons 😲
Our Ranger Lindsay and volunteer Holly were litter-picking around Loch Achtriochtan when they found this bottle. They collected five bin bags of rubbish at this one beauty spot 🏔️
Please take care not to spoil the incredible places you visit 💚
🙏 Bring a bag
🙏 Collect up your waste
🙏 Dispose of it elsewhere
And help us get the word out...
📣 Discarded bottles KILL wildlife ☠️
#LoveGlencoe
#WaysToSpoilTheView
#RespectProtectEnjoy
National Trust for Scotland ~ NatureScot ~ Scotland's National Nature Reserves ~ The Outdoor Capital of the UK ~ Keep Scotland Beautiful
I am appalled to hear about what was done to dear friend Richard Vobes on behalf of Bath Council in the name of traffic control.
Bath Council's modus operandi appears to be no better than that of a criminal gang.
@Wera_Hobhouse please apologise to Richard and offer restitution for the harm caused.
https://t.co/uLhulH2Xni
Not only does this inhumane behaviour affirm Bath Council's reputation of heavy-handedness and corruption, it reflects badly on us ordinary people of Bath for tolerating this officially-endorsed hatefulness towards locals and visitors to our beautiful city alike for so long.
@Leighlines@bathnes@bathnesld@UniofBath@BathNESGreens@BATHNESHighways@Togetherdec
#Ulez #HumanRightsViolations @BaldExplorer
"Every minute someone leaves this world behind. Age has nothing to do with it. We are all in "the line" without knowing it. We never know how many people are before us. We can not move to the back of the line. We can not step out of the line. We can not avoid the line.
So while we wait in line:
Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready…”
Beautifully written by
Marsha Destreza ❤️
Amazing Artwork by
Logan Zillmer ❤️