I've backed it already but would like to back it again in my mate's name so he can hav a sined copi. Is that possible? Thanks, chizz
👏 “A lot of nature conservation is a long game. You plant a tree, you're not going to in your lifetime see that it reached its full potential. But within three months of that river being re-wiggled the salmon were spawning in that one kilometre stretch for the first time in over 150 years”
For centuries meandering rivers have been straightened – but experts say restoring their natural bends and curves can prevent flooding and create healthy habitats for wildlife.
I don't normally talk about work stuff on here but here's a brand new bridge we've just put in on the new Lias Line Greenway in South Warwickshire. One perk of my job is that my assistants get to be the first to cross it ☺️
I despise Reach, a parasite that has eaten local journalism from within.
Strange, I've never met any of you but I have come to look upon these podcasts like they're updates from friends. The day before I find myself thinking "I wonder what they've been up to this week?".
Hard water is the cause, it's not particularly a London thing. It could be worse, in my first job in the 80s we used to use a tap and sink from a photographic dark room to make tea, which regularly used to have a silver film on it 😬
A deeply shocking and appalling story. How the US government funded attacks, denial and outright lies to protect the pesticides industry from its critics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Network includes derogatory profiles of figures such as UN experts and food writer Michael Pollan, and is part of an effort to downplay pesticide dangers, records suggest
That Was The Weep That Was
God I'm sick of rich, powerful men repeatedly getting away with violence against women and girls. It just goes on and on and on. And if I'm sick of it I can't imagine how women must feel. This has to stop, it has to. #VAWG
Very good by Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Entourage” is too wan a word for this motley crew of enforcers, concealers, NDA experts and crisis PRs, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde