Environmental activist fighting for #ClimateAction and to #ReviveOurWorld 🌿 Youth advocate| Member of Wild Belfast Group | Imperial College Final Year Student
Belfast. She/Her
Joined October 2020
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Andra retweeted
#ICYMI ~ Belfast wildlife havens under threat
🤝@WildBelfast & #Buglife have come together to highlight the alarming loss of wildlife-rich #brownfield habitat across #Belfast.
Find out more & read the full story
👇
buglife.org.uk/news/belfast-…
#BuglifeNI @BelTel @BelfastLive
Andra retweeted
Wetlands are the Earth’s kidneys:
🦀 reviving biodiversity,
💧 filtering and replenishing water supplies,
🫧 storing carbon,
🏃♀️ enhancing livelihoods...
Discover more ⬇️
via Government of Republic of the Philippines Environmental Management Bureau
Andra retweeted
Baby beavers in urban London!
The birth of the first baby beavers in urban London in over 400 years marks the latest milestone for this groundbreaking community project.
Andra retweeted
Living Murals: bringing species to life, and species to live.
#GivingHouseMartinsAHome
#Belfast2024
Our first living mural @cliftonvillefc is live for the new season!
This collaborative piece between ecologists and artists aims to create a functional mural that celebrates the clubs cultural and natural heritage and also provide a conservation intervention for house martins.
Andra retweeted
The wonderful Daniela Balmaverde in action and drone footage of the @cliftonvillefc stadium complete with the mural.
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Our first living mural @cliftonvillefc is live for the new season!
This collaborative piece between ecologists and artists aims to create a functional mural that celebrates the clubs cultural and natural heritage and also provide a conservation intervention for house martins.
Andra retweeted
It will be fascinating to see whether Cinnabar numbers begin their recovery in 2025 as a result of this pulse of Ragwort production in 2024.
Andra retweeted
Really interesting development in the population dynamics of Ragwort at Silwood. After 4 years of rock-bottom plant numbers (2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023) when the study population looked like this:
Fantastic news for urban wildlife in London!
So pleased that @ImperialCollege have played a role in finding a solution and helped make this possible 🌱
🌸🚨BREAKING NEWS; @EalingCouncil are giving #WarrenFarmNR Local Nature Reserve status🚨🌸Yes, you read that correctly!🦉We’re in shock, delighted & beyond grateful to YOU for giving our #wildlife a voice!🌼🦋Thank you!☺️💚 Pls read our statement here👉🏼 tinyurl.com/2trna4c9 🦊
Such a privilege to know and work with these wonderful and empowering women #IDWGS 💚
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science #IDWGS #IDWGS2024 so we're taking a moment to thank and celebrate the empowering women of @WildBelfast doing their bit to inspire a whole new generation of women just like them.
Why not give them a follow (see tags)?
ALT Rebekah Bajko and Dakota Reid, two Wild Belfast Volunteers at a Marine Recording Event
ALT Wild Belfast volunteers Perla and Andra likely up to no good.
ALT Wild Belfast volunteer Valentina giving awards speech to group
ALT Young girl holding a starfish at a Wild Belfast event, hopefully an empowered scientist in the making
Andra retweeted
Found some wonderful species today during our marine recording session! Thank you to everyone who braved the brisk (but beautiful) day
Andra retweeted
We are hosting another day of exploring the rocky shore and tidal pools of the Belfast Lough! 🦀 Saturday at 2pm, 11th of November at Loughshore Park, Jordanstown
Register via the Eventbrite link below!
eventbrite.com/e/wild-belfas…
Andra retweeted
📣 Join Transform Our World for this online event for 11-14 year olds, exploring COP28 and hearing from a range of young people📣
🗓️ Tues 28 Nov
⏰8.40am
▶️ bit.ly/TOWCop28
To join: Add to your calendar & click link to join on the day!
#iwillFund #TOWCOP28 @TNLComFund
Andra retweeted
😳 Absorbed Solar from @NASA 📈
The amount of solar radiation Earth absorbs is now over 2 W/m² higher than from 2000-2009!
It's hard to explain how much heat this represents.
This is the most important graph in the world!
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Andra retweeted
More e-NGOs & groups have pledged to join us next week outside DEFRA HQ with our simple message – Restore Nature Now .
Thank you for having the courage to stand up @BumblebeeTrust @RiverActionUK @BadgerTrust @HSIUKorg @Love_plants @Naturewatch_org @WildJustice_org @CHEMTrust .
Andra retweeted
There’s already over 2bn tonnes of carbon locked underground in GB grassland soils🌱
With the right management to boost wild plants & fungi, not only can that carbon be protected, but more can be stored
❌ploughing
❌fertiliser & pesticides
✔ appropriate grazing / cutting
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Andra retweeted
❌ Ending new fossil fuel licences.
✅ Issuing 100 new ones so you and your mates can get richer.
🖋️ Sick of these criminals? Sign up for direct action at juststopoil.org
