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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · 6h

Significant progress on the climate and biodiversity crisis is within reach and it’s such a simple solution.
Short read:
evolvinghumanity.life/2023/08/02/s...
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · 3d

While the article does go on to mention animal feed, anyone scanning just the headline will think 'bloody vegetarians, I'll stick with my steak.'

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · 3d

Inaccurate headline from @theguardian.com.
It should read:

How growing soya for animal feed is eating the Amazon.

Saying 'the world's taste for soya' makes it sound like people are eating it when, in fact, over 90% goes to feed animals.
@greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @animalaid.org.uk

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon

Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

www.theguardian.com

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Greenpeace Notts @greenpeacenotts.bsky.social · 3d

Posters put up in Nottingham.
STAND UP TO GREEDY GAS COMPANIES!
While greedy gas companies keep setting the price of our electricity, the “Great Gas Rip-Off” will keep squeezing the nation and our wallets dry.
Gas = expensive.
Renewables = cheap.
action.greenpeace.org.uk/stand-up-to-...

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 14d

Finally found the link to this EXCELLENT talk by @naomioreskes.bsky.social moderated by the great @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social . Prof Oreskes covers her book The Big Myth co-authored with Eric Conway. Essential reading-viewing.
video.ethz.ch/events/2025/...

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · 6d

Significant progress on the climate and biodiversity crisis is within reach and it’s such a simple solution.
Short read:
evolvinghumanity.life/2023/08/02/s...
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 24

Don't like buying things on Amazon?

You can get a copy of my book on my website: evolvinghumanity.life (scroll to bottom of page)

Pay as you feel. 😎

It's all about perspective. We need to understand how we got here in order to work out what we need to do next.

#Ebook #Writing #Humanity

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · 29d

The Great Gas Rip Off!
action.greenpeace.org.uk/stand-up-to-...

Lower our energy bills!

Gas companies are raking in high profits while our household bills go up. I've had enough, haven't you? Let's make the UK Government reign in greedy gas for good.

action.greenpeace.org.uk

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 13d

"Today, we clear a soccer field’s worth of tropical forest every six seconds, a loss dramatically worsened by humanity’s growing hunger for meat"

Wean ourselves off meat now, or the switch to a Pliocene climate that's locked in will do it for us

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Greenpeace Notts @greenpeacenotts.bsky.social · 20d

Latest campaign posters now up around Nottingham.
Many politicians will tell you that gas is cheap and renewables expensive... but it's the other way around!
This campaign addresses that and means lower bills.
QR code on the posters goes here:
action.greenpeace.org.uk/stand-up-to-...

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 25d

🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X

Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.

📝 latest Substack 👇🏻

Why you should leave X

A rallying cry to progressives everywhere...

writesbright.substack.com

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · 29d

The Great Gas Rip Off!
action.greenpeace.org.uk/stand-up-to-...

Lower our energy bills!

Gas companies are raking in high profits while our household bills go up. I've had enough, haven't you? Let's make the UK Government reign in greedy gas for good.

action.greenpeace.org.uk

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Sep 3

Tempting, but I think just repeatedly stick a fork into my leg instead.

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Sep 3

I see Trump as a symptom of late-stage capitalism.
It was bound to end this way.
And I do mean 'end.'

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Sep 2

ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

Make your voice count on incineration policy

ukwin.eaction.org.uk

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · Sep 2

The UK has experienced drought & falling food yields this summer, yet

"while 2025 has set a new record, we could plausibly experience much hotter summers in our current & near-future climate...what have been seen as extremes in the past are becoming more common"
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Summer 2025 is the warmest on record for the UK

Provisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 29

Nigel Farage's Reform party has declared it wants to “drill baby drill” if it wins the next general election.
action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
#Fracking #Farage #ClimateChange #Reform

Tell Keir Starmer to make the fracking ban permanent

Nigel Farage's Reform party has declared it wants to “drill baby drill” if it wins the next general election. There’s a temporary pause on fracking in England, but it’s not even written into law. So i...

action.friendsoftheearth.uk

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 26

Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 25

Is politicians promoting terrorism acceptable?
www.facebook.com/share/v/1AXh...
@channel4news.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 24

Don't like buying things on Amazon?

You can get a copy of my book on my website: evolvinghumanity.life (scroll to bottom of page)

Pay as you feel. 😎

It's all about perspective. We need to understand how we got here in order to work out what we need to do next.

#Ebook #Writing #Humanity

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 24

Electric vehicles with artificial intelligence – making the world a better place.

Short read:

evolvinghumanity.life/2021/03/12/e...

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #EV #ElectricVehicle

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 22

If everyone stopped eating meat, what would happen to all those animals?

It’s a common question.

Fortunately, I have the answer.

Short read:

evolvinghumanity.life/2021/04/28/i...

#Diet #PlantBased #Meat #Vegan #EatingRight #AnimalLovers

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 22

If everyone stopped eating meat, what would happen to all those animals?

It’s a common question.

Fortunately, I have the answer.

Short read:

evolvinghumanity.life/2021/04/28/i...

#Diet #PlantBased #Meat #Vegan #EatingRight #AnimalLovers

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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · Aug 18

Some new words have been added to the dictionary.
This one's my favourite.
#Nottingham #Reform #LaughingStock #Delulu

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