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Wild Card @wildcard.land · 14d

Bridestones Rewilded are buying an area of the Pennine moors in this fantastic community project

www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/ca...

News site capture of the story with the headline Calderdale Community group on the final stretch of its race to buy the Bridestones. Images shows 5 members of the group standing on the moors

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · 15d

This petition is so close to 105,000 - it would be great if it reached that figure before the new Archbishop is announced (probably next month) Please sign and share

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Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!

What would Jesus do if he owned 108,000 acres (over 60,000 football pitches) of land? Would he farm the vast majority for profit, or would he use some of it to restore forests, wetlands and meadows to...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Christian Climate Action @cclimateaction.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING: Christian Climate Action has occupied @yorkminster.bsky.social to demand the CoE finds its radical roots & stands up for God's Creation: our planet Earth. 🌍 The Church must stand with the poor & disadvantaged against the fossil fuel industry and our complicit media & government.

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Wild Card @wildcard.land · 26d

Please sign this petition urging the Scottish Government to stop the chronic destruction of our seabed by urgently reinstating a coastal limit on bottom-trawling and scallop dredging. #InshoreLimit ourseasscotland.eaction.org.uk/bring-back-t...

Petition to Bring Back Scotland's Inshore Limit

Scotland's coastal seabed was off-limits to bottom-trawling until 1984. Ever since the limit was removed, the fish in our seas declined as seabed habitats were destroyed. Protecting our seabed will he...

ourseasscotland.eaction.org.uk

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27d

An old rainforest oak like this, thick with epiphytes and ivy, is more than just a tree.

It's a mini ecosystem. 🌏

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Sep 7

Amazing news for wildlife! After raising funds within the community, Bridestones Rewilding Project have exchanged contracts allowing them to restore this peatland for nature and people. Check out their stunning video …

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Sep 7

A walk in the woods today with neighbours. We found loads of different types of oak galls as well as the beautifully named dog vomit slime mold.

A mossy tree trunk with dog vomit slime mold. This is a very bright yellow splodge halfway up the trunk

Marble oak gall. 3 small brown balls (size of acorns but spherical) At the bottom of a green oak leaf

Cherry oak galls on the base of oak leaves being held up to the camera by one of my neighbours

Artichoke oak gall in the middle
Of a bunch of oak leaves. It is brown and the same shape as an artichoke though just slightly larger than an acorn

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Aug 23

700+ people have been arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action. It is a violation of the UK’s international obligations. Act now: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...

End the Prosecution of Peaceful Protestors in the UK

700+ people have been arrested under terrorism laws in the UK- for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide whether to prosecute them. ...

www.amnesty.org.uk

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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · Aug 21

Across 142 routes in Europe, trains are on average twice as expensive as flights

On some routes, they are 26 times the price

Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees

Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters

Low-cost flights up to 26 times cheaper than trains - Greenpeace European Unit

Brussels, 21 August 2025 – A new Europe-wide Greenpeace study shows that climate-damaging flying is still cheaper than taking the train on a majority of  cross-border routes – even though…

www.greenpeace.org

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Aug 21

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

From clean air to pesticides: how UK has lagged behind EU on the environment

Labour has continued to diverge from bloc’s laws, meaning most of UK’s protections are weaker than pre-Brexit

www.theguardian.com

Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Aug 20

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature

We think the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 threatens irreplaceable habitats, weakens environmental protections, and ignores pressures on public services. We urge the Government to withdraw it ...

petition.parliament.uk

Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Aug 2

My latest blog. This time about seagulls - you’ll never look at them in the same way again.

Wild Card @wildcard.land · Aug 2

Strictly speaking there's no such thing as a seagull but if we're to hang on to the existence of some of our gull species we need to do more.

What would the seaside be without the call of herring gulls and why do they steal our chips?

Check out our latest blog.

wildcard.land/2025/08/rewi...

Rewilding Species of the month: seagulls - Wild Card

Though some don't get their greatness, rewilding of our seas and coastline is desperately needed to save our endangered seagulls.

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Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · Jul 27

Heads up, peatniks, it's #BogDay! We hope you'll enjoy this blog post from @lyndonmarquis.bsky.social about why the #GreatNorthBog needs to be appreciated for more than just a list of ecosystem services: www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-...

Bogs deserve better | Yorkshire Peat Partnership

The language we use to discuss peatlands undermines and maligns them; they absolutely deserve more from us...

www.yppartnership.org.uk

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · Jul 22

"Agropastoral activities have impacted the habitable part of our planet—the “Critical Zone”—for thousands of years (...)
They disrupted the balance between soil formation and erosion, leading to erosion rates 3 to 10 times faster than soil production since the end of the Ice Age."

New Scientist @newscientist.com · Jul 21

Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, jeopardising the ecosystem and putting the mountains at risk of further erosion

Ranching and farming have eroded almost all the soil in the Alps

Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, jeopardising the ecosystem and putting the mountains at risk of further erosion

www.newscientist.com

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are just 155 away from 100,000. Please give sign if you would like to see our ancient woodlands restored

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations

Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thanks to @wildcard.land for hosting our #Ghostwoods walk through #HardcastleCrags last Sunday; raising awareness about our #AncientWoodlands and how they might be restored in line with the gradual harvesting of non-native pinewood plantations, to restore the balance of indigenous flora and fauna

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Wild Card @wildcard.land · Jul 6

👻 1 WEEK TO GO!👻

Join Wild Card, XR Calderdale and GND Calderdale in Hardcastle Crags next Sunday for a day of citizen science, art and protest as part of our campaign to #RewildTheGhostWoods!

📍Hardcastle Crags
📅Sunday 13th July
🕑1-4pm

Sign up: buff.ly/y8VrhGo

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Jul 6

A great 2 hour balsam bash this morning with the Friends of Colden Clough

Deep in balsam up a hill I’m smiling with a bunch of balsam in my hand

5 people in an woodland cleaning standing behind 2 huge piles of balsam

Another pile of balsam laid down at the side of a path in a woodland clearing

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Jul 5

Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.

In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.

Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Ask your MP to show their support for a people-first future for our water!

We can make our water work for people - not shareholders - but water lobbyists are working hard to shut this solution down. Will you make sure your MP hears about it?

actionnetwork.org

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Jul 4

Dame Judi Dench is an utter legend! Please help this petition to get loads of signatures

Wild Card @wildcard.land · Jul 4

OUR ANCIENT WOODLANDS ARE DISAPPEARING! JOIN DAME JUDI DENCH’S CALL TO BRING BACK OUR GHOST WOODS. 🌳

Wild Card have teamed up with @38degrees.bsky.social and Dame Judi Dench to demand Forestry England #RewildTheGhostWoods.

Sign here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

#JudiDench #Rewilding

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Jun 26

Really excited for this week of actions!

Wild Card @wildcard.land · Jun 26

👻 JOIN YOUR LOCAL GHOST HUNT!👻

As part of our #RewildTheGhostWoods campaign, we're collaborating with a bunch of our friends to bring you a week of art, citizen science & protest!

Sign up to your local ghost hunt here: wildcard.land/campaigns/jo...

Find your event in the thread! 🧵👇

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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks to all our Calderdale #GreenNewDeal activists for showing up in #SowerbyBridge today, collecting signatures demanding Calderdale Council uses its powers to enforce the ecological quality of the #RiverCalder and its tributaries @vimtosocialist.bsky.social @calderdale.bsky.social

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Jun 7

Next week in Sowerby Bridge

Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come and join our 'Love our Rivers' action in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale next Saturday, 14 June 2025. The River Calder and its tributaries are highly polluted, not least by illegal sewage overflow.

Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · May 24

Be one of the 19 signatures needed to get this petition past 10,000 and help to ensure irreplaceable blanket bog is kept safe from industrial development petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Petition: Ban wind farms on protected peat land in England

In its recent consultation on new onshore wind planning regulations, the government asked if some habitats, such as those containing peat soils, need extra protection from renewable energy development...

petition.parliament.uk

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · May 18

Wood Avens (Geum urbanum) in Calderdale #WildflowerHour

Wood avens - 2 yellow flowers are showing among the leaves

Wood Avenue closer image of one yellow flowers

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