Charlotte Maddix
@cwmaddix.bsky.social
I like complicated conversations about rewilding, housing, localism and sustainable transport. Fuelled by rage about the nature crisis. Sustained by all the people doing something about it.
The biggest impact on my life from cycling isn’t health, fitness or saving the planet.
It’s the ability to time travel.
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Go here to donate to @thebikestation.bsky.social's #EverydayHeroes campaign:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/everyday-h...
Or read on to find out more... 🧵
It’s the ability to time travel.
⏲️ 🪄 🚲 ⚡ 🌀
Go here to donate to @thebikestation.bsky.social's #EverydayHeroes campaign:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/everyday-h...
Or read on to find out more... 🧵
#EverydayHeroes - Help us get more people on bikes
Get more people on bikes — for their health, their minds, and the planet. Join our #EverydayHeroes and make change happen!
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November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The biggest impact on my life from cycling isn’t health, fitness or saving the planet.
It’s the ability to time travel.
⏲️ 🪄 🚲 ⚡ 🌀
Go here to donate to @thebikestation.bsky.social's #EverydayHeroes campaign:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/everyday-h...
Or read on to find out more... 🧵
It’s the ability to time travel.
⏲️ 🪄 🚲 ⚡ 🌀
Go here to donate to @thebikestation.bsky.social's #EverydayHeroes campaign:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/everyday-h...
Or read on to find out more... 🧵
With 300+ amendments to the Natural Environment Bill lodged by MSPs, it’s clear politicians want to make their mark on Scotland’s nature laws.
But will this bill put us on track to meet our international obligations to protect 30% of Scotland for nature and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems? 🌱🤔🧵
But will this bill put us on track to meet our international obligations to protect 30% of Scotland for nature and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems? 🌱🤔🧵
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
With 300+ amendments to the Natural Environment Bill lodged by MSPs, it’s clear politicians want to make their mark on Scotland’s nature laws.
But will this bill put us on track to meet our international obligations to protect 30% of Scotland for nature and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems? 🌱🤔🧵
But will this bill put us on track to meet our international obligations to protect 30% of Scotland for nature and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems? 🌱🤔🧵
🧵 How long does it take to move a beaver 100 miles?
Hours, by van, from one river catchment to another.
Days or weeks, if you're making the beaver walk. (Don't try that.)
In reality?
3 years.
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Hours, by van, from one river catchment to another.
Days or weeks, if you're making the beaver walk. (Don't try that.)
In reality?
3 years.
🦫😱
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🧵 How long does it take to move a beaver 100 miles?
Hours, by van, from one river catchment to another.
Days or weeks, if you're making the beaver walk. (Don't try that.)
In reality?
3 years.
🦫😱
Hours, by van, from one river catchment to another.
Days or weeks, if you're making the beaver walk. (Don't try that.)
In reality?
3 years.
🦫😱
Yesterday the Scottish Parliament voted for a new law requiring owners of large landholdings to publish plans to increase biodiversity - rather than maintain the status quo in a nature-depleted nation. 🥳
The Land Reform Bill may be weak, but it's a joy to see this one provision made stronger.
The Land Reform Bill may be weak, but it's a joy to see this one provision made stronger.
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yesterday the Scottish Parliament voted for a new law requiring owners of large landholdings to publish plans to increase biodiversity - rather than maintain the status quo in a nature-depleted nation. 🥳
The Land Reform Bill may be weak, but it's a joy to see this one provision made stronger.
The Land Reform Bill may be weak, but it's a joy to see this one provision made stronger.
There’s no clearer way to show the people in power how important rewilding is than turning up on the doorstep of Holyrood with a hundred campaigners... and making some noise. 📣
Tomorrow, let’s call on Scotland's politicians to #StopStallingStartRewilding! 🌱🐾🌊🪸
Sign up: bit.pulse.ly/vgngy4fyli
Tomorrow, let’s call on Scotland's politicians to #StopStallingStartRewilding! 🌱🐾🌊🪸
Sign up: bit.pulse.ly/vgngy4fyli
September 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There’s no clearer way to show the people in power how important rewilding is than turning up on the doorstep of Holyrood with a hundred campaigners... and making some noise. 📣
Tomorrow, let’s call on Scotland's politicians to #StopStallingStartRewilding! 🌱🐾🌊🪸
Sign up: bit.pulse.ly/vgngy4fyli
Tomorrow, let’s call on Scotland's politicians to #StopStallingStartRewilding! 🌱🐾🌊🪸
Sign up: bit.pulse.ly/vgngy4fyli
Reposted by Charlotte Maddix
We love this video as a quick explainer of the role of beavers in wildfire prevention.
That's exactly why we're calling for of them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAM9...
That's exactly why we're calling for of them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAM9...
Beavers and Wildfire: a stop-motion story by Emily Fairfax
YouTube video by Emily Fairfax
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We love this video as a quick explainer of the role of beavers in wildfire prevention.
That's exactly why we're calling for of them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAM9...
That's exactly why we're calling for of them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAM9...
We're on track to have a hundred people standing side by side outside the Scottish Parliament next month - calling on the Scottish Government to stop stalling and start rewilding. 🌱💚
Room for a few more (particularly if you've got a good costume!).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-mean...
Room for a few more (particularly if you've got a good costume!).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-mean...
Green Means Go! Stop Stalling, Start Rewilding | Holyrood Stunt | Oct 1st
A powerful visual stunt outside Holyrood to demand action and expose the barriers to a wilder Scotland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We're on track to have a hundred people standing side by side outside the Scottish Parliament next month - calling on the Scottish Government to stop stalling and start rewilding. 🌱💚
Room for a few more (particularly if you've got a good costume!).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-mean...
Room for a few more (particularly if you've got a good costume!).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-mean...
🌿 The Community Rewilding Guide is here! 🎉 Your toolkit for working with others to restore nature at scale - from forming a group to practical rewilding.
www.rewild.scot/community-rewilding-guide
Huge thanks to everyone who helped shape this resource for co-creating the #RewildingNation!
www.rewild.scot/community-rewilding-guide
Huge thanks to everyone who helped shape this resource for co-creating the #RewildingNation!
September 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌿 The Community Rewilding Guide is here! 🎉 Your toolkit for working with others to restore nature at scale - from forming a group to practical rewilding.
www.rewild.scot/community-rewilding-guide
Huge thanks to everyone who helped shape this resource for co-creating the #RewildingNation!
www.rewild.scot/community-rewilding-guide
Huge thanks to everyone who helped shape this resource for co-creating the #RewildingNation!
Scotland can be a Rewilding Nation - if we can break through the barriers holding rewilding back.
Green means GO! Call on the government to stop stalling - and start rewilding.
Join us outside the Scottish Parliament on 1st October.
✍️ Sign up here: bit.ly/3GYBRs9
#RewildScotland #RewildingNation
Green means GO! Call on the government to stop stalling - and start rewilding.
Join us outside the Scottish Parliament on 1st October.
✍️ Sign up here: bit.ly/3GYBRs9
#RewildScotland #RewildingNation
August 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Scotland can be a Rewilding Nation - if we can break through the barriers holding rewilding back.
Green means GO! Call on the government to stop stalling - and start rewilding.
Join us outside the Scottish Parliament on 1st October.
✍️ Sign up here: bit.ly/3GYBRs9
#RewildScotland #RewildingNation
Green means GO! Call on the government to stop stalling - and start rewilding.
Join us outside the Scottish Parliament on 1st October.
✍️ Sign up here: bit.ly/3GYBRs9
#RewildScotland #RewildingNation
By scrapping plans for a Galloway National Park, the Scottish Government has again proved it can't successfully plot a path to a wilder Scotland.
We need leadership – not another retreat from meaningful action.
Read the Scottish Rewilding Alliance statement here: rewild.scot/scrapping-pl...
We need leadership – not another retreat from meaningful action.
Read the Scottish Rewilding Alliance statement here: rewild.scot/scrapping-pl...
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May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
By scrapping plans for a Galloway National Park, the Scottish Government has again proved it can't successfully plot a path to a wilder Scotland.
We need leadership – not another retreat from meaningful action.
Read the Scottish Rewilding Alliance statement here: rewild.scot/scrapping-pl...
We need leadership – not another retreat from meaningful action.
Read the Scottish Rewilding Alliance statement here: rewild.scot/scrapping-pl...
Reposted by Charlotte Maddix
🔴 NEW: A bid to release beavers in the Highlands was delayed after intensive lobbying by farmers and landowners prompted an intervention by the local MSP and deputy first minister, Kate Forbes.
Find out more: theferret.scot/beave...
Find out more: theferret.scot/beave...
May 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴 NEW: A bid to release beavers in the Highlands was delayed after intensive lobbying by farmers and landowners prompted an intervention by the local MSP and deputy first minister, Kate Forbes.
Find out more: theferret.scot/beave...
Find out more: theferret.scot/beave...
Reposted by Charlotte Maddix
People of colour and Indigenous peoples across the world are facing the worst effects of a climate and nature emergency which they didn’t cause 🌍
Yet their struggles have been repeatedly ignored by people in positions of power, often with deliberate intent.
Yet their struggles have been repeatedly ignored by people in positions of power, often with deliberate intent.
May 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
People of colour and Indigenous peoples across the world are facing the worst effects of a climate and nature emergency which they didn’t cause 🌍
Yet their struggles have been repeatedly ignored by people in positions of power, often with deliberate intent.
Yet their struggles have been repeatedly ignored by people in positions of power, often with deliberate intent.
Reposted by Charlotte Maddix
Can you unite people? Be a Councillor!
You could make the difference. Be a champion for your community.
Our partners are running 3 💥 events this week to demystify the world of councillors!
Our 1st event is today! Two tomorrow - find out more 👉 www.elect-her.org.uk/be-a-council...
You could make the difference. Be a champion for your community.
Our partners are running 3 💥 events this week to demystify the world of councillors!
Our 1st event is today! Two tomorrow - find out more 👉 www.elect-her.org.uk/be-a-council...
March 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Can you unite people? Be a Councillor!
You could make the difference. Be a champion for your community.
Our partners are running 3 💥 events this week to demystify the world of councillors!
Our 1st event is today! Two tomorrow - find out more 👉 www.elect-her.org.uk/be-a-council...
You could make the difference. Be a champion for your community.
Our partners are running 3 💥 events this week to demystify the world of councillors!
Our 1st event is today! Two tomorrow - find out more 👉 www.elect-her.org.uk/be-a-council...
I love cycling at night (such quiet streets!) but the concentration of absolute roasters racing along narrow streets is definitely higher than in the daytime.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I love cycling at night (such quiet streets!) but the concentration of absolute roasters racing along narrow streets is definitely higher than in the daytime.
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It's World Gaelic Week - so I'm resharing the rewilding video that brought me the most joy from last year: here's the amazing Hector reading extracts from the #RewildingNation Charter in Gaelic.
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Tha ath-fhiadhachadh a’ toirt dòchas dhuinn uile.
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Tha ath-fhiadhachadh a’ toirt dòchas dhuinn uile.
February 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It's World Gaelic Week - so I'm resharing the rewilding video that brought me the most joy from last year: here's the amazing Hector reading extracts from the #RewildingNation Charter in Gaelic.
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Tha ath-fhiadhachadh a’ toirt dòchas dhuinn uile.
🌟💚🌟💚🌟💚🌟💚
Tha ath-fhiadhachadh a’ toirt dòchas dhuinn uile.
Inside you there are two wolves.*
"What do you want to be for World Book Day?"
"I'll wear my vampire costume."
"I want to be Mr Funny driving his car shaped like a shoe."
*children
"What do you want to be for World Book Day?"
"I'll wear my vampire costume."
"I want to be Mr Funny driving his car shaped like a shoe."
*children
February 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Inside you there are two wolves.*
"What do you want to be for World Book Day?"
"I'll wear my vampire costume."
"I want to be Mr Funny driving his car shaped like a shoe."
*children
"What do you want to be for World Book Day?"
"I'll wear my vampire costume."
"I want to be Mr Funny driving his car shaped like a shoe."
*children
Reposted by Charlotte Maddix
NEW – Revealed: More than half of nations fail to protect 30% of land and sea in UN nature plans | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social
Read here: https://buff.ly/4i76PLJ
Read here: https://buff.ly/4i76PLJ
February 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
NEW – Revealed: More than half of nations fail to protect 30% of land and sea in UN nature plans | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social
Read here: https://buff.ly/4i76PLJ
Read here: https://buff.ly/4i76PLJ
Glad to see the Natural Environment Bill is here.
Without the detail (to follow in subsequent legislation) it's too soon to say if it'll lead to the recovery of Scotland's land and seas.
We need clear, ambitious and updatable targets for Scotland's ecosystems.
➡️ www.rewild.scot/clear-ambiti...
Without the detail (to follow in subsequent legislation) it's too soon to say if it'll lead to the recovery of Scotland's land and seas.
We need clear, ambitious and updatable targets for Scotland's ecosystems.
➡️ www.rewild.scot/clear-ambiti...
Home
www.rewild.scot
February 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Glad to see the Natural Environment Bill is here.
Without the detail (to follow in subsequent legislation) it's too soon to say if it'll lead to the recovery of Scotland's land and seas.
We need clear, ambitious and updatable targets for Scotland's ecosystems.
➡️ www.rewild.scot/clear-ambiti...
Without the detail (to follow in subsequent legislation) it's too soon to say if it'll lead to the recovery of Scotland's land and seas.
We need clear, ambitious and updatable targets for Scotland's ecosystems.
➡️ www.rewild.scot/clear-ambiti...
How popular and how well-proven does rewilding need to be before Scotland's government embraces it?
We're told it's a flat 'no' to lynx reintroduction - but a poll released today shows that 61% of people in Scotland want a well-managed, legal reintroduction of lynx.
So what's the bar?
🤷♀️
We're told it's a flat 'no' to lynx reintroduction - but a poll released today shows that 61% of people in Scotland want a well-managed, legal reintroduction of lynx.
So what's the bar?
🤷♀️
February 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
How popular and how well-proven does rewilding need to be before Scotland's government embraces it?
We're told it's a flat 'no' to lynx reintroduction - but a poll released today shows that 61% of people in Scotland want a well-managed, legal reintroduction of lynx.
So what's the bar?
🤷♀️
We're told it's a flat 'no' to lynx reintroduction - but a poll released today shows that 61% of people in Scotland want a well-managed, legal reintroduction of lynx.
So what's the bar?
🤷♀️
Articles like this one from @washingtonpost.com fail to connect the dots on land reform and rewilding, as well as misunderstanding what rewilding is by mixing it up with how it's funded.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Here are four of the dots that we need to draw some lines between...
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www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Here are four of the dots that we need to draw some lines between...
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‘Green lairds’ are buying vast estates in Scotland for carbon credits
New investors in “rewilding” want to plant forests, save butterflies and make money.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Articles like this one from @washingtonpost.com fail to connect the dots on land reform and rewilding, as well as misunderstanding what rewilding is by mixing it up with how it's funded.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Here are four of the dots that we need to draw some lines between...
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www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Here are four of the dots that we need to draw some lines between...
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In Edinburgh? Live for or work on rewilding? Grab a drink with fellow rewilders next Thursday - message me for a link with the details.
(Thanks to my fellow organisers for making sure this happens again - informal spaces for connecting are so important but it's been hard to find time!).
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(Thanks to my fellow organisers for making sure this happens again - informal spaces for connecting are so important but it's been hard to find time!).
💚
February 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
In Edinburgh? Live for or work on rewilding? Grab a drink with fellow rewilders next Thursday - message me for a link with the details.
(Thanks to my fellow organisers for making sure this happens again - informal spaces for connecting are so important but it's been hard to find time!).
💚
(Thanks to my fellow organisers for making sure this happens again - informal spaces for connecting are so important but it's been hard to find time!).
💚
John Swinney has ruled out his government reintroducing lynx: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Given we've just over a year of the current government left, this is not a surprise.
This isn't a government that will do anything surprising on ecological restoration between now and the next election.
Given we've just over a year of the current government left, this is not a surprise.
This isn't a government that will do anything surprising on ecological restoration between now and the next election.
John Swinney rules out reintroduction of lynx to Scotland
The first minister tells farmers that no carnivorous species will be reintroduced under his government.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
John Swinney has ruled out his government reintroducing lynx: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Given we've just over a year of the current government left, this is not a surprise.
This isn't a government that will do anything surprising on ecological restoration between now and the next election.
Given we've just over a year of the current government left, this is not a surprise.
This isn't a government that will do anything surprising on ecological restoration between now and the next election.
Edinburgh is running out of time to meet its climate and transport goals.
Running a tram-train on the Edinburgh South Suburban line would cut traffic, emissions and congestion and improve access to the city for locals.
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Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/reopen-edi...
Running a tram-train on the Edinburgh South Suburban line would cut traffic, emissions and congestion and improve access to the city for locals.
🚋🚋🚋
Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/reopen-edi...
Sign the Petition
Reopen Edinburgh's South Sub using Tram-Trains
www.change.org
January 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Edinburgh is running out of time to meet its climate and transport goals.
Running a tram-train on the Edinburgh South Suburban line would cut traffic, emissions and congestion and improve access to the city for locals.
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Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/reopen-edi...
Running a tram-train on the Edinburgh South Suburban line would cut traffic, emissions and congestion and improve access to the city for locals.
🚋🚋🚋
Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/reopen-edi...
"If you're a politician, in 50 years, people will point at you and say 'you signed that bill', 'you protected that bit of water' or 'you enabled the restoration of that forest'.
And they will remember that."
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Watch video highlights from our #RewildingNation event:
youtu.be/muSlWuGHyvQ
And they will remember that."
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Watch video highlights from our #RewildingNation event:
youtu.be/muSlWuGHyvQ
Presenting the Rewilding Nation pathway to the Scottish Government.
YouTube video by The Scottish Rewilding Alliance
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"If you're a politician, in 50 years, people will point at you and say 'you signed that bill', 'you protected that bit of water' or 'you enabled the restoration of that forest'.
And they will remember that."
💪
Watch video highlights from our #RewildingNation event:
youtu.be/muSlWuGHyvQ
And they will remember that."
💪
Watch video highlights from our #RewildingNation event:
youtu.be/muSlWuGHyvQ
Tuning in for what promises to be a gold star evidence session on the Land Reform Bill this morning.
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Significant landowners - including community and rewilding landowners - are giving their views on the proposed legislation.
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/net-...
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Significant landowners - including community and rewilding landowners - are giving their views on the proposed legislation.
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/net-...
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee | Scottish Parliament TV
www.scottishparliament.tv
January 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Tuning in for what promises to be a gold star evidence session on the Land Reform Bill this morning.
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Significant landowners - including community and rewilding landowners - are giving their views on the proposed legislation.
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/net-...
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Significant landowners - including community and rewilding landowners - are giving their views on the proposed legislation.
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/net-...