Environmentalists claim councils are wasting public money with failed tree-planting initiatives so they can be “seen to be doing something” about the climate crisis. trib.al/B1jG1Ap

6,000 trees were planted at this site in England, but more than 90 percent have now died. Environmentalists claim councils are wasting public money with failed tree planting schemes, all so they’re “seen to be doing something” about the climate crisis. Sophia Smith Galer reports.

#southbank #LEEDS is shaping up to be a generational disaster that solves none of the challenges that the city faces High carbon buildings Speculative development Corporate control High land values Biodiversity loss Social division

Street trees 🌳 protect 🛡 us from the effects of a changing climate🥵 They keep our streets cooler😎. They stand up better to ⛈ heavy rain. They put that protection exactly📍where it is needed. We have the opportunity to plant an urban forest 🌳 🌳 🌳 in our towns and cities 🏘

⚠️😡Make no mistake, we are angry. This Government has today launched an attack on nature. We don’t use the words that follow lightly. We are entering uncharted territory. Please read this thread. 1/13

Make no mistake - we are also incredibly angry. We stand with RSPB England in calling out the unprecedented attack on nature launched by UK Government over the last few days. We’ll be challenging this together and asking for our supporters to stand with us.

Just 3% of our wildflower meadows are left. RT if you think we should give bumblebees a fighting chance by growing more wildflowers in our gardens, communities and green spaces, and not using pesticides and weedkillers 🐝

We warmly invite you to join us at our city-wide event ‘From Vision to Action’. Taking place at the Leeds City Museum (or online) on Thurs 20th October, the event will be a celebration of the achievements already made by the amazing people of Leeds. climateactionleeds.org.uk/event-details/…

Sheffield Street Trees inquiry - recordings now available: You can find a link to it here - sheffield.public-i.tv/core/portal/we… sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-coun… - This is along with recordings of the other hearings held so far & details of the other upcoming hearings.

Urban greening can reduce impact of global heating in cities, finds study theguardian.com/environment/20…

Last Friday, government's 'mini-budget' launched an attack on planning & the environment. We're asking supporters to email their MP saying no to the deregulation agenda and yes to community participation & putting the environment at the heart of policy. 1/

Here's a little more detail on why we're worried about what government is up to 3/

I am heartbroken to see the awful damage to the new playground at #Armley Park. We have asked for the site to be cleared immediately so that it is safe for families to use. If anyone has any information about who is responsible for this damage, please contact the police.

A protest in #leeds to #endSewagePollution 💩 Jamie Hanley🇺🇦 Jane Aitchison Cllr Peter Carlill Craig Timmins Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley Rachel Reeves John Garvani @CllrWalshaw

It's Apple Day! Pop down between 11am and 3pm for lots of family-friendly apple-based fun. The community cafe, garden and shop will be open too. #appleday #family friendly #kirkstall #free

Leeds Recipe Hub launches! A long-time ambition to support Leeds communities to share their wealth of knowledge and experience of cooking. Join now & share recipes with others! More: climateactionleeds.org.uk/post/leeds-rec… @foodwiseleeds VoluntaryActionLeeds

“Nature is under attack from a raft of dangerous decisions by Government” says our chief executive Craig Bennett. This is not okay. Contact your MP to ask about these serious and potentially catastrophic decisions. #DefendNature wtru.st/DefendNatureTw…

Please don't cut back ivy if tidying your garden! At this time of year in the UK, its flowers are a great late season pit-stop for struggling pollinators like bees, butterflies, hoverflies and moths. Then the berries will feed hungry birds in winter 🐝🌿

Please read and share our urgent open letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg - a great coalition of organisations all calling for the awful Retained EU Law Bill to be withdrawn ... let's stop this #AttackOnNature

So it would appear for the protest on Saturday, not only do we want to stop #RawSewage and #Fracking and #AttackOnNature but also we need a #GeneralElectionNow there’s a lot to be upset about! Who’s with me ✊