What a year for women’s voices & actions bringing awareness to change! Bravo & thank you Gisèle Pelicot, Ahoo Daryaei, Christine Cocchiola, Amy Polacko, Leah Moses, Charlotte Proudman, Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins, D Pollack, Kathy Sherlock, Laila Mickelwait & so many more!

I’ve asked my MP to vote in favour of rooftop solar in Parliament on Friday 17 January. Will you do the same? CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/162463/ac…

Stop export of baby eels from UK to Russia - Sign the Petition! chng.it/JstkVHvJCy via Change.org UK

Each and every dot is sewage been dumped into the environment during the first 18 days of 2025. Happy New Year.

I was shocked to hear Mary Long-Dhonau OBE explain some homes on high ground are still at risk of groundwater flooding & that it's really important to check your local flood risk so you know if you need to prepare. The link below lets you check your postcode's flood risk now & by 2040-60.

With an estimated 24 million gardens in the UK, making little changes to how they are cared for can make a big difference to wildlife! Swapping fences for hedges gives refuge to birds and insects, and brilliant blooms provide nectar for pollinators! 👉 wtru.st/2LCKcT1

Conserving butterflies and moths in urban areas can make an important contribution to nature’s recovery and people’s enjoyment of nature 🏙️🌿 Get helpful tips and advice for managing urban habitats in this free guide 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/repor… Big City Butterflies The National Lottery Heritage Fund

In many early medieval calendars, 7 February is the first day of spring. Anglo-Saxon poetry imagines spring as a time of quickening and liberation, when the earth is released from the 'fetters of frost' and the waters of the world run free aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2015/02/unwind…

We are asking the government for a socially and environmentally sustainable approach to trade 📢 Fair terms of trade for smallholder farmers and workers in low-income countries is also good for sustainable economic growth and for the UK’s long-term food security 👇

The Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) is our Species of the Month ✨ Typically the earliest blue butterfly on the wing in the UK, they can be found in parks and gardens around Holly and Ivy. Get to know this magnificent butterfly 👇 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/… 📷: Iain H Leach

Spring is on its way! Look out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces 🦋🌷🌱 Discover more species and tips on how to attract them with our free monthly e-newsletter 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/enews #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to expand logging across 110 million ha of national forests and public lands, bypassing rules protecting endangered species: bit.ly/41EJ7jc

Together with Campaign for National Parks we can stop National Park protections from being bulldozed. I've written to my MP demanding they take urgent action. Join me here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dont-b…

A new generation of asbestos related illness is emerging as crumbling public buildings like libraries, schools, offices decay, exposing staff & children to asbestos. People are paying with their health for austerity policies & poor regulation. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We've been following presenter John Stapleton after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. He finds out about the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (or LSVT), which aims to help people living with it. Watch this in full: bbc.in/4cpoj4e #WorldParkinsonsDay

Shells By Nicolas Robert b. #otd 18 Apr 1614

The EA says homes should only be built in Flood Zone 3 -the areas at highest risk of floods - in exceptional cases- BBC File On 4 reveals 205,000 homes were built in FZ3, in England, between 2013 & 2022. "A ticking time bomb of misery" says Prof Jamie Woodward bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

The new planning bill means developers can build on nature areas and parks as long as they pay for new nature elsewhere. HOWEVER Defra sources have admitted this can be nowhere near the initial site - stripping communities of their green space theguardian.com/environment/20…

Look out for the colourful Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) this month 👀 This common and well-distributed day-flying moth is often mistaken for a butterfly because of its vibrant red and black markings. 📷: Iain H Leach, Rachel Scopes, James Peat #MothMonday #MothsMatter

The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter’s Field, Manchester #OTD 1819 when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000 people who had assembled to demand parliamentary reform. At least 15 protesters were killed and 700 seriously injured.