I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.

Recording of v. exciting launch of Earth Rover Program. Their "soilsmology" system can read soil structure (horizons etc.), density and moisture in 3D. Potential to measure carbon content.

Massive potential in this. "Seeing" into soil with seismology. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Global launch of Earth Rover Program. Exciting research into using seismology as low cost, effective way to analyse soil quality. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The EU is planning a shift away from science in favour of the chemical industry. Instead of rolling back protections we must strengthen them by removing hazardous pesticides. Join us & say End the Toxic Pesticide Era. Write to your Commissioner www.environmentalpillar.ie/end-the-toxic-pesticide-era/

Relevant to Ireland too...the Sika deer problem in Scotland and how to solve it👇 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Global launch of Earth Rover Program. Exciting research into using seismology as low cost, effective way to analyse soil quality. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Massive international scandal of the ISDS (Investor–state dispute settlement). Large companies & individuals ultimately robbing a better life from us all. Most people are un aware of this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Possible that up lynx co-existed with people in upland wood pasture. Until early medieval period at least.

‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement www.theguardian.com/environment/... Recently had the good fortune to meet Jack Durant, one of the founders of Youngwilders. Great guy.

Top class work these guys are doing. Video is a great guide on how to tackle rhododendron.

Good news for ground nesting birds in Co Fermanagh! www.bbc.com/news/article...

www.embercombe.org/the-rewildin... Places available 👆. Learn about rewilding and how to carry it out. Make friends and connections with other rewilders and become part of a big network in UK, Ireland and further afield. Training delivered by experienced rewilders.

Let's make polluters pay for the damage they do. Please sign the petition foe.uk/tmqsb

I've just signed this petition to save Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford. Will you sign your name too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie

Israel digs itself into a deeper hole

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Some big polluter is breathing sigh of relief’: Questions remain over Blackwater fish kill Inconclusive report must not be last word on devastating incident. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The fly agaric came out in force for the Ulster Wildlife AGM yesterday at Killeavy

Nobody to blame, just an unfortunate accident we are doomed to repeat and repeat with no way of knowing how to stop it. This country is ran by people who have no interest in nature.

Why does the COP30 logo look like one for a petrol company? Is that meant to be a red flame or a dying leaf? Probably both.

www.environmentalpillar.ie/stopeumercos... Please sign to protest against the malign Mercosur trade deal.

www.irishtimes.com/video/video/... If only there was as much land rewilded as there are golf courses

Help save Beer Mill Farm. Matched funding for your donation 👇

🎉BREAKING: The High Seas Treaty has reached 60 ratifications — enough to enter into force! This landmark agreement creates a pathway to help protect the high seas — waters beyond any one country’s authority that cover nearly half our planet. https://oceana.ly/3VqpI2Y

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Please sign if you haven't already www.environmentalpillar.ie/hands-off-na...

Just 1 day left to speak up for nature! Across Europe, our forests are thinning, our rivers are drying, and our wildlife is vanishing. Now the European Commission wants to weaken the laws that protect them. Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature. Speak up now: environmentalpillar.ie/hands-off-na...

How can individuals & groups be more resilient and effective in climate action? New book: The Psychology of Climate Action looks at this. Touches on anger, moral considerations, activist burnout, perception of protests, and general theories of socio-ecological change. E-book is free to download.

Georgeous. Some of the devil's finest work 😂

Something that could be done in Irish uplands as well...

In Cavan last week on a great nature friendly farm. Lots of biodiversity. We discovered marsh fritillary caterpillars 🐛🦋. First time ever recorded on that site. 💚 Also painted ladies, red admirals and speckled woods.

Everyone should read John's book 👇

Understanding Cambridge’s history turned out to be key to the success of King's College's wildflower meadows. Also enjoy the shire horses making hay in front of the chapel. youtu.be/8Cywt01POXQ?...

Extract from my new book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, which launches today, is now published on @thejournal.ie, via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/readme/john-...

Love Bill Sutherland's series of Conservative Concepts. youtube.com/@bill_suther... Great source of info for anyone with an interest in how the natural world works. 💚🌳🐺🍄🌸🐛

2025 is an amazing year for acorns. Here is discuss the origin of mast seeding (bonanza years followed by poor years) and the consequences youtu.be/rzsh1A8wOag?...

I've just signed the Greenpeace petition to protect the Amazon. We must save the rainforest from the tipping point. Will you help? Sign the petition now; it's really quick. act.gp/4cqwbCH

Take action against the European Commision's attack on environmental laws follow link below👇

New Europe-wide study finds that efforts to provide pollinator habitat in urban areas - such as sowing wildflower mixes - really do work, boosting numbers of bees and butterflies: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

An Oxford university consultant surgeon on recent experiences in Gaza, noting UK govt complicity in genocide, as well as multiple Israeli war crimes of the most grotesque kind, including soldiers using children for target practice. ('Eye-witness report' Private Eye 1655 @privateeyenews.bsky.social )

Greenpeace install Anish Kapoor artwork "BUTCHERED"on North Sea Shell gas platform to highlight the toxic industry. Spills 100 lires of "blood". Make polluters pay. youtube.com/shorts/506J3...

Saw this dreadful plastic grass fest in Ballycastle 3 yrs ago...

www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/nationa... Lynx could thrive if released in Northumberland – and 72% of people in the region support reintroduction research has found.

Just been to great event below at Féile an Phobail with Eoghan Daltun @irishrainforest.bsky.social & Cormac Hamill. 2 great communicators that have done great work for nature 👏💚 Ethusiastic turn out too.

Because of the way we've messed up ecosystems a native plant has become, in some places, invasive. Here's how Highlands rewilding deals with it

UN should ban fossil fuel lobbyists from the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Companies like Shell make billions turning oil and gas into plastic - so they’re trying to sabotage the talks to protect their profits and block real action on plastic pollution. Let’s stop them! act.gp/3YxOUXa

No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree. youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU

'35% increase' in Irish corncrake numbers in last 5 years. @CorncrakeLife bringing that Crex flex we all need. www.agriland.ie/farming-news...