New research out today from Dave Goulson is clear & shocking. If you use glyphosate pesticides (Roundup/Gallup) or slug pellets, you reduce songbird numbers, esp. house sparrows. Numbers down *25-40%* "Stop spraying your garden with poisons." pls share on theguardian.com/environment/20…

Let's open up the black box of capitalism. I discussed what it means & what it does with Bernie Sanders and Martin Wolf on @BBCR4 last week. Here's how I defined it - how would you put it differently? 1/n

“To take on challenges which rely on collective and collaborative efforts, we need to…understand how relational infrastructure is built, shaped and maintained, whilst acknowledging that it can also be degraded and destroyed.” The wonderful Sam Rye⁩ samrye.xyz/on-relational-…

I am aghast. Can anyone quantify how far AU$368bn would go in terms of transitioning our energy systems; sorting the housing crisis; helping low income households adapt to climate, disaster response; restoring biodiversity & other life-sustaining / affirming aims? #aukus

Love a pie-chart that makes everything clear. I can see why you’re proud of this States of Change ;-)

What the f*ck have we done?? What we do to Country, to Earth, we do to ourselves. Today’s EU ruling to recognise ‘Ecocide-level’ crimes can not come soon enough.. stopecocide.earth/breaking-news-…

Wahoo - we launched it! Thanks to all! darkmatterlabs.notion.site/Funding-Partne… Come in - download the Playbook - be part of shifting how we move money towards the deep changes we need. This is such a micro-step in a landscape of such large shifts we need, let's just go for it from all sides.

Hello: I'm gathering poems or songs which grieve or protest the felling of trees. Hopkins' "Binsey Poplars", Clare's "Lamentations of the Round Oak" Wd welcome suggestions; any language, any time. Reply here or on most recent Instagram post (also @robgmacfarlane) 📷Kerry O'Grady

Props to my ‘systems’ crew. It’s the quality of their intention and attention - and brilliant mind weaving - that makes our yarns such a nourishing start to the day!

Today in Bellingen: “Learning from the original caretakers of Gumbaynggirr Country, The Malaami Project aims to reimagine a relocalised and climate resilient future for the Bellingen Shire, Gumbaynggirr Country and beyond.” events.humanitix.com/malaami-projec…

I’m delighted to be spending some time with Systems School here in Aus, with the indomitable seanna davidson & friends, unpacking how we might work with, and build relational infrastructure for a better world.

The Regen Sydney crew and I are feeling this with you right now ਇਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ | Imandeep Kaur

I don’t know what is scarier, the fact that atmospheric CO2 just hit the highest level in human history, or that it has gone close to completely unnoticed…

What this time asks of us is that we fall so deeply, irrevocably and unstoppably in love with the Earth that we let go of rational reasoning and act prophetically in her interest, not our own - and in the process, we discover our full capacities of who we really are

“Systems don’t get solved. At best, we hope to shift systems to a healthier state. Systems don’t just need things fixed. They need healing — healing of relationships, historic inequities, destructive patterns, and the environment” ⁦@RobRicigliano⁩ blog.kumu.io/the-complexity…

Lankelly Chase is embarking on a transformative journey to wholly redistribute its assets over the next five years and dismantle itself as an organisation. bit.ly/3pEOQ9I #LCTransitionPathway

Excellent unpicking of why the concept of 'Net Zero' is at best inadequate and unhelpful, and at worst, deeply dangerous and deceitful: bylinetimes.com/2023/07/27/a-b…