Anna-Marie Swan
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Anna-Marie Swan
@somethingbird.bsky.social
Exploring complex relationality in a multispecies, multigenerational, multicultural world | Authoring ecological enquiry, including Ecological Organisations: A Design Lens (in creative commons).

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https://annamarieswan.substack.com/
𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀

There is a lovely small group of us that are journeying together as part of the first 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 season, and 𝘄𝗲'𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝟮 𝘁𝗼 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀.

Details: bit.ly/critical-bad...
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
⟶ You're warmly invited to join the last introduction session of the year, on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟬.𝟯𝟬 - 𝟭𝟭.𝟯𝟬 𝗮𝗺 𝗨𝗞 // 𝟭𝟭.𝟯𝟬 𝗮𝗺 - 𝟭𝟮.𝟯𝟬 𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗘𝗧.

(If you aren't able to donate, you're invited to offer something in reciprocity. Sessions are in English, and on Zoom.)
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Food prices up 37% in the last 5 years.

@sainsburys.bsky.social 's profit: over £1 billion this year.

It's all alright though; they're teaming up with @thecomicrelief.bsky.social this Christmas to tackle food poverty.

Phew.
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 and would appreciate help in reaching organisational leaders that recognise the thoughtfulness, experience, and skills I bring to an organisation.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The last sessions of this year are:

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
4.30 - 5.30pm UK // 5.30 - 6.30pm CET

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
10.30 - 11.30am UK // 11.30am - 12.30pm CET
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The badgers and I are excited to invite you to join the first season of The Critical Badger Book Club, 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯 with a difference.

Read about the Critical Badger Book Club's intention, container, and hopes - and join us - at bit.ly/critical-bad...
October 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Are you in Leeds, or nearby? So excited that a Wild Service festival is in the world and it's starting this weekend 😍

www.leedsinspired.co.uk/collection/w...
October 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
New substack essay out now. Read 'An Enquiry Practise 'Of Us' here: bit.ly/enquiryofus
October 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Sharing my latest essay on my free-to-all substack, Ecological Us, 'Leaving Traces: Remembering an ancient/new story of sacred responsibility'.

Read the essay here: annamarieswan.substack.com/p/leaving-tr...
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Anyway, it seems that I cannot email our prime minister directly and this letter is too long for the accepted online form: so here's my letter to you, Mr Starmer, UK Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party.

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @kierstarmerpm.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Sharing Ecological Organisations: A Design Lens, a free resource for organisational founders, stewards, and guides to help organisations become more ecological.

Download different formats and find lots of ecol. orgs. info here: bit.ly/ecologicalor...
January 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Come join these low-cost 'ecological organisations' action enquiry circles, designed so that organisational founders and leaders can work directly with me, the author of Ecological Organisations: A Design Lens, as they start to run experiments within the organisation they're a member of.
January 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM