New research from PesticdeActionNetwork reveals the extent of pesticide use by UK councils. These are poisons being sprayed in your street, your local park. Pls share. For links to the full report & to find out what you can do, follow the link below pan-uk.org/pesticide-free/

🚨 Angela Rayner has given councils permission to sell off allotments to raise money. 8 sell offs of ancient rights have happened so far, including to build houses. The history of allotments goes back to the 1500s and is tied deeply to land access, food security, and social

You know what won't help with the social care bill councils are inexplicably forced to pay for? Selling off spaces which keep older people active and socially connected with their neighbours. Just hugely short term thinking

How lovely Angela. Unfortunately some people don't have gardens and rely on allotments to enjoy such things...which you now want to sell off.

Having killed a record number of UN staff, which is an utter outrage, what the hell is Israel still doing at the UN?

The shortlists for The Wainwright Prize, a celebration of nature & conservation writing, are announced. The Children’s Wainwright Prize now includes the Prize for Fiction, the Prize for Non-Fiction & the Prize for Picture Books. #kidlit #WainwrightPrize 🍃 booksforkeeps.co.uk/yuval-zommer-k…

We’re excited to reveal the 2025 Children’s #WainwrightPrize for Fiction Shortlist! 🌿 Stories of wonder, courage and care. These authors inspire the next generation to imagine a better, wilder world. #StoriesThatConnect

Thrilled to see this! Thank you, The Wainwright Prizes

🌟We're excited to share that Ettie and the Midnight Pool by Julia Green (illustrated by Pam Smy) has been SHORTLISTED for the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction!🌟 CONGRATULATIONS @jgreenauthor & @pamsmyillustrator 🎉 #WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect

The link between books and nature can be so powerful, and it's something we think about a lot. So huge congratulations to all the authors and illustrators nominated for the The Wainwright Prizes, and thank you for creating such inspiring reads for young people 👇

David Fickling Books Julia Green Congratulations, Julia! And congratulations, Pam! Such a beautiful book on such a great shortlist. xx

As a very keen allotment holder I will fight this nonsensical The Labour Party policy with a fury!! Allotments keep us mentally and physically healthy, give us fresh food, inspire us to give our produce away in a gift culture, and are a haven for many ecosystems.

We’re proud to celebrate UA clients shortlisted for the 2025 Children’s Wainwright Prize 🌿📚 📘 Ettie and the Midnight Pool by Julia Green (@dfb_storyhouse) – Fiction 🌍 MEGA by Jules Howard (@nosycrow) – Non-Fiction

I could not be more pleased to see this book (and author) recognised in this way.

Why are we commemorating Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary with new nuclear weapons? And why is the Govt backing a glossy PR campaign to persuade us we need nukes whilst also trying to block inquiry into the impacts of nuclear war? Me for Independent Voices Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament independent.co.uk/voices/hiroshi…

WE ARE HIRING!! Creative Writing (fiction) Pathway 3 lecturer 0.5 in the Department of English at the University of Bristol's thriving School of Humanities. It's a 3/2 teaching load with plenty of support and mentorship from meeeeeee! jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF238/lec…

Very sad to see Labour govt flogging off allotment sites. Allotments provide sustainable, healthy food, encourage exercise and community spirit, & are rich in biodiversity. 10,000 people are on waiting lists to get one! Idiotic. We need more, not fewer! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Not a single new reservoir built in England for 30 years. ❌ 3 billion litres of water lost from leaking pipes every day. ❌ What's the private water sector's solution? Hosepipe bans and ruining rare river ecosystems. 🤯 We need public ownership now.

Author, speaker & creative force behind Bringing Up Race, Uju returns to judge the Children’s #WainwrightPrize. She shares thoughts on nature writing as activism, the power of inclusive storytelling, and what gives her hope for the next generation. 🔗 bit.ly/46IhHND

"A nationally significant water shortfall is gripping England". You'd never believe water companies have had 35 years to plan for this but then again there's always been a plan, the one that was cheapest for WCs, drain ever river in the country dry, and now they're running out