Annie Leymarie

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Alan Rew

If a bear waited at the bottom of a tree for you to starve... it would likely starve too! With a bear or other big carnivore we can indeed climb a tree, use branches, throw sticks/stones, make noises, etc, (perhaps even speak gently??) to convince him/her to move away. No such options with a car!

New study shows "higher adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet associated with lower risks of incident depression, anxiety & their co-occurrence". That diet has a much higher share of plant-based foods than average Western diets, in order to improve planetary & human health www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Adherence to the EAT-lancet diet and incident depression and anxiety - Nature Communicationswww.nature.com The EAT-Lancet reference diet has been proposed for improving both planetary and human health in 2019. Here, the authors show that higher adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet is associated with lower risk...

Reading this: www.ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/epub-10..., I noticed some irrational conditionings: the idea of becoming prey to a bear or wolves feels more uncomfortable than being hit by a car, even though the latter is far more likely, at least as potentially harrowing & with no defence possible.

www.ecologicalcitizen.net

As someone who would love to see lynx, wolves and bear reintroduced in the UK, and long to spend time in regions where they are part of the ecosystems, I should know better! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...

Why We Misjudge Wolves, Bears, and Other Large Carnivoreswww.psychologytoday.com Our misperceptions of magnificent animals such as "big bad wolves" and "killer bears" are driven by irrational fears; they have been demonized and persecuted for centuries.

Another @guardian article on aviation with no mention of climate 🙄 "Extreme weather has been arguably the biggest headache for the travel industry so far, disrupting flights" Oh yeah? How about aviation disrupting the climate and causing big headaches to us all? www.theguardian.com/business/art...

‘As prepared as we can be’: UK airlines and airports get ready for summer getawaywww.theguardian.com Measures to manage disruption include recruitment to fill shortages and investment in control centres

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Beaver pair reducing flood risks in Plymouth, scientists saywww.bbc.co.uk Scientists found that during peak flows the beavers had reduced the flow of water by 23%.

“One teaspoon of the chemical is enough to kill 1.25bn honeybees. It can stay in the soil for years, and taint any flowering plant which grows, meaning that bees foraging for nectar from a flower can be poisoned years after treated seeds were planted” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Watchdog investigates Defra over authorisation of bee-killing pesticidewww.theguardian.com Neonicotinoid was given emergency clearance under Conservative government in 2023 and 2024

www.truthdig.com/articles/wor... Michel Forst is the U.N. special rapporteur on environmental defenders

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What’s the big deal with agriculture and climate change? 🌳 🚜 Shouldn't we be focused on stopping oil and other fossil fuels? Turns out, agriculture is responsible for as many emissions as the energy sector. For more on solutions, check out the DrawDown article:

Fixing food’s big climate problemdrawdown.org It surprises many people to learn that the food we eat, the farms that grow it, and the landscapes we’ve cleared all contribute to climate change. And contribute in a big way.Unfortunately, policymake...

Berlin's wild boars: www.scotlandbigpicture.com/photo-storie...

Berlin's Boar Warswww.scotlandbigpicture.com <p>Each spring the bustling city of Berlin becomes home to a group of enterprising animals who thrive in its parks, cemeteries and gardens. With the potential for conflict high, how do the people of B...

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Jason Hickel

Latin America boasts eight of the ten best-performing countries. Most high-income countries continue to decline. Norway and Iceland— often mistakenly regarded as sustainability leaders — have declined nearly to the level of the United States. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201...

The dark side of the Nordic modelwww.aljazeera.com Scandinavian countries may top every ranking on human development, but they are a disaster for the environment.

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I'm excited to announce the latest release of the Sustainable Development Index, now with data through 2022. Costa Rica tops the list! sustainabledevelopmentindex.org

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDEXsustainabledevelopmentindex.org The Sustainable Development Index (SDI) measures the ecological efficiency of human development, recognizing that development must be achieved within planetary boundaries. It was created to update t...

#JustStoppedOil! Or at least new oil, which is what Just Stop Oil were requesting!

🚨The UK's new energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has ordered a ban on new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.

Ed Miliband orders immediate ban on new drilling in North Seawww.thenational.scot ED Miliband has ordered an immediate ban on new drilling in the North Sea, overruling his own officials.

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I have been working on a story about carbon capture for like three months because I keep thinking "it cannot possibly be THIS much of an absolute shit show" and figuring I must be missing something or misunderstanding something and then every new expert I talk to tells me it's even worse

"Growth is a distraction from what truly matters, namely: poverty eradication and well-being for all. The economies of rich countries have grown far beyond what is necessary to allow people to flourish; they have become obese." documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...

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Yet more evidence of the livestock industry's stronghold in universities www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Meat industry greenwashing has a new weapon: University scientistswww.vox.com Public universities helped hook America on meat. Now, some want to protect its “social license to operate.”

New ExxonMobil ad (by Yellow Dot studios!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3gi...

ExxonMobil Adwww.youtube.com SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/YellowDot-SubscribeThere's a world we all want to live in again. Here at ExxonMobil we believe in that world. And we're working har...

Benefits of four-day week are already well established! www.theguardian.com/business/art...

Four-day week campaign to launch UK pilot looking at flexible workingwww.theguardian.com Exclusive: after success of first trial, group running second scheme in autumn hopes Labour will be more receptive

"Over the last 25 years, international air travel has increased significantly", mostly through "trips for leisure and visiting friends and family", despite its significant climate impact. Its emissions are omitted from national statistics in nearly all countries. phys.org/news/2024-07...

True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealedphys.org The reality of the climate impact of long-distance passenger travel has been revealed in new research from the University of Leeds.

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Great tip for anyone who spends a lot of time in wild places, where there's a risk of picking up ticks: get yourself a ' Swedish Tick Lasso Trix'. They really work, removing the entire tick and leaving nothing embedded (so no risk of Lyme). Best 10 euro you'll ever spend. 🌎

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One of the penalties of changing your mind about a topic is that it provokes a certain kind of glitter-eyed fanatic, who will see you thenceforth as the devil incarnate. From that day on, in my experience, they will devote a large part of their lives to hounding you. 🧵

"It was the hottest June on record for the globe and the 13th month in a row to set a monthly temperature record". wmo.int/media/news/r...

Record temperature streak continues in Junewmo.int It was the hottest June on record for the globe and the 13th month in a row to set a monthly temperature record. While unusual, a similar streak of monthly global temperature records happened previous...

Short intro to the free Ecological Citizen peer-reviewed journal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGLV...

The Ecological Citizen | Introductionwww.youtube.com The Ecological Citizen is an independent, free-to-access, peer-reviewed, ecocentric journal. Broadly speaking, the publication covers ecocentrism and biocent...

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Zenity

But a few tens of thousands of years later, with biodiversity in freefall and climate change accelerating, we've clearly played our cards wrong as the risks of food security collapse keep increasing! (Choosing plant-based diets would help...)

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His Royal Huwness

Breelliant!

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The Israeli occupation of the West Bank is expanding, in violation of international law and to the indifference of the administration.

"The group’s data indicate it was the largest single appropriation approved since the 1993 Oslo accords at the start of the peace process." apnews.com/article/isra...

Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decadesapnews.com An anti-settlement watchdog says Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades.

I've voted Green. For the eels!

For my friends in England, it's election day! Happy voting to you all. Just remember: you have a long and proud history as a people who really fucking loved eels. Remember that, when you cast your vote. What would the eels want you to do? 🗃️🧪

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Annie Leymarie

And while we were busy causing the extinction of many key species, almost everywhere we went, we were also busy creating astonishing art! 🤔 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.theguardian.com/science/arti...

Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave paintingwww.theguardian.com Picture story featuring human-animal hybrids found in Indonesia is believed to be at least 51,200 years old

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Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting

Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave paintingwww.theguardian.com Picture story featuring human-animal hybrids found in Indonesia is believed to be at least 51,200 years old