Alex Ekins
@alexekins.bsky.social
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Writer, Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor, Artist and Photojournalist Http://alexekins.co.uk
Itâs so uplifting to see Rowan saplings up on the Kinder PlateauâŠ
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Mark
9 days ago
Everyone should see this film. A powerful piece about how little access we have to the outdoors.
@righttoroam.bsky.social
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Nadia Shaikh and Nick Hayes are heroes for their efforts so far.
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A â â â â â review of Our Land (2025)
Film 133/365 A must watch for anyone who has a relationship with the land on which we live. Which is basically everyone. Only 8% of England is available for us to enjoy. This must change. Nich Hayes, ...
https://boxd.it/ekbi2j
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Guy Shrubsole
about 1 month ago
The
@nationaltrust.org.uk
only rarely ask their members to take political action, but when they do, itâs seismic. Please take the NTâs action, email your MP demanding the Government protect 30% of the UK for nature by 2030:
campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/186395/...
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Faber Books
about 1 month ago
'It will radically change what you thought about 'wilderness'.' Cat Jarman When was Britain last truly wild? And what, if anything, remains? In Wilderlands,
@eloi.se
charts the unexpectedly human history of wild Britain across 12,000 years. Available to pre-order now đŠ
linktr.ee/wilderlandsb...
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Brent Toderian
about 2 months ago
âAir pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.â Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, itâs remarkable that more cities HAVENâT done the same.
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/04/12/air-pollution-paris-health-cars/
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Jon Moses
2 months ago
A historic day as the England Coast Path is completed. Congratulations to
@ramblers.org.uk
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@naturalengland.bsky.social
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public
The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0dxexdd8xo
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Orion Magazine
2 months ago
âThe last of Irelandâs great oak forests were gone by the end of the seventeenth century,â writes Lenny Antonelli in this story from our 2021 Spring issue. âBut pockets of this ancient forest linger.â Today, walk with us through the ghost wood.
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In the Ghost Wood
Memories and tales of Ireland's lost forests
https://orionmagazine.org/article/in-the-ghost-wood/
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Melaine Le Roy
3 months ago
Mer de Glace 13th Oct. 2024 Unreal colours at sunset on the bed of the Mer de Glace, where now only a thin trickle of ice flows... đ§đą
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Reading about writing but not actually writing
#procrastination
good books though so not complaining too much
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
@stephenking.bsky.social
#dbcpierre
#brucehollandrogers
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Brian Groom
3 months ago
Lynx could return to Scotland - but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lynx could return to Scotland â but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders?
With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/27/lynx-could-return-to-scotlands-forests-but-can-rewilders-win-over-wary-highlanders
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George Conway âïžđșđž
3 months ago
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The Guardian
4 months ago
âWe want people to sit, pause, relaxâ: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
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âWe want people to sit, pause, relaxâ: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/12/we-want-people-to-sit-pause-relax-national-trust-to-open-its-libraries-for-public-use?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768196563
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Tom Cox
4 months ago
Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."
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Chris Townsend
4 months ago
BBC News - Climber with hypothermia airlifted off Glencoe mountain gets bus home
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Climber with hypothermia airlifted off Glencoe mountain gets bus home
Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team had helped the man off the peak after he got stuck in wintry conditions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q41024p7wo
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Ed Douglas
4 months ago
If you've ever wondered why our peregrines are disappearing, here's the answer.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How demand for elite falcons in the Middle East is driving illegal trade of British birds
Exclusive: data reveals hundreds of UK nests have been raided in the past decade amid growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breeding
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/05/elite-falcons-middle-east-illegal-trafficking-trade-british-birds
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Benjamin Myers
5 months ago
Annual reminder:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddzS...
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Never The Hootenanny
YouTube video by Jon Averill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddzSgxuUAGk
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National Trust
5 months ago
Just in case you're wondering, today is Sunday.
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The Guardian
5 months ago
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
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Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law Shooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law. At the moment, it is legal to shoot the animals during their breeding season, with pregnant hares left to bleed out, and leverets â their young â often orphaned as a result. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/20/shooting-hares-england-ban-trail-hunting-animal-welfare-law?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Damian Carrington
5 months ago
Glaciers set to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years -
#climatecrisis
forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage Research by
@landervt.bsky.social
et el Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/15/alpine-glaciers-rate-extinction-climate-crisis
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Kristie De Garis
5 months ago
Thread 1/ Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ânature cureâ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that? The answer is simple.
#Reading
#Writing
#NatureWriting
#Nature
#Scotland
#Books
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George Monbiot
6 months ago
Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, âsoilsmologyâ, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, âSoilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soilâ, which explores how an eme...
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bkRZQgnKRnKyOFCFQUQzMg#/registration
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Openly Gay Animals đ
6 months ago
Time-lapse of various species of mushrooms growing
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Damian Carrington
6 months ago
China is âreshaping the worldâs energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of
#climatechange
â, says
@economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels' $
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Chinaâs clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The worldâs biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
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Sheffield Tribune
6 months ago
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield. Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for ÂŁ25,000. Read today's story:
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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Martin A. Nuñez
7 months ago
a century of glaciers melting đ§Șđ
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James Rebanks
8 months ago
So, this happened⊠thanks to
@waterstones.bsky.social
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Guy Shrubsole
8 months ago
Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social
inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/15/right-to-swim-and-wild-camp-in-england-should-be-enshrined-in-law-labour-mps-say
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Duncan Robinson
8 months ago
Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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Melaine Le Roy
9 months ago
Collapse of Grande Motte north face Glacier (~3300 m, Tignes) likely during thursday night! đ§đ đ· Eric Charamel
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Melaine Le Roy
9 months ago
Ice thickness loss at this place on Mer de Glace exceeds 10 cm per day since the August heatwave began! đ„ đ Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
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Guy Shrubsole
9 months ago
Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for the community Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: âI look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community handsâ
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for community
Moscar Moor is not for sale, but the group hopes to secure it under new Community Right to Buy law.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgyr6945e5o
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David Ho
10 months ago
Motherfucking wind farmsâŠ
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Melaine Le Roy
10 months ago
'Glacier des Bossons' Francis Frith c. 1870 Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! đ° Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
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The Atlantic
10 months ago
âIf the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,â
@helenlewis.bsky.social
writes. âLetâs call them journalists.â
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âJust Asking Questionsâ Got No Answers About Epstein
Right-wing internet personalities have a lot to learn from the mainstream media that they decry.
https://bit.ly/40C7I8G
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Chris Townsend
10 months ago
Demand on mountain rescue teams 'unsustainable' ahead of busy summer season | UK News | Sky News
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Demand on mountain rescue teams 'unsustainable' ahead of busy summer season
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation in North Wales says it is seeing an "increasing number of calls which are really unnecessary".
https://news.sky.com/story/demand-on-mountain-rescue-teams-unsustainable-ahead-of-busy-summer-season-13400573
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The New Yorker
10 months ago
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/walking-helps-us-think?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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Brian Groom
10 months ago
Bid to bring black grouse back to Peak District.
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Bid to bring wild black grouse back to Derbyshire's Peak District
The birds once danced across the moorland of Derbyshire and the endangered species could return.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rp201d43xo
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Guy Shrubsole
10 months ago
Forestry England owns 100s of 'Ghost Woods' - ancient woodlands felled to make way for monoculture plantations. They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by
@wildcard.land
shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century! Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Step up restoration of ancient woodland before it is lost, Forestry England urged
Campaigners say just 5.8% of irreplaceable habitat at publicly owned sites has been fully restored in 10 years
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/step-up-restoration-ancient-woodland-before-lost-forestry-england
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Stephen Forecast
11 months ago
Iâm annoyed that I didnât read The Salt Path so I could be annoyed about being conned. I think Iâm more annoyed by that than I wouldâve been if Iâd been conned.
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Cheeky Bivouac during the last heatwave in May
#bivouac
#wildcamp
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@mountainequipment.bsky.social
11 months ago
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Chris Townsend
11 months ago
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction â proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot
This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/28/village-dorset-eviction-private-money-power-rural-england?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Guardian
11 months ago
Thereâs an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts â and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
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Thereâs an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts â and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species â purple moor-grass â and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/09/britain-deserts-dead-zones-purple-moor-grass?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1749448105
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Chris Townsend
11 months ago
âReclaim Our Moorsâ â local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of âtrashedâ grouse moors â Raptor Persecution UK
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/19/r...
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âReclaim Our Moorsâ â local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of âtrashedâ grouse moors
Around 40 local residents from Sheffield and North Derbyshire have started a campaign to bring local grouse moors in to community ownership. The group âReclaim Our Moorsâ held its inaugâŠ
https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/19/reclaim-our-moors-local-residents-in-sheffield-north-derbyshire-start-campaign-for-community-ownership-of-trashed-grouse-moors/
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Chris Townsend
11 months ago
The BMC is standing up for wild campers - The British Mountaineering Council
www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-i...
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The BMC is standing up for wild campers - The British Mountaineering Council
Wild camping - pitching your tent in a quiet place and leaving no trace - has long been a much-loved part of outdoor adventure. But across most of England and Wales, it remains off-limits, unclear, or...
https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-is-standing-up-for-wild-campers
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George Monbiot
12 months ago
Deserts are spreading across Britain, yet scarcely anyone in public life even seems to have noticed. This week's column seeks to open our eyes to something that has been too big to see.
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Thereâs an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts â and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species â purple moor-grass â and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/09/britain-deserts-dead-zones-purple-moor-grass
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Alastair Humphreys
12 months ago
Have you ever camped in an urban area - bivvied in your back garden, pitched a tent in a park, slept in your van, or found a spot in a less conventional corner to spend the night for adventure, or a change of pace or scene? If so, a survey:
buff.ly/dR0qH7n
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Urban camping survey
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/urban-camping-survey
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New Climber
12 months ago
Tree of the Day The human race will occupy this planet for but a moment.
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The Atlantic
12 months ago
Climate activists are taking up a fresh idea as a rallying cry and a legal strategy: Nature, in all its manifestations, is alive. Elizabeth Rush on Robert Macfarlane's new book, "Is a River Alive?":
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A New Way of Thinking About the Climate
A growing number of climate activists are taking up a fresh idea as a rallying cry and a legal strategy: Nature, in all its manifestations, is alive.
https://bit.ly/3FEu6Hd
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