Profile avatar
thegeordiebuddhist.bsky.social
Artist and naturalist. I aim to hopefully bring a Buddhist perspective to world events.
12 posts 13 followers 60 following
Regular Contributor
Conversation Starter
Posts 19 Comments 11

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6... Zelensky told to leave White House after clashing with Trump and Vance- follow live - BBC News How not to speak to a man who should be given the greatest respect. These people have never had their country invaded, what do they know.

submitted 11 minutes ago • 0 comments

International aid, nowt from the Americans, less from the Brits. Someone's plans for a new yacht are going swimmingly. Well done Anneliese Dodds. #AnnelieseDodds

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

What is he afraid of? Perhaps that most people will identify privatization as a failed rip-off?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Instead of dams or altered waterways, “marine hydrokinetic energy” uses small, underwater turbines to generate power from free-flowing rivers and tides. The technology is considered promising for reaching remote communities that otherwise depend on diesel. www.mainebiz.biz/art...

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

Earlier this week, I attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Long Covid, where Long Covid Support presented a report; among the numerous recommendations, it called on the government to provide additional funding to research the effects of Long Covid, which has not been funded since 2021.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Cutting aid to the world’s poorest to fund defence isn’t just unfair; it’s short-sighted. Poverty and instability go hand in hand, and slashing development funding only makes the world less secure. The government must instead ask those with the broadest shoulders to contribute more.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

‘The forests are going up in flames – so is the rule of law’: Argentina’s climate of fear: Wildfires are devastating Patagonia. In response, Argentinian authorities are removing environmental protections and raiding Indigenous communities Soraya Maicoñio lives in Mallín Ahogado, a rural a...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Today I asked an Urgent Qu: why would the Govt not wait for new Climate Change Committee advice due in February before announcing new runways and bigger airports? We will see in the morning if ministers act as utterly recklessly as they have trailed…

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

BDG news: Vietnamese Ascetic Thich Minh Tue Faces Challenges on Pilgrimage to India 🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/3sc2mn6p #Buddhism #Thailand #Vietnam #India #Myanmar #BuddhistMonk #BuddhistPractice

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says: Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs a...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo

submitted 4 days ago • 72 comments

Flood warnings issued in parts of UK after weekend of rain and wind: Environment Agency warns of risk of river and surface flooding, as climate crisis brings warmer and wetter winters Flood warnings are in place across the UK after a weekend of heavy rain and high winds. As sunshine and s...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I recently visited a hotel in Bristol that houses asylum seekers. No one makes the decision to uproot their life and leave their home lightly. I will continue to push the Government to treat those seeking asylum fairly, humanely and without discrimination.

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

INFAMY, INFAMY!!!!!!!! #BewareTheIdesOfMarch youtube.com/shorts/eRnd4...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Labour has repeatedly stumbled in its first 6 months—from backtracking on winter fuel support to refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap. We’ve seen a mess of policies with no real action where it’s needed. We sat down with the Mirror to discuss it all. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Really interesting to meet with the Centre for Sustainable Energy, based here in Bristol, to discuss how we can work together to make homes warmer and more energy efficient and to ensure that our communities are given the training and skills needed for a cleaner, greener future

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

(1/) If you live in Cleveland or the surrounding area of north east England, and would like to take on a Breeding Bird Survey square, there are currently several available. Please visit: app.bto.org/bbs/public/r... or scan the QR code for more information. #NEbirds #UKbirding

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Yet another heartbreaking state-related death in the news today, Gunner Jaysley Beck. bbc.co.uk/news/article... There are too many of these stories, because lessons are not learned. I have put forward a Private Member's Bill working with @inquest-org.bsky.social to attempt to fix this.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

From one of the biggest stages in sports to the rising risks of extreme heat—climate change is everywhere. Each week my free newsletter shares good news, not so good news, and something you can do about climate change and biodiversity loss to protect our families, our health, and our future. ⬇️

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments