Robb Edwards 🌱

#AnimalRights #HumanRights #MyHomelessProgram
#XR 🌊Blue🌊 #AnimalJusticeParty #ClimateAction #Environment @robedwards1.bsky.social
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[Robb Edwards 🌱 @RobRobbEdwards]

Our Planet has two Lungs, one is Blue the other is Green

[sheer_iran @sheriran95]

#FreeIran2026 : 📢Eight members of the clerical regime's military forces were killed in an airstrike in southern Iran last night.
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#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر
#IranProtests
#IranWar

[sheer_iran @sheriran95]

#FreeIran2026 : Mrs. Naike Gruppioni @naike_gruppioni:
The Iranian people’s desire for freedom is stronger than the fear the regime is trying to impose on them.
Freedom in Iran is not an out-of-reach issue, it is a global aspiration.
Even when they ban a demonstration, freedom still finds a way to show itself.
It is the Iranian people who will shape the future of Iran, and end the religious dictatorship.
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#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر
#MaryamRajavi
#IranProtests

[sheer_iran @sheriran95]

📢#Breaking and Iran Important News
#FreeIran2026 : The news of the first pages of 600 university systems, the regime's official radio and television website, the government website Jamara News, Eqtisad News, Asr Iran, Telegram Vadana, and .... Out of reach
"Long Live the Democratic Revolution" and "Long Live the Democratic Republic"
(((Greetings to all the heroic and revolutionary youth of Rebel hotbeds in all cities of Iran that continue the path of uprising until overthrow with their activities.)))
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#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر
#IranProtests

[sheer_iran @sheriran95]

#FreeIran2026 : 📢In Iran tomorrow, with the overthrow of the anti-human mullahs and the death penalty regime,
📣A day will come when the lives of the Iranian people will be lived without executions and torture, and Iran will become a paradise of freedom and justice.
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#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر
#FreePoliticalPrisoners
#StopExecutionsInIran

[sheer_iran @sheriran95]

#FreeIran2026 : The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign marked its 128th week across 57 prisons, warning of a worsening human rights catastrophe inside Iran’s prisons.
The campaign condemned new death sentences against political prisoners, including Arghavan Fallahi in Evin Prison, Kamal Khan-Babaei in Chubindar Prison, and Vahid Khan-Sanami in Greater Tehran Prison..
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#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر
#FreePoliticalPrisoners
#StopExecutionsInIran

[Salvation Wild Mustang Sanctuary @WildCorp]

The Happy Day has arrived📷 Nadia & Henny are back together again! Look how Happy the 2 are Thanks to all that helped reunite these 2 precious #wildhorses Thanks Lori for giving Nadia the love & care she deserved to bring her back to health from starving condition when arrived

[Mel 📎🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇺🇸 (no DM's, no lists) @Norska11]

Regal and striking Golden Langurs hold on to survival in #Assam #India. They face multiple threats incl. #palmoil #deforestation. Fight for them each time you shop, #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://t.co/wuvP8FckjA via @palmoildetect

[Robb Edwards 🌱 @RobRobbEdwards]

Dexter Osborn Back on the Road: Tell Venues to Stop Hosting Acts Like “A Grizzly Experience” https://t.co/od1rTBPsRm via @peta

[Palm Oil Detectives #BoycottPalmOil @PalmOilDetect]

Forests cool the planet 🆒����🍃 like natural #aircon. What happens when you cut them down? #Deforestation heats local areas as much as 4.5℃. Keep #forests intact! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://t.co/TUgKYUIxht
https://t.co/TUgKYUIxht

[Palm Oil Detectives #BoycottPalmOil @PalmOilDetect]

#News: Over 40 #Greenpeace activists have been arrested after blocking Syngenta’s Yorkshire HQ over “bee‑killing” #pesticide Hallmark, so toxic one teaspoon can kill 13 million bees. Stand with #pollinators @palmoildetect #Boycott4Wildlife #humanrights
https://t.co/VRIRmigfod

[Gina Bates Ⓥ 𓃟 Pigoneer™. @hilltopgina]

🆘 Please help save these giant boars and their barn.

Running a sanctuary is hard enough without their rented barn & land being sold off 😔

From the 10 giant boars🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗���🐗🐗🐗 +lil Monty🐖

@domdyer70 @PeterEgan6 @DeborahMeaden @JaneFallon @AlisonBurnsJazz @DaleVince

[Chrissy a proud Pigoneer & Dolphin Angel Ⓥ 𓃟 💙🐬 @CHAM02313921]

🧐 BEGGING FOR A REPOST 🤨

Ricky Gervais @rickygervais not asking for your cash, just a repost of this URGENT FUNDRAISER cos one prod with your influential finger you could save the lives of 10 boars rescued by Sasha @BTWsanctuary
Please give it a prod 👇
https://t.co/LYVJrr7m3A

[🇺🇬CHRIS SSALI 🇷🇼 @chris_chemist11]

Poverty, Floods, Corruption & Greenwashing

1. The Vicious Cycle
Poverty in Africa isn't just a social crisis—it's an environmental and infrastructural one.When 37% of Africans live in extreme poverty and 600 million lack access to reliable electricity, governments face impossible choices:feed people today or build for tomorrow's floods. Climate resilience becomes a luxury.

2. The Infrastructure Gap
Africa requires £1.8 trillion by 2030 to address climate change locally,yet receives less than $14 billion annually in adaptation finance against an estimated need of over $100 billion.This staggering gap means drainage systems designed for colonial-era populations struggle with today's megacities.

3. Waste Meets Water
When drains don't exist or are never cleared,waste accumulates. In Accra, drains choked with plastic waste and sachet-water bags turn moderate rain into deadly floods.Similar scenes unfold in Dar es Salaam—uncontrolled waste dumping,limited drainage systems and haphazard building. In Nairobi's informal settlements,garbage ends up in open areas and drainages,clogging sewage systems.

4. 66 Years of the Same Headline
Ghana's capital has flooded for 66 years—for largely the same reasons. President John Mahama rightly called it "not an engineering problem" but "a problem of indiscipline". Yet when poverty forces families onto floodplains and wetlands, "indiscipline" becomes survival.

5. Corruption: The Great Diverter
The African Union estimates Africa loses more than **$148 billion annually to corruption**—nearly three times the $53 billion needed for adaptation financing. When climate funds arrive, 70% of citizens in one survey speculated funds would be lost to corruption or embezzlement. Public trust evaporates.

6. Greenwashing at Its Optimum
Poverty makes Africa fertile ground for corporate greenwashing. In Tanzania, Volkswagen's carbon credit scheme offers Maasai herders $2 per hectare on 40-year contracts—"free money" few can refuse. NGOs call it a "scam" that lets corporations "continue polluting & making big profits on the backs of indigenous people".

7. The Plastic Credit Mirage
In Kenya, petrochemical-backed plastic credits promise to improve waste picker livelihoods.Reality? No increase in wages,no meaningful consultation, informal workers excluded. Companies earn credits, luxury brands buy reputations and those doing the actual collection see little benefit.

8. Vanishing Carbon Deals
UAE's Blue Carbon signed deals covering millions of hectares across Africa. Liberia's deal covering ~10% of its landmass? Stalled.Promised community benefits? Nowhere.Schemes "lack oversight" & offer polluters a chance to "greenwash" emissions with little climate impact.

9. What Real Solutions Look Like
The AfDB's $11 million sanitation project in Juba shows what's possible: upgrading faecal sludge treatment,strengthening waste systems,reducing flood risks. In Accra's Old Fadama, a community waste-to-livelihoods hub transforms hazards into enterprise,with 30 beneficiaries gaining skills in waste entrepreneurship.

10. The Way Forward
Africa's climate trap is not inevitable. But solutions require:

· Debt relief & concessional finance—not commercial loans
· Anti-corruption safeguards in carbon markets
· Community-led solutions, not corporate greenwashing
· Accountability for polluters who profit from Africa's vulnerabilities
@AfDB_Group @UNEP @GreenpeaceAfrica @PowerShiftAfrica @350 @ExtinctionR
@25_cycle
@zerowasteeurope
@WasteAidAUS
@LitterFreeKenya
@ThislsAmazing_
@EndPlasticTrash @No_PlasticWaste
#ClimateJustice #AfricaClimateCrisis #Greenwashing #EndPoverty #ClimateFinance #FloodResilience #WasteManagement #ClimateAction #JustTransition #COP30 #AfricaRising #Sustainability #CorporateAccountability #ClimateEmergency #LossAndDamage

Poverty doesn't just trap people—it traps continents in cycles of vulnerability, exploitation, and disaster. Breaking free requires confronting the systems that profit from Africa's pain.

[Lisa Clare Read 💙 @LisaClareRead2]

Please can you help @BTWsanctuary buy the barn that has been home to these giant boars for 6 years 🙏
They were rescued from a hell hole slaughterhouse and this barn is their sanctuary.
Please help save them 🐷 🐷
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https://t.co/B9Sd86tTCB

#WednesdayVibe #GiantBoar #UK

[Palm Oil Detectives #BoycottPalmOil @PalmOilDetect]

White-Nosed Sakis have striking tufts of hair on their noses and long silky tails 🙉🩷🤎 They are vulnerable in #Amazonia #Brazil from #soy #meat #palmoil #deforestation. Use your wallet and protect them! Be #vegan 🍉🍎 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://t.co/R26FwTdPJY

[Palm Oil Detectives #BoycottPalmOil @PalmOilDetect]

Fluffy tree-dwelling #marsupials Mountain #Cuscus of #WestPapua and #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬 are facing narrowing range due to #palmoil #goldmining and #timber #deforestation. Resist for their survival and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🤮☠️🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife https://t.co/2qwhme6BEe

[Palm Oil Detectives #BoycottPalmOil @PalmOilDetect]

Red Howlers, characterful, cheeky red furry #monkeys of #Colombia 🐵🐒🙈🙉 they are under threat from #palmoil and #gold #deforestation 😿 fight for them and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🔥⛔️ #BoycottGold ��🔥⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://t.co/iN1AbWVFdb

[Robb Edwards 🌱 @RobRobbEdwards]

Deer & elk at closed #Marineland may be trucked to slaughter, while some reportedly suffer injuries and poor care. Tell Animal Welfare Authorities to investigate now. #Deer #AnimalCruelty

https://t.co/yjs8ExFAgd

[Robb Edwards 🌱 @RobRobbEdwards]

Deer & elk at closed #Marineland may be trucked to slaughter, while some reportedly suffer injuries and poor care. Tell Animal Welfare Authorities to investigate now. #Deer #AnimalCruelty

https://t.co/yjs8ExFAgd