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Wannabe gamepark ranger. Co-founder Human Energy Co @g00dfornothing

the shire and the smoke
Joined July 2008
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"Many of us are caught in the hustle of modern life without time to pause and reflect, to honor our own inner grumblings" @WisdomHackers – at Westminster, England
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Replying to @sainsburys
@sainsburys Hi, I've an online order delivery today 4pm, but payment failed. I see you attempted to take payment 2x this am, but not enough funds in acct. I've added funds so payment can be taken but struggling to speak to someone via customer service. Please help!
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Great to see our new local MP getting stuck into the stuff that really matters
Lib Dems were proud to present the @zerohour_uk call for a Climate and Nature Change Bill to Number 10. We are in a climate emergency and facing biodiversity depletion. This was not taken seriously by the last Conservative Government. We will be pushing Labour to do better!
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Delighted for you Calum, I know you'll bring so much to this, and to the wider political arena. So exciting!
Thank you to the people of #BicesterandWoodstock I am honoured to be elected as your MP. This is my home. I stood because I want to serve my community, to speak for my neighbours and to represent this wonderful part of Oxfordshire. I won’t let you down.
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Hive mind request! Looking for a sustainably run venue with lots of space and natural light for a workshop with up to 40 people around 10 mins walk from Blackfriars - any ideas?
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Listening to how safe or not Rwanda is on radio, whilst COP28 is copping out of fossil fuel phase-out. Can't help feeling UK/rest of West is equally, if not frankly a lot more unsafe with our so-called leaders asleep at the wheel. Want to be optimistic but struggling
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Filming these cobras was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever had. I was fascinated by the relationship between the cobras and the villagers. On leaving I was left with more questions than when I had arrived. How did this tolerance of cobras first arise?
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Goarn the King.... Wrapping up his speech, King Charles references indigenous communities, saying their "world view teaches us that we are all connected". "The Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth," he says, as he finishes his speech to applause in the room.
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Something in the air for doing good in the hood!
Excited for a new chapter kicking off this week in Lincoln.... and folks from Hastings to Portland to Miami to Berlin pending. Being creatively generous is positively infectious!
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Twitter friends, what's the best, preferably free, event management software? Showing my age here, it used to be Eventbrite, then I loved @stef and crew's attending.io - what is out there now?
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Love this!
This mountain panorama website is such a cool way to explore the mountain summits of the world (from your sofa): buff.ly/3Mo10fd
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Nice one @benkeene - love a good hack, and the ideas sound great. Congrats!
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this resonates, personally from experience and then in founders I've supported in a decelerator process - where identity = work, burn-out often follows - integrating all the parts of your identity into a coherent whole is the challenge and the opportunity
A psychological construct called self-complexity says that the key to a strong and enduring identity—one that is equal parts rugged and flexible, that can navigate the inevitable changes we all face—is to diversify your sense of self. Important thread 👇👇
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Exactly
The day before the UN General Assembly where climate is the critical topic not only is the UK PM not attending but now we see clear reneging on our Net Zero commitments. In the face of a deepening crisis what does this say to the world?
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Been looking for this. "Economy vs climate" as a wedge to polarise UK on a critical issue is a misguided, deeply desperate way to influence voters. It was cynical last time, and inaction has made things worse for both cost of living and climate. Media need to join dots.
NEW ANALYSIS UK energy bills are £9.8bn higher than they would have been if “green crap” climate policies had not been scrapped over the past decade, new @CarbonBrief analysis shows This updates figures first published last January: carbonbrief.org/analysis-cut… #greencrap
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Measuring the decline in the ability of the earth to support life. We should be terrified about this. Instead, the majority of leaders in big govt and big biz are holding onto some weird sense of business as usual even as we increasingly see the direct impacts with our own eyes
🌎 ❌ We are crossing more and more planetary boundaries. Today, six boundaries are crossed. Two more are closing in on transgression. Decisive policy action can change this as we have shown with the recovery of the ozone layer. Read more: buff.ly/3Znyu2P
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We live in interesting times, and it's gonna get even more challenging as climate chaos and the seriousness of the implications of that ramp up. Feels like everything we assume to be normal is about to be thrown up in the air, and we'll see where it all lands
California is suing Big Oil for lying about climate change. We're taking five major oil companies to court for wreaking havoc on our planet and lying to people about the dangers of fossil fuels. It’s time they pay their fair share.
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The agenda ahead of us laid out pretty clearly
Finally out! 1st diagnosis of the entire Planet. All the 9 Planetary Boundaries quantified defining Our Safe Operating Space on Earth. Bad news: 6 of 9 PBs breached. Good news: Window still open, we know what to measure, we can return and we win if we do! science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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Octopus are clearly leading the charge to transform our energy system..... inspiring
Our #EnergyTechSummit with @WiredUK. Today, we’re going to show how we can make the switch to net zero energy in less than a decade. With leaders and thinkers from energy and tech incl @astro_timpeake @timberners_lee @DeborahMeaden — and @g__j with a special announcement 👀
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