a diversity of regenerative land uses and practices, at #Groundswell25

SO good to host the Groundswell 2025 Cheat Code (summary) session with Rob Yorke and @drdowhittle. Special shout out to everyone who contributed and the lovely Sketchnotes visual note-takers who created this fab sketch… ✍️

carving out space for nuanced inclusive conversations at in-person rural/enviro gigs my skill, for your event

my engaged panel of pragmatic progressive ‘Power of Partnerships’ panellists at the UK River Summit festival yesterday a stimulating two-way audience-interactive session on the river bank, south London

silvo-pasture action, on the ground, out of Groundswell, in under 30 secs

BNG - Biodiversity Not Grounded - a short cautionary tale

always look slowly over the edge of a bridge robyorke.co.uk/2023/05/when-n…

🔥Fire danger forecast for 11–17 Aug shows extreme to very extreme FWI anomalies across Europe. Highest risk in: 🇵🇹🇪🇸NW Iberian Peninsula 🇫🇷France 🇬🇷Greece 🇧🇬Bulgaria 🇷🇴Romania 🇸🇮Slovenia 🇦🇹Austria 🇭🇺Hungary Also high in 🇸🇪Sweden, 🇳🇴Norway, 🇫🇮Finland: europa.eu/!HRmFq6

roe buck ‘barking’ in the Black Mountains - the woodier part of the Brecon Beacons

timber harvest, after storm somewhere in Wales

bats living under the M1 motorway celebrates the resilience of nature (as well as alternative art)

parasol mushrooms galore in the Black Mountains as I head to London town tomorrow

the govt’s ‘National Estate for Nature group’ includes England’s largest ‘estate owner’: the Forestry Commission time to think trees (of all mixed species and in many different places)

my latest letter (138th) published in The Times today on solar and nuclear power is really about continuing an ability to have these contested conversations, without fear or favour #environmental #dialogue plus a contextual 90sec vlog youtu.be/9SY1uH5mCIE

a quiet hunt last day of the season / wild welsh brown trout

why event mics make a big difference robyorke.co.uk/curate-convene… #environmental #dialogue

woodland and estuaries robyorke.co.uk/2025/10/a-wood…

24hours of farming, Westminster, through two lens future resilience agrifood4netzero.net/2025/10/15/uk-… AFN Network+ past harvest lovebritishfood.co.uk/the-queen-join… Love British Food

the bat-bagging burdock burrs of the Black Mountains, south Wales (an unfortunate brown long-eared bat)

prepping the ground for more informative honest conversations about forestry and farming