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Glenn Vowles

@enviroman.bsky.social

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For a just transition from mass consumerism to conserver living. Bristol based. Humanist. Open University Tutor, Environment, 25+ yrs. Sustainability advocate 45+ yrs. Born 318ppm carbon dioxide, 427ppm & rising now. https://conserverliving.blogspot.com/

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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · Aug 10

Humanism means: using #evidence based #reason to form your views; developing your own and others wellbeing; being concerned for others; drawing meaning from connections and experiences, with other people, with the environment...
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A picture of the character Colombo in a thinking posture. Alongside are words similar to those he often spoke: Just one more thing...Sir, ma'am can you substantiate that?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9h

Lower bills.

Fund our NHS.

Not their culture war nonsense.

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Zack Polanski HUMILIATES Piers Morgan LIVE On Air!

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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · 8h

#Tradition is accepting something without requiring justification and this should be rejected. Justification is what makes things more likely to be reasonable. Embracing/using traditions is often a feature of fascism.

Photos of two contrasting gardens are presented: one a highly manicured lawn with nothing but grass; one full of many many types of plants, not intensely managed, and featuring a three to four seat wooden bench. The words reject tradition, embrace biodiversity are written on the photos.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 18h

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 17h

Coherent longterm strategy: what the UK needs in so many areas of policy

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 20h

NEW ANALYSIS: More than 80% of UK social housing still relies on gas boilers keeping bills exposed to international gas markets and climate targets out of reach.

I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.

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Phasing out gas in European social housing - what the UK can learn

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 16h

“The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. It's the way I see football, the way I see life.” — Bill Shankly

My full speech from the Your Party Liverpool rally:

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MUST WATCH: Zarah Sultana's powerful speech at Your Party launch in Liverpool

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 1d

A system designed around growth will keep looking for ways to accelerate.

A system rooted in the biosphere and human well-being will look for ways to develop while staying in balance.

You can decide which this is...

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’

Meta says that its coders should be working five times faster and that it expects "a 5x leap in productivity."

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d

Gambling - an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals and communities

A massive #PublicHealth issue
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High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers

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Reader David Toke @davidtoke.bsky.social · 1d

self-defeating proposal by Government to lower fees for universities judged to have lower teaching quality. Lower fees will mean fewer staff which will reduce staff-student ratios and reduce student contact time for teaching www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching

Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: no one is safe until everyone is safe. And Americans are now significantly less safe

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d

#HostileEnvironment at the Home Office: a deeply abusive environment

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‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport

Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 2d

3 dangers well known in systems thinking:
--exponentially growing power & weak breaking systems
-- incentives and values, like wealth and power, out of touch with physical limits or the common good

🚨 Systems thinking flashing red alert at what's revealed here

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Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

Millions of Ukrainians have lost their homes — 4.6 million displaced within the country, 6.9 million forced abroad.

The struggle to rebuild lives and communities will last long after the war ends.

#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 2d

#multisolving

Sometimes problems are easier to solve when you weave them together.

Thomas Silverstein @tsilverstein.bsky.social · 2d

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Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services

Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 2d

What's the venn diagram of very bonkers, very self-serving, and very dangerous called?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · 2d

Green turtle numbers are recovering but the overall #biodiversity picture is bad. The Red List of endangered species has 172,620 species on it, with 48,646 threatened with #extinction.
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Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Membership at record levels.

Polling at record levels.

Winning elections at record levels.

What a time to be in @greenparty.org.uk

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