Vanessa Rowlands
@vanessarowlands.bsky.social
Focus local & on actions that positively impact on nature & climate.
Be kind to yourself💚
🌱Chair of South Downs National Park Authority 🌱Chair National Parks England🌱Cuckmere Valley Parish Councillor🌱
all views my own, obvs
#BeCurious
#Connection
Be kind to yourself💚
🌱Chair of South Downs National Park Authority 🌱Chair National Parks England🌱Cuckmere Valley Parish Councillor🌱
all views my own, obvs
#BeCurious
#Connection
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And this is begorw longer-term threat from sea level rise. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And this is begorw longer-term threat from sea level rise. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Latest from me: on Floods, Storm Claudia & the ones that are ignored, and why. We really have no idea what's about to hit us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Latest from me: on Floods, Storm Claudia & the ones that are ignored, and why. We really have no idea what's about to hit us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
David has been so bad the whole way through this - Alan to win! #celebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
David has been so bad the whole way through this - Alan to win! #celebrityTraitors
Nick you were Joe’s hundy !!!
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nick you were Joe’s hundy !!!
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I’ve found my new Doctor #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I’ve found my new Doctor #celebritytraitors
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🌿A full house for the launch of the new APPG for National Parks & National Landscapes yesterday! 🌿
The new APPG will provide a powerful voice in Parliament 💪
A huge thank you to all the MPs, Peers & partners who joined us to make this such an energising start
The new APPG will provide a powerful voice in Parliament 💪
A huge thank you to all the MPs, Peers & partners who joined us to make this such an energising start
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌿A full house for the launch of the new APPG for National Parks & National Landscapes yesterday! 🌿
The new APPG will provide a powerful voice in Parliament 💪
A huge thank you to all the MPs, Peers & partners who joined us to make this such an energising start
The new APPG will provide a powerful voice in Parliament 💪
A huge thank you to all the MPs, Peers & partners who joined us to make this such an energising start
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It's now clear that the gov't are NOT proposing to repeal the Protected Landscapes duty 🙌
A huge thank you to the more than 200 charities, businesses & organisations who joined us in writing to Keir Starmer 💚
Now to focus on improving our Protected Landscapes...
www.cnp.org.uk/news/plans-t...
A huge thank you to the more than 200 charities, businesses & organisations who joined us in writing to Keir Starmer 💚
Now to focus on improving our Protected Landscapes...
www.cnp.org.uk/news/plans-t...
Plans to weaken Protected Landscapes Duty quietly dropped
Westminster government published its list of amendments for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and there are no proposals to weaken protections for National Parks.
www.cnp.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It's now clear that the gov't are NOT proposing to repeal the Protected Landscapes duty 🙌
A huge thank you to the more than 200 charities, businesses & organisations who joined us in writing to Keir Starmer 💚
Now to focus on improving our Protected Landscapes...
www.cnp.org.uk/news/plans-t...
A huge thank you to the more than 200 charities, businesses & organisations who joined us in writing to Keir Starmer 💚
Now to focus on improving our Protected Landscapes...
www.cnp.org.uk/news/plans-t...
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Ed Miliband is entirely right here.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
July 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Ed Miliband is entirely right here.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
May 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
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"Areas where peatland was restored and rewetted were notably more resilient to the fires".
Recent wildfires have highlighted the significant benefits of peatland restoration, according to National Resources Wales (NRW)
Benefits of peatland restoration highlighted by recent Wildfires
Recent wildfires have highlighted the significant benefits of peatland restoration, according to National Resources Wales (NRW). An initial assessment of the Llyn Gorast peatland site in mid Wales has...
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April 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Areas where peatland was restored and rewetted were notably more resilient to the fires".
April 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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We have 2 copies of Kim Taplin's 'The English Path' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @littletollerbooks.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to our mailing list!
April 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We have 2 copies of Kim Taplin's 'The English Path' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @littletollerbooks.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to our mailing list!
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Politicians like Kemi Badenoch say the clean energy transition is impossible—but the private sector understands it’s the only way to lower prices, writes @nixonsimon.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Business is not against net zero
Politicians like Kemi Badenoch say the clean energy transition is impossible—but the private sector understands it’s the only way to lower prices
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Politicians like Kemi Badenoch say the clean energy transition is impossible—but the private sector understands it’s the only way to lower prices, writes @nixonsimon.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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Bravo Chattanooga!
“A city once dubbed ‘the dirtiest in the US’ has been designated North America’s first national park city... a citizen-led cleanup and environmental legislation helped to revitalise riverfronts and transform former industrial sites into parks and trails”
“A city once dubbed ‘the dirtiest in the US’ has been designated North America’s first national park city... a citizen-led cleanup and environmental legislation helped to revitalise riverfronts and transform former industrial sites into parks and trails”
What went right this week: the good news that matters
The world got a new national park city, the ‘Oscars of science’ revealed its winners, and medical history was made, plus more good news
www.positive.news
April 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Bravo Chattanooga!
“A city once dubbed ‘the dirtiest in the US’ has been designated North America’s first national park city... a citizen-led cleanup and environmental legislation helped to revitalise riverfronts and transform former industrial sites into parks and trails”
“A city once dubbed ‘the dirtiest in the US’ has been designated North America’s first national park city... a citizen-led cleanup and environmental legislation helped to revitalise riverfronts and transform former industrial sites into parks and trails”
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ah lads #RaceAcrossTheWorld is back on BBC1 at 9pm Wednesday 23rd April
April 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
ah lads #RaceAcrossTheWorld is back on BBC1 at 9pm Wednesday 23rd April
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Another England, my interview with Caroline Lucas
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Another England Caroline Lucas in Conversation with Corinne Fowler
The School of Arts, Media and Communications at the University of Leicester brings together a number of departments and specialist centres into a community of academic and professional staff, who are
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April 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Another England, my interview with Caroline Lucas
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Nations from 175 countries have gathered in London this week at the International Maritime Organisation to hammer out the final details of a deal, more than a decade in the making, that could finally deliver a plan to decarbonise shipping over the next 25yrs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Poor countries say rich world betraying them over climate pledges on shipping
Proposal that ships pay levy on emissions to fund climate action in poor countries opposed by powerful economies
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Nations from 175 countries have gathered in London this week at the International Maritime Organisation to hammer out the final details of a deal, more than a decade in the making, that could finally deliver a plan to decarbonise shipping over the next 25yrs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Tickets selling fast - see me at the Linnean on Thursday talking about adapting conservation to address the uncertainties around future climate change
Just a week till I give a public lecture on how conservation needs to change radically to tackle the increasing threat of Climate Change
At the Linnean Society. Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1220841863...
At the Linnean Society. Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1220841863...
April 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Tickets selling fast - see me at the Linnean on Thursday talking about adapting conservation to address the uncertainties around future climate change
Cowslips and bees in Sussex today 💛🐝 #WildflowerHour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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April 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cowslips and bees in Sussex today 💛🐝 #WildflowerHour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Funding used for Nature Based solutions = 💚🌟🥳
Now that's a job well done.
Thanks to the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme, Keymer Farm in East Sussex was able to enhance their local chalk stream and increase natural flood management capacity through the restoration of two on-site ponds.
#SouthDowns #FiPL
Thanks to the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme, Keymer Farm in East Sussex was able to enhance their local chalk stream and increase natural flood management capacity through the restoration of two on-site ponds.
#SouthDowns #FiPL
March 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Funding used for Nature Based solutions = 💚🌟🥳
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I did TEDxLondonWomen a while back and it got picked up by TEDtalks and now has over 1.7million views. Coolest thing that ever happened to me! Especially good that I was talking about action on climate and nature dealing with populism and that keeps getting more relevant www.ted.com/talks/angela...
How to get everyone to care about a green economy
How do you get the environment to the top of everyone's priority list? You can't, says climate advocate Angela Francis -- but you can get them to care about improving their lives. In this pragmatic ta...
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November 3, 2024 at 10:05 AM
I did TEDxLondonWomen a while back and it got picked up by TEDtalks and now has over 1.7million views. Coolest thing that ever happened to me! Especially good that I was talking about action on climate and nature dealing with populism and that keeps getting more relevant www.ted.com/talks/angela...
Great news! Congratulations @tonyjuniper.bsky.social on being reappointed as Chair of @naturalengland.bsky.social
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Tony Juniper CBE reappointed to continue protecting nature and boosting growth as Natural England Chair
His reappointment comes as Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, is rewiring and reforming Defra and its arm's-length bodies to unlock growth under the Plan for Change
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March 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Great news! Congratulations @tonyjuniper.bsky.social on being reappointed as Chair of @naturalengland.bsky.social
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