educator, nature lover, trainee botanist, litter picker, new beekeeper and ecoworrier. The views I share are my own.
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Joined November 2009
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If you need to escape from the TV for a bit 👑
Meet us at 10am for a quick pick around the town 👍
#Hebburnlitterpickers #litter #keepbritaintidy #bonnyhebburnontyne
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It's World Wellbeing Week and for most of us, walking your way to wellness is one of the easiest things to do...and along the banks of the Tyne is a great place to do it.
#WorldWellbeingWeek
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Great team 💪💪💪
15 volunteers working hard 😁
10/10 for their work today ❤️ #lovewhereyoulive #litter #heroes #keepbritaintidy – at Hebburn, England
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Nice to see this #wildlifepond I created for a client in 2022 has settled in nicely, as part of a #widlifegarden that I made. It includes a native hedge & climbers to all sides, native trees, a mini #wildflowermeadow, hedgehog access, bee hotel, log piles, bird boxes, herbaceous borders & a hibernaculum, all in a relatively small new build garden. You don’t need vast acres to help #wildlife. 🐝 🦔 🦋 🐸 – at Chelmsford, East
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Notes from the recent Expert Committee on Pesticides meeting, with respect to the application for an "emergency application" of #neonicotinoids on sugar beet. Why is our government not following the science?
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Goodbye 2023, you threw me monumental curveballs!! Although things are still tough I’m glad to welcome a fresh new calendar year with hope, energy and enthusiasm.
Sending you all so much love, light, courage and strength 🌿
And above all #CEASEFIRE_NOW 🕊️
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The volunteers did a quick tidy for Monkton village and their remembrance ceremony, and then went on to their usual Saturday morning pick 👍
The words of the armistice ceremony are as relevant as ever today - let us pray for all who suffer as a result of conflict #peace – at South Shields, England
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The volunteers found a poorly hedgehog - unfortunately he did not survive 😢 🦔 We found a number of trees and shrubs had been cleared 😭 and are working to get this area replanted 💪 We are working to protect and enhance our town ❤️
#leaveitbetter #nature #lovewhereyoulive – at Hebburn, England
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The kids did good today - 8 of our volunteers this morning are 16 or under ❤️
#lovewhereyoulive #leaveitbetter #keepbritaintidy – at Hebburn, England
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We enjoyed meeting other volunteer groups today and getting the chance to thank some of the people who have supported our team ❤️ – at South Shields, England
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We dug deep to find the litter today and didn't let the snow put us off 💪 💪
We had a good snowball fight ❄️
We spotted tree creepers, fieldfares and our local parakeets 🦜🐦 😁
#lovewhereyoulive #litter #keepbritaintidy – at Hebburn, England
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Team of 15 soggy volunteers 🌧️ making the place better every week 💪
#lovewhereyoulive #leaveitbetter – at Hebburn, England
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We love our Tyne Riverside Park and we wanted people to visit and take pride in it ❤️ Great team of 8 litter pickers out this morning - aged 12 and up 💪
#lovewhereyoulive #keepbritaintidy #litter #leaveitbetter – at Hebburn, England
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Great volunteers out every single week 💪
Merry Christmas from the Hebburn team #lovewhereyoulive #litter #leaveitbetter #keepbritaintidy – at Hebburn, England
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Next year, please let the dandelions grow! They support over 50 insects species. They're a great early season food source for pollinators including bees, butterflies and hoverflies. No need to mow. And please don't use weedkiller. RT if you're on board 🐝
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The brilliant duo chairing our @AoC_info #qtla2023 conference today... Gill Burbridge from @Leyton6thForm and @SuccessNorthDi from @newcastlecol
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Yes! @ChrisGPackham is spot on. We need a Climate & Ecology Bill in the #KingSpeech. This is our last, best chance to pass serious climate and nature legislation. Join me in backing @cebill_now and the #CEBill.
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Charles III opens Parliament for the first time on Tuesday . This is the #KingsSpeech we need to hear .
This our last , best chance for legislation – the #CEBill – to restore nature & deliver a just transition that leaves no one behind .
Back @cebill_now zerohour.uk/back-the-bill
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Brilliant! Thank you @RoyalMail
"It is our business policy not to exterminate them with pellets or by other means" - This is so good to see from @RoyalMail 🐌
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Just A Level and T Level results?
No mention of the >300k students collecting vocational/technical qualification results?
Do better.
Later this week, students will receive their A level and T Level results.
With the return of pre-pandemic grading, there's been speculation about what this might mean for those wanting to go to university.
We're busting some of the myths 👇
educationhub.blog.gov.uk/202…
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With many Level 3 results out tomorrow, a reminder that:
More publicly funded 16-18 year olds study in colleges than schools.
At L3, over 320,000 take vocational & technical qualifications (VTQ).
Colleges account for:
90% of T Levels
80% of L3 VTQs
23% of A Levels
@AoC_info
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5 more days to get this petition the response from Government that it requires. Sign and Share.... Or allow gardens like this to push Sparrows, Hedgehogs, Bees, Butterflies and countless others to extinction petition.parliament.uk/petit…
