Passionate about sustainability, climate & commercial strategy. Wearer of several hats. Average bassist, occassional birdwatcher and sporadic cyclist. European.
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A Parliament which began with promises of “levelling up” ends with money promised to the North being redirected back to London.
Britain needs major change.
#HeadNorth
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An ancient amber bear. Carved about 10,000 years ago, this magical find washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark. 📷 my own
#Archaeology
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Knaresborough is in line to receive the country's first water-powered electric vehicle charging station. buff.ly/3Nqw5Pj
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A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman emerald green glass bowl.
#Archaeology
📷: The Met metmuseum.org/art/collection…
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@timgbenton is the king of PowerPoint slides. 15 years of developing the picture of how the food system is being disrupted by big geopolitical and climate events @ciwf Citizens need to drive the change.
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Here's a view of Vadret da Tschierva and Piz Roseg in 1935 (left) vs 2022 (right). Glaciers melting and rising sea levels, which hit a record high in 2022, are expected to persist for thousands of years. This is the #StateOfClimate. 🔗 bit.ly/stateofclimate2022
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Yorkshire has been pinpointed as one of the UK’s major hotspots for the net zero economy, vastly outperforming London and the South East.
New report by @CBItweets Economics for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (@ECIU_UK).
yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk…
ALT A panoramic view of the city of Sheffield from above an outdoor amphitheatre. It is nearly nighttime so lights are on in the city. You can see a nice skyline with a few low clouds.
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I'm proud to announce a project that has been nearly 22 years in the making:
Josh'es [sic] Book of ANIMALS 🦭
Since the age of nine I have been writing and illustrating my own animal encyclopedia, and as of last week I can confirm that it is finished...
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Coming in to land, 4th century AD.
(Aerial view of ancient Rome by UrbanVFX)
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Net-zero is ‘economic opportunity of 21st century’ for UK, says Skidmore review | @Josh_Gabbatiss
Read: bit.ly/3kytNCR
ALT MP Chris Skidmore addressing the Universities UK Conference, 2018. Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo.
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Survey: UK adults view sustainability as key to business success ow.ly/rVJ8104p3Kz
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Ooh, these are beautiful!
Vibrant ancient Egyptian tile fragments from Amarna, home of pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti, hint at the rich, naturalistically-themed decor of luxury homes in the royal city. Glazed faience. 18th Dynasty, reign of Akhenaten c.1347-1332 BC.
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
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Last New Year’s Eve I called for a ‘Kindness Revolution’ in my piece in the @yorkshirepost. A year on, it’s more needed than ever! So, this New Year, I’m re-committing to this again. #kindnessRevolution yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opi…
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🪶Thank YOU🪶for supporting #TheFeatherSpeech campaign. Can we get the petition to 40k by #midnight? petition.parliament.uk/petit… Together we are proving that #PassionIsASuperpower
@rwritextinction @Natures_Voice #conservation #biodiversity #birdtwitter #swifts #BookTwitter
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Wind at approx 50% today.
Not hearing anything from the doomsayers and fossil fuel supporters
#renewables
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To fully appreciate how close this land for sale is to Knaresborough town centre, take a stroll along the #BerylBurton & through Mackintosh Park and see for yourself that it’s only minutes away. What a resource it could be.
#Nature #Wildlife #Education #Leisure – at Knaresborough, England
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‘Magnificent’ British city named best destination for 2023 - guess what? It's #Leeds! @leeds_2023 express.co.uk/travel/article…
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Ancient glazed bricks depict a dragon, a bull, and a lion from the richly-decorated facade of the Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way, Babylon (present-day Iraq). Commissioned by King Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 575 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷: my own
#Archaeology
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As winter bites, community groups are ensuring there are free public places where anyone can go to keep warm. buff.ly/3VISfzg
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Incredible to say it, but we are discussing the consent of a new deep coal mine in the UK, despite all that has been said in recent years about the phase out coal.
This is a very bad decision – supporting a technology of the past, with a very poor prospectus for new UK jobs.