The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.

🚨 Scientists have combed through 9,000 fisheries reports to lift a lid on just how horrific bottom trawling for our seas. It will shock you. ~3,000 different marine species have been caught by bottom trawlers, however the true number may be double this👇 theconversation.com/bottom-trawl...

I stopped at an honesty box to buy free range eggs. I wasn't expecting such a great variety! They look almost too good to eat. The Quail eggs are so beautifully marked.

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

I was very pleased to find this stripe smut Urocystis fischeri on Glaucous Sedge at Killard today. Killard is a treasure trove of plant pathogens, my site list is over 50 species and many more turning up all the time. #FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease

The Trump Administration just repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule that helped make sure conservation, recreation, and local communities had a real seat at the table. Now, millions of acres of public www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c...

4 Mistle thrush in a nest in my friend's garden today.💛

Oil pollution can cause terrible harm to wildlife. In seals, it can cause breathing conditions + damage to the nervous system. It affects seals' ability to regulate body heat, making them more vulnerable to starvation + hypothermia. Report by @oceanauk.bsky.social: uk.oceana.org/reports/sea-...

Turns out, if you stop tearing up the seabed, wildlife thrives: ten years after banning bottom trawl fishing, there are 3 times the number of sea creatures + double the number of species in the South Arran MPA, Scotland, than there were before the ban 👏🦪🐟 share.google/2M5WqP3CXwSH...

Mij Tanith, 78-year old author, activist & City of Adelaide 2025 Citizen of the Year was arrested at North Adelaide Golf Course while protesting the felling of hundreds trees at the site for a poncy "$45 million redevelopment" What a bloody legend‼️ ✊✊✊

I attended this screening last night, I'm blown away by this inspirational man, John, you're amazing.

St. John’s-worts, Hypericums: Opposite leaves. 5 yellow petals. Numerous stamens. Features to look for: Stem: round, square, raised lines, smooth, downy Leaves: translucent glands, black glandular dots Petals: black streaks, length related to sepals Sepals: blunt, pointed

A second Irish site for Peronospora polygoni today on nice grassland managed by @donnarainey4.bsky.social Ground disturbed by cattle is always so interesting, with a rich array of little annuals #FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease

BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.

The beautiful fresh greens contrast so well with the Bluebells. #woodlands

Studies published in 2025/26, suggest glyphosates cause tumors in rodents and are linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It's been found in human blood, urine and breast-milk. Yet U.S. and EU, ignore science, to renew it's use. I'd be asking where those rivers flow. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

Are you based in Northern Ireland and taking part in the National Plant Monitoring Scheme @npms.bsky.social ? We have a great event for you on 19 May, with #WildFlowerID at Ecos Nature Park, Ballymena in the morning followed by training on how to survey a #NPMS square: bsbi.org/take-part/ev...

Just now outside my kitchen window, the scarce Tree sparrow along with a House sparrow.

Smaller than your thumb - and almost gone. Meet Dwarf Milkwort! #SpeciesOfTheWeek

What do you get when you cross a Fly Orchid with a Bee Orchid? This little cutie, that’s what! 😍 So excited to see the Fly x Bee hybrid this weekend! #Wildflowerhour

Spring gentians, just so beautiful. #wildflowerhour

Bird'sfoot trefoil. #wildflowerhour

Adorable Cowslips. Galway commonage. #wildflowerhour

Early purple orchids seen in Mayo & Galway this week. #wildflowerhour

The most exquisite examples of Mountain everlasting seen this week in a commonage in Co Galway. The number of petals! The colour! The intricacy of these beautiful flowers. #wildflowerhour

Bittervetch. #wildflowerhour

Some lovely Bush vetch in the hedges & verges this week. #wildflowerhour

The Dandelion show isn't over just yet. Wall to wall seed heads, so impressive!

Benbulben glowing in the evening sun.

Green hairstreaks were enjoying the Gorse today.

The beauty of the Bluebell woods.

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

What a jewel, Rose chafer beetle.

'MacKenzie Scott Donates $70M to Meals on Wheels Amid Growing Need' ✨ 📰 Yahoo!News (4/20/26) www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Denial is among the most immature and destructive of human traits. Yet it is all around us: Denial of antisemitism Denial of Islamophobia Denial of climate breakdown Denial of democratic breakdown. We should put away childish things and face our monsters.

Surely nobody could object to the UK working with the EU to reduce the use of cancer causing chemicals? (Except Nigel and his band of euro haters). www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thanks for all the lovely comments and support from media round this morning. Great to see Green Party membership ticking up as we enter a really crucial week. Let's end Rip Off Britain. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Master of disguise, Brimstone butterflies.

“The Turkish Mediterranean coast is the most polluted coast in the whole Mediterranean because of...plastic waste from the recycling factories. There’s huge amounts of microplastics–sometimes people can’t even get into the sea because of all the waste” ~ Prof Sedat Gündoğdu Photos, Verdat Örüç

There are fewer people claiming asylum in Northern Ireland than the estimated capacity of Glentoran's main stand. People in search of international protection and new life are 0.13% of the NI population. We can offer safety and an opportunity to rebuild lives. [1/2]

The local Yellowhammer population looking great.

I got a fleeting glimpse of a stunning queen Tree bumblebee today in a local Hazelwood. A very striking bee.

This tiny speck on a Dandelion seed head is the shimmery little micro-moth, Micropterix calthella, a really beautiful little creature. They feed on pollen in buttercup species & can be seen in large numbers there. Their larva feed on seeds of Cock's foot grass.

Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways to phase out oil, gas, and coal.

Solar tech has improved so much and come down in price some in CH use them to build fences. Balcony solar panels for flats produce enough to charge most devices. Rainfall capture is a big thing here too. So your house is completely off the grid for water supply as well.

Shocking level of abuse being directed @zackpolanski.bsky.social, the Jewish leader of @greenparty.org.uk . Upholding human rights & rule of law for the Palestinian people, & criticising actions of Israeli government, reflects longtime party position on many parts of world

'The oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry for ever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supplies, the world’s leading energy economist said.' @fionaharvey.bsky.social talks with the IEA's Fatih Birol: share.google/PBvCKZ8tFWHd...

As firms produce ever more plastic, waves of chemical-laden plastic waste sent from richer countries engulf poorer countries - linked to illegal waste dumping + burning, + labour abuses. Could a new EU law be about to make the situation even worse? Our new article: share.google/ffp0cdhncdNJ...

“Even a perfectly managed marine protected area will fail to achieve benefits for conservation + for people if wastewater keeps flowing in from upstream" If we want to protect sea creatures, we need to stop drenching them with sewage: share.google/0a5NEZKwFQWc...

Primula veris, Cowslip, with Galium odoratum, Sweet Woodruff. #WildflowerHour