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mrtompratt.bsky.social
Chair - Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust www.YDMT.org Interested in: - Trees 🌳 - Environmentalism 🌍 - Regenerative farming 👨‍🌾 - Rewilding 🦫 All views my own - Based in Yorkshire, UK 💚
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Around the world, 10 cows, 47 pigs, and 2,400 chickens get killed for meat every second

Tree of the day #tree #treeoftheday #treetunnel #saltaire

Tree of the day (plus some winter sunshine) #trees #treeoftheday #silverbirch #bluesky

Great article on the River Ribble and the work of The River Ribble Trust ribbletrust.org.uk #rivers #conservation #riverribble

Tree of the day - a bit of a moody one from the French Alps #treeoftheday #trees #alps #france

Fantastic list of biology-related starter packs from @blahttodea.bsky.social 👇 #scisky #biology #biosky #metapack

Shout out to @restorehabitatuk.bsky.social who’ve just joined. Ccheck them out 👇

Tree of the day #trees #temporaterainforest #rainforest #treeoftheday

“I have a word for you, says the tree. The word is epicentre” www.theguardian.com/environment/... #trees #yorkshire

Tree of the day #treeoftheday #trees #treesky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge Day 1

🌆 The Intercity Network is SO CLOSE! 📍63 of the 70 cities connected 📍94% of routes in the intercity network reviewed 📍76% of routes verified with 3 or more positive reviews! 🟣 Purple routes = done! 🟢 Green routes need you! buildstories.slowways.org/the-intercity-network-is-so-close/

"National Parks are for people of every class & kind, from every part of the country" - John Dower, 1949 This vision for #NationalParks still resonates with us today & yet we still have a long way to go We're looking for 2 Trustees to support our work 👇 www.cnp.org.uk/blog/for-a-w...

Exactly this! If you’re worried about the climate, find some people to work with. Start something new or add your momentum to an existing project. Individual actions are important but collective effort is powerful, rewarding and full of hope💚 #climate #collectivepower

Tree of the day #treeoftheday #lakedistrict #trees

Redwings, goldcrests, maybe a waxwing or few. There are gems in them there bare trees and fields this winter. www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshi...

Please help the Bylines Network get over 50K! Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social … and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻

A $375M #Indigenous led #conservation deal was just signed in the Northwest Territories of #Canada. The agreement uses a Wall Street-inspired approach to conservation #finance, with 380,000 km2 of #land and #water in its scope thenarwhal.ca/nwt-pfp-agre... #indigenouspeople #naturepositive #nature

Tree of the day #treeoftheday #trees

Healthy peatlands are one of our best climate heroes, storing carbon for thousands of years. Healthy peatlands are gloriously mucky. Drained peatlands might grow food for some time but are a massive source of greenhouse gas emissions. Keep bogs wet - please share!

During National Tree Week every donation you make to the YDMT Save our Small Woodlands campaign could be doubled, giving our native trees, plants and wildlife across the Yorkshire Dales the best chance to thrive. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social

Tree(s) of the day with a touch of crown shyness 🌳☺️ #tree #treeoftheday #crownshyness

@sascampaigns.bsky.social continue to do great work highlighting the literal 💩-show that is the state of our water.

Spectacular Starling Murmarations by Rod Jones via Yorkshire Wildlife Trust: www.ywt.org.uk/blog/rod-jones/spectacular-starling-murmurations #murmaration #ripon #birdsky #wildlife #birds #starlings

Hello you lovely people. These events probably won't be of interest unless you are also based in #Perthshire, but it gives you an idea of what our CIC does. Feel free to share though 😃 #nature #sustainability #community #local #rewilding

Tree of the day #treeoftheday #silverbirch #trees

With the cold weather we have been having I wanted to ask if anyone in the North East is struggling with awful temporary housing - please get in touch. One man reached out to me today with a mouldy house so bad he has to keep his belongings in one room. My email is [email protected]

Re-sharing from Positive News: Total net greenhouse gas emissions in the EU dropped by 8% last year www.positive.news/society/tota... #positivenews #emissions #eu

Our Young Changemaker of the Year Award Shortlist 🏆 This award celebrates devoted young volunteers, or individuals who have gone above and beyond for National Parks 🗺️🏞️📢 Share the love for our #NationalPark protectors and vote for your People’s Choice nominee 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/national-par...

Tree of the day 🌳 #trees #treeoftheday

“The UK has more potential for temperate rainforest restoration than anywhere else in the world… UK rainforests are resilient to low & medium amounts of future warming” But rapid climate action needed to save other temp rainforests Ace new research by Leeds Uni: www.leeds.ac.uk/research-32/...

Danish policymakers have agreed to spend DKK 43 billion (US$6 billion) on rewilding and reforesting 10% of the country’s total land area, including some farmland. theprogressplaybook.com/2024/11/19/i...

Am looking for your Bluesky success stories. Has your charity: - grown lots of followers fast? - connected with new peers or communities or decision markers? - had a viral success? - had greater engagement than the other place? Or is the jury still out? Keen to hear how it is going so far.

Tree of the day #treeoftheday #oak #tree

Tree of the day #tree #treeoftheday #moon

Three of the day #trees #treeoftheday #snow