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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · 13d

On the ground, the complexity is immediate & visceral — far from the abstractions of climate discourse. Policy without substance risks becoming another layer of greenwash.

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#agriculture #farming #foodsystems #plastic #environment

Will New Laws Help to ‘Green’ Almería’s Sea of Plastic?

A photojournalism essay shows how a ban on plastic from composting facilities is a mere drop in the ocean.

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · 13d

Would love to hear from others working on agriculture, waste or policy: what mechanisms have you seen that shift plastic from liability to resource?

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · 13d

🍆 Farmers & waste managers are caught between cost, practicality & sustainability - but frequently choose the cheapest (often free), environmentally damaging action (dumping waste).

🥒 Making the “Sea of Plastic” circular means rethinking the whole model, not just banning plastic rope.

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · 13d

🍅 Plastic permeates every layer of production: soil, biomass, infrastructure.

🫑 Laws & bans are a start, but without enforcement & supply-chain buy-in, they fall flat.

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · 13d

Just published in The New Climate: Will New Laws Help to ‘Green’ Almería’s Sea of Plastic?

Almería’s greenhouses look dazzling from above — but underneath lies a system struggling with plastic, waste & fragile regulations.

👉 medium.com/the-new-clim...

Will New Laws Help to ‘Green’ Almería’s Sea of Plastic?

A photojournalism essay shows how a ban on plastic from composting facilities is a mere drop in the ocean.

medium.com

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 18d

Absolutely wild. Israel targeted and massacred 31 journalists and media staff in Yemen. The second-deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded. The Israeli regime is built on war crimes.

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · 23d

Delighted to have my photography research featured in the British Ecological Society Niche magazine!

We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.

With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social

#migration #foodsystems

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Sep 2

F*CK YEAH! This is wonderful news - hope in the darkness! Well done, Zack

#greens #politics #news

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

‘We’re here to replace you,’ new Green leader Polanski tells Labour as he terms Starmer’s politics ‘despicable’ – UK politics live

Landslide winner of leadership election says migrants are backbone of UK and his party should not sell out patriotism to Farage

www.theguardian.com

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Aug 26

Can anyone please help? I’m looking for a translator to help with subtitles on two <1 minute audio recordings. Any pointers greatly appreciated!
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#translation #documentaryfilm #morocco #arabic

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Aug 25

Our governments are mostly increasingly unwelcoming, but Spain recognises the economic benefit of their exploitation - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Let’s not forget the migrant workers who end up being exploited in Spain | Letter

Letter: Neal Haddaway lays bare the reality of the thousands of people who make their way to the country only to find themselves homeless and jobless

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Aug 25

Norwegian salmon 🐟 + Spanish tomatoes 🍅

Both look ordinary on our supermarket shelves, but both fuel broken food chains: overfishing in West Africa, dangerous migration, and exploited labour in Europe.

Read my latest photojournalism article 👉 europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/how-eur...

How Europe's salmon and tomatoes fuel a broken food chain | The European Correspondent

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Jul 26

While green technologies can hypothetically make supply chains more efficient, enhanced efficiency often leads to more production and economic growth, not less.

How to reduce the hidden environmental costs of supply chains

While green technologies can hypothetically make supply chains more efficient, enhanced efficiency often leads to more production and economic growth, not less.

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Jul 24

PhD or ECR in env/social sciences interested in systematic review/mapping?

Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol.

💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant

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#SystematicReview #ECR #PhD

Systematic Review and Mapping International School

Join us from the 10-15/11/25 for a 5-day workshop focusing on systematic review and mapping methodology training in social and environmental science

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Prism @prismreports.org · Jul 16

A farmworker died last week after sustaining injuries during a chaotic raid on a California farm. In an op-ed, Vanessa Trujano reflects on a lesson she learned as a young farmworker: “America values immigrant labor more than actual immigrants, & so we must recognize our own worth.”

Our country does not value the people who help build, feed, and sustain it

ICE raids of farms are a cruel reminder that the U.S. has long devalued immigrant labor, while also being wholly incapable of surviving without it

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Jul 7

This year's Evidence Synthesis International School is open for registration!

Join us in Almería in November for a 5-day course taking you from a question to a draft protocol. Ideal for researchers at any stage working in social or environmental science.

evidencesynthesisschool.github.io

Systematic Review and Mapping International School

Join us from the 10-15/11/25 for a 5-day workshop focusing on systematic review and mapping methodology training in social and environmental science

evidencesynthesisschool.github.io

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · May 29

I'll be on BBC Radio 5 Live at 18:45 tonight talking about @adriftlab.bsky.social work on seabirds & plastics. You can listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #PlasticPollution #ornithology

Radio 5 Live - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to BBC Radio 5 Live on BBC Sounds

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · May 23

Sebastião Salgado, photographer known for Amazon rainforest images, dies aged 81
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Sebastião Salgado, photographer known for Amazon rainforest images, dies aged 81

Death confirmed by Instituto Terra, the environmental restoration non-profit he and his wife founded

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Matt Grainger @drmattg.bsky.social · May 17

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Apr 3

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Systematic Review and Mapping Methods Course - Open Collective

A 2-day online workshop on how to plan and conduct a systematic review or systematic map

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · May 16

You need to see this film!

#industrialfishing #overfishing #migration #senegal #spain #foodimperialism

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Adrift: Senegal’s coastal crisis and the deadly route to Europe

YouTube video by Environmental Justice Foundation

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · May 16

Great blog here on research into the impacts of climate on migrant agricultural workers from Sarah Williams and co. Honoured to have some photos featured!

#climate #climateadaptation #agriculture #migration

www.isglobal.org/en/healthisg...

How Does Heat Affect the Health of Migrants Working in Agriculture in Southern Europe? - Blog - ISGLOBAL

A blog about Global Health. An open space for discussing equitable access to health for everyone, everywhere.

www.isglobal.org

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · May 10

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · May 10

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · May 2

Earlier this year I was awarded a merit in a @onewater_blue-@UNESCO photography competition for my work in Almería, Spain, on water scarcity in the intensive greenhouses there.

It's now featured online! #photography #water

onewater.blue/article/wate...

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · May 1

Check out this set of investigative journalism articles in Untold Magazine, including two from my work in Almería in Spain!

#journalism #photojournalism #labour #migration #exploitation #InternationalWorkersDay

untoldmag.org/category/dos...

Hidden Labor Archives - Untold

<h1 style="text-align: center"><strong>Hidden Labor</strong></h1> <p>Uncovering the exploitation, struggles, and lives of the workers shaping our world</p>

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