💛 We're having a little sale in the Octopus Tea Cup series! 🙂‍↕️🙌 🎉🥳 Come take a look at what's available: sculptedreef.com/collections/... 🐙 Please share this post 🐙 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

Given the #jimmykimmel thing with #freespeech I’m dropping this here in case you missed it and want to know the truth about free speech in the USA (spoiler, it’s never been free!)

Happy Sun-Day! How are you celebrating the rapid expansion of solar across the globe? We reached a tipping point in cost, it’s so affordable now. Check out 350.org for more. #sunday #solarpower #celebrate

I’ve been missing forests so much I went into one of those big department stores’ plant section to smell moist soil and caress ferns. #WeAreNature #forest #ferns

Law isn’t #anthropocentric —it protects profit over people. Only a few humans, going against evolutionary biology, are benefiting by hoarding wealth. Creating #ecocentric law is the most beneficial to all people bc humans are part of the ecosystem. Time to redefine #sustainable

Are you still technically a homebody if you live on a sailboat so that you can travel but stay home at the same time? Is this a paradox?! Whatever it is, it’s fun. . . . #ilovetheocean #ocean #boatlife #travel

You can be kind and compassionate while having strong boundaries and fully understanding a situation. Far too often, we’re told that kindness and caring make you naive, an easy target. But that’s not true. Societies are complex systems of care, and when that care is gone, societies collapse.

Finally some #goodnews !! #bigoil had nowhere left to hide. . #climatejustice #climatecrisis #law #climatelaw #corporateaccountability #climatelitigation #climatescience #attribution

Good news for #sharks and #coralreefs ! I am so excited to learn about these efforts and see Mongabay on Substack. #goodnews This is active hope--finding hope in the work. What amazing work are you doing? Please share more good news with me! #activehope

I just found an article in Nature that fills the evidentiary gap in attributing climate crisis harms to carbon emitters. THIS IS BIG! Like, I almost want to fly back to the states, sit thru the 3 awful days of bar exam, and start prosecuting them. Almost. But I'm excited to see who does! #climatelaw

In 2015, the Wampís of Peru became the first Indigenous group in the country to declare themselves an autonomous nation. They have spent decades resisting the expansion of oil drilling and other extractive projects. But the state has not recognized the autonomous nation.

🆕 New Coral Species Hiding in Plain Sight! Researchers discovered 5 new table coral species in the Great Barrier Reef,all mistaken for one common coral before. Advanced DNA revealed a hidden biodiversity treasure🪸 🔗 phys.org/news/2025-08... #MotivationMonday By @riccardomazza.bsky.social

Our latest blog post explores the Anguilla Shark Conservation (ASC) project, which aimed to develop a science-based understanding of shark and ray populations in Anguilla through meaningful community engagement. Read it here - sites.exeter.ac.uk/exetermarine... 🦑🌍🦤🧪🌐

🎣 🇬🇷 In a groundbreaking bid to reverse #overfishing off Amorgos island, local fishers have successfully campaigned for a year-round fishing ban across 3 of its most critical marine areas, in a move to help preserve dwindling fish populations oceanographicmagazine.com/news/greece-...

Take action on climate change and join Scotland’s biggest climate lobby in Edinburgh, 18 Sept 🌍📢 🚶‍♀️Meet MSPs 📣Make your voice heard 🎉 Enjoy workshops & stalls 👉 bit.ly/3IhRpaS #ActNowChangeForever @sccscot.bsky.social

I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t do cocaine, I deserve cream in my coffee! - me, 30 seconds in to our conversation about living without refrigeration. #boatlife #sailing

Today, we celebrate a landmark moment for Ghana’s fisheries: the President has signed the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, without amendments 👏 This bold act of leadership ensures the protection of small-scale fishers, strengthens food security, and lays the foundation for ecosystems to recover.

We've been cited as 3rd in the world (and 1st in the UK!) for publishing sea turtle publications! A recent, global review in Ocean and Coastal Management has cited @exeter.ac.uk as a top institution for publishing research on sea turtles conservation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🦑🌍🐢🧪

🌱Kelp forests in marine protected areas are more resilient to marine heatwaves, new research show! Meaning it is all the more vital we ensure our ocean havens are truly protected from destructive threats like bottom trawling www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

🌊 Marine biologist Mads St Clair is calling out the scourge of bottom-trawl fishing in UK seas 🪸 But there’s still hope! Because our ocean can recover, if we let it 💙 Take action with us today against bottom trawling in marine protected areas! 👉 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

Do you know how to swim safely with manta rays in a way that doesn’t stress them and which contributes to sustainable tourism and scientific research? My son Rob explains. youtu.be/DXUu6xC5H58?...

1/2 A guy pushing 50 with an 8th grade education yelled at me, “That’s just your opinion!” My man, that’s all we’ve got. There is no absolute truth. Judges write *opinions* bc law is just the codification of society’s morals and values. So let our opinions be informed by facts, logic, and empathy.

with plastic treaty negotiations reaching their end point, it is worth underlining that companies like DuPont knew that recycling wasn't technically and economically feasible as early as 1974 recycling is not, and has never been, the solution to the global crisis of plastics pollution

People from across Scotland will meet their MSPs on Thurs 18 Sept to call for urgent, fair climate action. This is a critical moment, with a new Climate Change Plan is coming, and an election next year. Will you join them? 📝 Sign up: bit.ly/44TiTfB #ActNowChangeForever #MassLobby

My cat interrupted, but the language learning tips hold true! I just started a substack called "Not a Travel Journal" notatraveljournal.substack.com to translate some of my journal entries into French and share my language learning journey with you. I hope you enjoy! #learnFrench #languagelearning

I started sharing my language learning journey with French by translating travel journal entries. It's not really a #travelblog because it's about cultural insights, self-reflection, and often a little Nature philosophy, rather than reviewing sites and hotels. #learnFrench #languagelearningtips

Sharing travel experiences through self-reflection and the cultural insights gained through language learning. If you're learning a language, join me on my journey and let me know which learning tips work best for you! #languagelearning #french #travel #learningfrench

"What makes an ocean farm “restorative” is that it heals the relationships between the people and their home, so that all life can thrive. It’s place-based: What grows here? Who lives here? What life supports other life here?" #oceanfarm #regenerative #restorative #seaweed #community

Was playing Would You Rather and nearly all my answers were based on climate change. I can’t *not* think about it. Sometimes it’s hard to find the joy but I keep trying. #joyisresistence . . #climate #climatechange

Language shapes how we see the world. . #oceanadvocacy #ocean #oceanpolicy #climate

My experience at #UNOC left me feeling mixed but with a big crush on Panama. #ocean #unitednations #marinelife #climate #corals #plasticpollution #law #oceanlaw #activism

Saving Sea Stars: my latest post on beach clean-up impacts, community, and enjoying where you are right now. I'm living in the Canary Islands for the moment. #ocean #seastars #beachcleanup #oceanadvocacy #oceanconservation #plasticpollution #plastic #endplastic #environmentallaw #polluterpays

This bill has the potential to do wonderful things for Scotland and lead the world in paradigm shifts to living in harmony with Nature! And the gov listened to TORC, including important rights for rivers and the ocean! #ecocide #rightsofnature #sustainabilityUK #ecocentriclaw #environmentallaw

This piece is like a page from my travel journal, incorporating my actual night watch thoughts with text. We’d just navigated from the interior lake through Amsterdam and out of the massive North Sea Canal.

"The World's Ocean is being MURDERED by a handful of Wealthy People." There, I fixed your headline. The biggest flex of any propaganda was convincing the public that the death of our planet is a suicide and not a homicide. #endcorporategreed NOW #ocean #marinelife #UNOC

Taking the plunge into Etsy! Beginning to list my mixed media work created while sailing the North Sea and the English Channel.

Today, Honduras joins the PPCA, committing to not build any new coal power plants. 🎉 This means Latin America now has no active coal power proposals. Through the Call to Action for No New Coal, we call on countries to commit to No New Coal ahead of COP30. poweringpastcoal.org/news/momentu...

I want a plug-in for my browser that blocks all AI results. . #ai #tech #isthereanappforthat #alreadytiredofAI

Enter to win by tomorrow night! Win coral reef art + support ecocentric coral reef protections. Drawing 17 May, Live on YouTube! #nonprofit #supportartists #art #corals #coralreef #oceanart #oceanlaw #rightsofnature

Close-up of the art you could win. 2 days left to enter—1/2 of all proceeds support an innovative legal toolkit for protecting coral reefs. #coralreefs #protectcorals #art #fundraiser #oceanlaw #bluetang #raffle #rightsofnature #oceanart #marinelife

Enter to win this original piece and help protect coral reefs! Deadline 13 May, full details here: https://open.substack.com/pub/taraapierce/p/a-gift-for-coral-reefsand-one-of?r=4eryu4&utm_medium=ios

A Gift for Coral Reefs—and One of You! I'm raffling the original coverart on this coral reef toolkit, with half of the proceeds going to its development! Entry info here: open.substack.com/pub/taraapie... #oceanart #painting #nonprofit #oceanpolicy #marinelife #saveourseas #fundraiser #coralreef

I'm raffling the original cover art on the Earth Law Center's coral reef toolkit! HALF the proceeds will support the completion of this tool. Enter to help save corals! #savecoralreefs #artactivism #painting #drawing #coralreef #oceanadvocacy #marinelife #artandscience #environmentallaw #earthlaw

I feel this so deeply

Trump wants to open up protected marine monumemts to fishing—destroying ecosystems upon which we all depend—but you can help make sure that doesn’t happen. #coralreefs #marinelife #oceanadvocacy #pacificremoteislands

Did you know? The basic social unit of orcas is a matriline, which is a group connected by maternal descent. A matriline consists of a female and her offspring, and may include the offspring of her daughters as well. Learn more about these iconic animals➡️ biodiv.us/4cP7m3t

Exploring two fun ways to create community care systems. #resist #community #childcare #foodresilience #thinkglobalactlocal

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky please join me in the fight to save our libraries. EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.

Everyday I think about the fact that iceland jailed the people responsible for their financial crisis