Disturbing evidence of rural racism, says Countryfile's John Craven. For Black and Muslim families going on a staycation, each trip has to be assessed for security as to the extent of race hate. You don't want to be the only Negroe in that village. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/2…

“A tree is a little bit of the future.” Wangari Maathai was born on this day in 1940 and went on to become the first African woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, by planting trees as resistance and empowerment. Her remarkable story, illustrated: themarginalian.org/2019/06/04/wan…

The Israeli military has relentlessly bombed farmland in Gaza and killed Palestinian farmers and agricultural workers. This is intentional. This is ecocide. This is creating conditions of long-term famine. 🧵

I often see climate activists, environmentalists and conservationists, express disappointment, that our species, humans are so destructive and uncaring. This is a fundamental thinking error, a myth. It's not our species, which is like this, but our modern culture. 1/🧵

Wild to me that there have been no pieces on climate grief from the perspective of Black people when we often are subjected most to environmental racism + its impacts.

Before the British arrived around the 1600s, Barbados was basically all forest... The deforestation that followed to make way for plantations completely changed the ecology of the island within something like 100 years. Colonialism, genocide & ecocide go hand in hand!

Job alert! 🚨 It can be hard to find vacancies in the climate sector. As an employer, it can be hard to reach BAME candidates. So here’s BAME Climate Professionals Forum's Thursday Thread: A Spotlight on Climate Vacancies💡

We outside ✨ Join us next month for our nature walk, in collaboration with Epping Forest Heritage Trust. Come and connect with fellow eldest daughters and enjoy the outdoors. Grab your ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/home-girls-u…

The fight for Palestinian liberation is also the fight for climate & ecological justice. Two vital lessons from the student protest movement against the genocide, which all of us who care about climate & global justice must heed urgently: 1/

May is National Walking Month, so we want to share the new Walk Together Pathway which will support 100 people from the global majority to become qualified walk leaders. We are proud to be working with eight walking groups and seven outdoors organisations to get more people

In 2024, trusts & foundations are wasting their time on this burning planet while people die, consulting to come to the conclusion that the best, most reparative way to return resources to Black orgs & communities is through miniscule grants & leadership development programmes.

"Private schools in England should be made to share their green space, say campaigners" theguardian.com/education/arti…

Now that UK's Chief Scout is Dwayne Fields, the first Black person in the role, will the Scout movement finally address its colonial roots? And the fact that their Founder learned his scouting techniques from indigenous Africans while on colonial expeditions?

‘You’re made to feel you don’t belong’: the black hikers challenging UK rural stereotypes | Walking | The Guardian theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Through the eons of human existence, trees had souls, mountains told stories, bees whispered secrets to us, the wind helped us make decisions. The world was literally filled with miracles. 500 years ago, a blip in time, a handful of people tried a brainwashing experiment:

There is no invention or innovation that will solve climate change for us. All we have to do is stop over-extracting resources, creating waste thru over consumption, and reestablish our habitats thru acute and long term stewardship practices. That’s it.

This Ramadan, help us continue creating safe, inclusive spaces for Muslim communities in the outdoors. Your support fuels our hikes & community projects that make a real difference! 💚 Donate today: gofundme.com/f/active-inclu…

My keynote address at the 10th Annual HBCU Climate Change Conference this morning in New Orleans provides a brief backstory of the 18 books I've written over the past four decades. It's actually 18 volumes of one book, but don't tell anybody. The books connect fairness, justice