Huge congrats to Matthew Voorhoeve on the launch of Lopala. A mission-led social platform needs a special kind of leader and I believe Matthew’s tenacity and humility will deliver for Lopala’s users longterm. https://t.co/o7nsLxaQLv via @YouTube
My book "Pioneer Communities: How our #DigitalFutures Emerge in #SiliconValley and Beyond" is now in production!
Also the book’s website has gone live at @politybooks. You can use the code 👉 AHP30 to get a 30% discount from Polity:
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This week I tested a crucial benchmark of heat protection in 25 EU and UK cities - 5.5 million buildings total. 83% didn't have enough canopy around them. Our poorest communities are most exposed.
Maps, stats, and embeddables for journalists: https://t.co/gUEBw2qb0G
An historic day, as the River Wye becomes the first river in the UK to have its rights recognised by local authorities across its catchment.
Hundreds of people gathered on the banks of the river to watch as representatives from Monmouthshire, Forest of Dean & Powys Councils, Herefordshire County Council, the Wye Valley National Landscape & Bannau Brycheiniog National Park signed the pledge recognising the rivers rights and then spoke about why they had done so what it would mean for the relationship of their organisation to the river. It went beyond legal formalities into something of a service of thanks & honour to the river, with poetry, a choir singing songs, & offerings to the river.
It has been a real honour to witness & be part of the surging movement towards river rights & guardianship on the Wye. Four years ago I met & advised Herefordshire Councillor Elissa Swinglehurst, who wanted to put a voice of the river on the Wye Nutrient Management Board. A year ago I sat around a fire on the banks of the river with other Wye guardians & Earth lawyers as the idea of a charter was first mooted. To see it become a reality, & supported by 6 public bodies, in just a year is astonishing.
Now, of course, comes the hard work of making those rights a reality. But given the hundreds of active river guardians, & increasing public pressure to protect & restore the river, if it can be done on any river, it will be done on the Wye.
@1goodtern Its worse - because when we encounter a health-related challenge we don't like, public health is supposed to guide us to choose an evidence-based response. Not lean into vibes.
@TheVertlartnic Our situation calls for 🔥comms from WHO, not Vertlartnic. How do we fix our institutions so they function better than a satire account?
@MrMatthewTodd I think one of the problems is the #scicomm aversion to 'bad news'. Apart from the fact that the reality of the climate emergency does not gel with their perpetual brightsiding, 'bad news' is literally the oxygen of newsrooms.