Did you know farmers are exposed to toxic pesticides way more than the rest of us? And those chemicals end up in our water and food. There's a push to ban the most harmful ones—but only if enough people demand it. Join thousands of Europeans calling for change. www.pan-europe.info/ban-pesticid...

Mr. Toad is starting to panic over his dodgy money

Precision fermentation could radically transform our food system — without radically transforming what foods we eat. That's why we're teaming up with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social to make a short film about it, and we need your help to make it happen. ⬇️🐄❌ www.gofundme.com/f/no-cows-ne...

Now don't be laughing at JD Vance... 🤣😂😅

“Wild salmon connect wild mountains to the sea, their presence or absence a verdict on how humans value, treat and manage the world. Wild salmon are the measure; when they go missing, it signals that things are completely out of ecological whack.“ By me, for @irishtimes.com

Good news. The rewilding in Glenveigh looks like its putting nature back on track.

Lee Raymond must be spinning so quickly in his grave it could be used as a power source... but would it count as clean energy? 🤔🤣

So love the Burren and delighted to be able to visit before a viva in Dublin. What an extraordinary fascinating region with astonishing ecology youtube.com/watch?v=jFml...

The Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, says “if you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin how else can you describe them? That is racist thuggery”. True. But there is also another apt term which he and the rest of the Cabinet should be using. Terrorism.

Would you buy a used car from these two? Or double glazing? Makes you wonder what their agenda really is... and who they really serve.

Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and the ‘Pure Cold Rage’ Used to Trigger a Racist Pogrom in Belfast – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/t...

Six different tree species clumped together in an area of natural regeneration on the edge of Coill Sheanadh Gharráin in Connemara. No forester would plant Oak, Birch, Willow, Rowan, Holly & Hazel like this. Rewilding is crucial, because we can neither predict nor replicate what nature will do.

Big positive change of mindset for Denmark's attitude to nature

Wow! 200,000km² of ocean declared entirely off-limits to fishing in some of the most biodiverse waters on earth 🌏 That's a win 🙌 #oceanoptimism oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...

Stop the destruction of Albania’s protected wild coast. Bulldozers are tearing into Pishë Poro–Narta, a vital habitat for flamingos, pelicans, sea turtles, and migratory birds, to make way for an unauthorised resort linked to Jared Kushner. This must not be allowed to continue. c.org/y6kFWdLgMw

Billionaires are attacking our rights, our media, and our freedom. It’s time to resist. I just signed this petition—add your name and be part of the movement: act.gp/3Rqfnlz #TimeToResist

Campaign win! Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to “double the extent of duchy-managed Atlantic rainforest on Dartmoor by the early 2040s” This means Black-a-Tor Copse, as well as Wistman’s Wood! A first step towards doubling rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Were constantly told by the forestry industry that commercial plantations are good for carbon when undisturbed native forests are so much better

Good news from England where authorities have finally seen sense and ended the pointless culling of badgers. In Ireland on it goes, killing thousands of badgers and costing taxpayers a ball breaking €157 million thus year alone. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ireland's entry for the World Stupidity Championships. Strong chance of a gold medal.

This, by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, is a brilliant, fascinating and definitional article. If you want to understand what's happening around the world, you should read it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Mr Sakila didn’t just become passively unresponsive at the scene - the video shows multiple men restraining him on the ground with their body weight, including one who knelt and then with his hands pressed down in his neck. Truly disturbing footage www.thejournal.ie/yves-sakila-...

The purple Polanski or brindled Burnham gets my vote. Certainly not a dingy Farage or grizzled Starmer 😂.

A way of greatly speeding up ash seed germination.

"This is a landmark legal ruling for ocean protection, which is set to make waves across Europe. The Dutch court has unequivocally confirmed that bottom trawling in protected areas cannot be ignored" Fantastic news from the Netherlands! oceanographicmagazine.com/news/dutch-c...

What the...? Beavers... in trees? Another of rewilding's many wonderful nature surprises 😂

...and to cap it all Starmer thinks Reform is taking most Labour votes when its really the Greens. Totally clueless.

Micheál Martin talking about a nuclear power station and now this Olympic standard bull... Stupid or doing the bidding of wealthy donors? Likely both.

BREAKING: First Ever Green Mayor Win 🎉 Zoë Garbett has been elected Mayor of Hackney – huge congratulations!

🚨Fish, birds and even dogs have been killed by toxic algae in the UK and Ireland’s largest lake: Lough Neagh. Abuse of our waters must stop. Sign this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to demand practical action before any more damage is done⏰ action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sav...

We wrote to the Dept of Education and Youth today over school materials promoting Sitka Spruce Forestry while omitting ecological harm. The booklet by industry bodies is one-sided, ignoring biodiversity loss and water quality impacts. IWT calls for safeguards on school messaging iwt.ie/sitka_spruce/

"Just as we make ourselves more energy-secure by switching from fossil fuels to renewables, we make ourselves more food-secure by switching from animals to plants." - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

David Attenborough takes on PHEASANTS! “Native to Asia, but now released into our countryside on an industrial scale, over 30 million every year… eating vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day.” Time for the Government to regulate this out-of-control industry #SecretGarden

If you read one thing today ... An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social billmckibben.substack.com/p/big-oil-br...

If a 600-ton excavator can be converted from diesel to electric, pretty much anything can. And thanks to Dementia Don and the oil crooks pulling his strings, the world is now - finally - scrambling to break decisively with fossil fuels. electrek.co/2026/04/18/m...

Wonderful dynamic landscape caused by the behaviour of bison.

Oostvaardersplassen. European rewilding was kick started by an oil crisis. Perhaps it can happen again. In 1973 the downturn caused by oil shortages led to the abandonment of a large polder near Amsterdam. 1/3

So BnM, Irish Independent and govt., explain how trashing rare habitat, damaging a carbon sink and releasing CO2 is a good idea?

We are in a politico-bioclimate crisis. Rich and powerful idiots have captured politics for their own ends so they can profit by trashing the world and destroying life. Wouldn't it be poetic justice if the moron king brings the whole corrupt house down.

More nauseating industry propaganda being pumped into our schools with no State regulation or oversight whatever, endorsed by that biodiversity champion, MHR. Industrial forestry taking a leaf from livestock sector playbook.

Polls have consistently shown that the Irish public does not support our intensive forestry model. Instead of tackling the root causes of this dissatisfaction, the Irish forestry sector seems determined to “educate” the public. A strategy that seems to involve brainwashing our children.

Oostvaardersplassen. European rewilding was kick started by an oil crisis. Perhaps it can happen again. In 1973 the downturn caused by oil shortages led to the abandonment of a large polder near Amsterdam. 1/3

It's the Second Dumbing.

This is how it's done! "a core reserve where fishing is banned outright, surrounded by a buffer zone that allows some artisanal fishing — designed to allow local fishing communities to retain their traditional livelihoods" www.conservation.org/news/brazil-...

"around 95% of species being hauled up were not the intended target of the fishery" The destructive power of bottom trawling has been known for a long time yet authorities still allow it in so-called 'protected areas' oceanographicmagazine.com/news/world-f...

¡Viva España!

Want to learn more about woodlands, hedges, fencing, wetland management and more? The excellent Conservation Volunteer Handbooks are now free to access online. Consider a donation if you find them useful. youtube.com/watch?v=0jps...

Nice to see politicians defending the EU's LIFE programme. It's the only dedicated funding for biodiversity and the European Commission wants to scrap it as a stand alone programme in the name of 'simplification' www.irishtimes.com/environment/...