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Arts and climate. Born at 344 ppm. ambermassieblomfield.com

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Eleanor @eleanorturney.co.uk · 01/10/2025
My new business many-hats.org is LIVE. Professional development for freelancers, with workshops led by some amazing people including @ambermb.bsky.social @verybrinteresting.bsky.social @cloreleadership.bsky.social @katbrownwrites.com @mazhedgehog.bsky.social @nadpatel.bsky.social Please share!
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
@timjackson.org.uk hi Tim I enjoyed your Clore fellowship speech very much. So much so that I’m now writing my final provocation piece for my fellowship on post growth & the arts. Would you have time for a quick conversation? Thanks
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
@jasonhickel.bsky.social Jason I am just reading your BRILLIANT book - and underlining everything. Do you know of any writers/thinkers who have attempted a defence of growth in the context of climate emergency, explicitly - ie have attempted to reconcile the two? Curious about the counter argument.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
China is on track to become the world’s first “electrostate”—with clean electricity driving growth and coal’s decline looking inevitable. As China builds energy self-sufficiency and dominates key tech supply chains, its influence on the future of global energy is only set to grow.
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Following my recent appearance on #GBNews, in which I called out the corruption of the fossil-fuel-owned ‘news’ outlet, I thought it best to do a deep-dive on just why UK energy bills are so high. Read now! rupertsreads.substack.com/p/so-why-are...
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So, Why Are Britain’s Energy Bills So High?
What are the real reasons we're paying more than other countries for our energy?
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
‘We’re up to our neck in shit, it’s true, and that’s why we walk with our heads held high’ - Dario Fo
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Daisy J. Hung (she/her) @daisyhunguk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Was feeling a bit low today, so went browsing through @blackwelloxford.bsky.social and found a couple of books to energise me for continued activism and resistance ✊ @ambermb.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
‘Changemaker: A Data-Driven Guide to Being an Effective Activist’ book and ‘Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World’ book placed on a bench in a park with a Blackwell’s Oxford bag.
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ClareRed @clarered.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
An open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission from the Culture Sector, in solidarity with Trans, Nonbinary and Intersex communities. Sign your name here: tinyurl.com/ehrcletter Please share widely, and if you are not able to sign for your organisation, please share with someone who can
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The US rep to the IEA said that "pursuing offshore wind power would make countries reliant on China." It's instructive to explore this sort of claim, in particular for what it reveals about those claiming it. Two points:🧵
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At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables
The US envoy to the IEA's energy security summit pushed gas and criticised renewables, arguing that they cause power cuts
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Angie Bee @angelinabeeb.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
It’s another week of brilliant opportunities for artists & theatre talent this week, from Sheffield to Doncaster and Newcastle to Basingstoke! Lots here for writers this week, but also stuff going on for actors and other theatre creatives. Good luck if applying! #theatre #theatresky #careers #cpd
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 25/04/2025
Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle #Climate
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Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle
The Herds project from the team behind Little Amal will travel 20,000km taking its message on environmental crisis across the world
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Ron Unger @ruatelier56.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Edouard Manet Moss Roses in a Vase, 1882 Oil on canvas
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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Words to live by.
Screenshot of a tweet by @louisethebaker

The text reads, "I’m almost 50, and here is the best thing I have learned so far: every strange thing you’ve ever been into, every failed hobby or forgotten instrument, everything you have ever learned will come back to you, will serve you when you need it. No love, however brief, is wasted."
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Baratunde @baratunde.com · 24/04/2025
Can’t express how satisfied I am with myself for this joke. Enjoy! Laugh a bit in the apocalypse
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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"...the art of resistance asks - what does it mean to be alive right now? Where are the contradictions in how we are living? What does a truly just world look like? What's stopping it from becoming a reality?" - @ambermb.bsky.social
The book Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World by Amber Massie-Blomfield, leaning against a colorful abstract throw pillow. The book cover is yellow, red, and black, and features a collage of squares with photos of eyes and geometric shapes
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.” She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished. 10 of her family were killed with her. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I’m gonna say something that is going to sound crazy, but when has that ever stopped me from saying something publicly: there is a way in which the U.S. chucking its position in the world could actually fast-track energy transition. A few things that have me thinking this way 🧵
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
‘We should astound catastrophe with the little fear it causes us’ - Victor Hugo
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
@khosla.bsky.social dear rajat, forgive me for the out of the blue contact. Is there any chance you could suggest a contact at WHO who could advise on a person who has been given permission for medical evacuation of Gaza but is stuck because of Rafah border closure? A friend is suffering there.
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Channel 4 @channel4.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
As retaliation for the Tariffs we will now be showing any American made TV show without the last five minutes. Good luck finding out how Frasier got out of that one.
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Mark Dishman @markdishman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
V proud of my pal @danzep.bsky.social, whose new book, Overnight, is out now. Among the fascinating stories within - bats, boats, helicopters, healthcare - our sleepless summer sojourn to Le Mans and the Porsche pit garage. What an adventure!
An LMP2 car on the start/finish straight at Le MansOvernight by Dan Richards
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This is the central challenge for artists and creatives now. Our work is shaping the collective imagination.
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Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
There is an impulse in moments like this to appeal to self-interest. To say: These horrors you are allowing to happen, they will come to your doorstep one day; to repeat the famous phrase about who they came for first and who they'll come for next. But this appeal cannot, in matter of fact, work. If the people well served by a system that condones such butchery ever truly believed the same butchery could one day be inflicted on them, they'd tear the system down tomorrow. And anyway, by the time such a thing happens, the rest of us will already be dead.
No, there is no terrible thing coming for you in some distant future, but know that a terrible thing is happening to you now. You are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice. You are being asked to dismantle the machinery of a functioning conscience.
Who cares if diplomatic expediency prefers you shrug away the sight of dismembered children? Who cares if great distance from the bloodstained middle allows obliviousness. Forget pity, forget even the dead if you must, but at least fight against the theft of your soul.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/03/2025
The UK grid right now.
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Israel has stopped responding to the UN-run notification system set up to ensure that aid workers in Gaza do not get killed, forcing a screeching halt to humanitarian operations. Heba Saleh, @financialtimes.com: on.ft.com/4l3cXHb
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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Wow renewables are over 60% of UK electricity supply today, I don't think I have seen it this high before? via grid.iamkate.com
UK electricity supply.
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Sophie @anxi0usvirgo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
@mindfulnessbell.bsky.social hi there, do you have an app for the journal? Would love to have it on my phone to stop me hitting on my dreaded social media channels!
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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
My obituary for playwright Athol Fugard, in @thestage.co.uk. www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--...
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Obituary: Athol Fugard
Prolific South African playwright whose work exposed the corrosive effects of the political and social system of apartheid
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed: newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
So proud of this legend 😭😭😭😭
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This was such a thoughtful and rigorous conversation with the mighty Nadia Idle of @novaramedia.com, for the ACFM podcast. A real honour to be featured here. The urgency of media outlets like Novara grows by the day... novaramedia.com/2025/03/09/w...
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What’s the Point in Art When the World Is on Fire? | Novara Media
The author of Acts of Resistance makes the case for creativity in a crisis.
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Recharging myself with the world.
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
In case you were stymied by the New Statesman paywall, here is the piece co-authored by Caroline Lucas and myself on climate popularism:
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It’s time for climate populism – Rupert Read
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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
FT Editors almost calling BP a stranded asset "If all the big intl oil & gas producers, and national oil comps like Saudi Aramco, concentrate mainly on fossil fuels and demand declines, only some will survive. Higher-cost producers, such as BP, may not be among them" www.ft.com/content/c7fa...
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BP goes back to petroleum
If its shift to renewables was premature, its return to oil may also prove ill-timed
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
A minute's silence for each of the children murdered by Israel in Gaza would extend to over 300 hours. Powerful speech to the UN from Daniel Levy, a former Israeli government adviser.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A fascinating & hopeful river-moment: Lewes District Council agrees to recognise a Charter of Rights for the River Ouse. “The Ouse has long been taken for granted…this is the beginning of a journey to give the river a voice & ensure its wellbeing for future generations.” elflaw.org/news/histori...
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Historic decision sees River Ouse set to become first in England with legal rights - Environmental Law Foundation
Lewes, – In an exciting and groundbreaking decision, Lewes District Council have agreed to recognise the Rights of the River Ouse, paving the way for the Ouse to become the first in England to have its legal rights recognised by a local authority. The decision represents a major step in the UK’s environmental movement, […]
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
How do you have a conversation about the planetary emergency in a ‘business as usual’ context without either downplaying it or appearing hysterical to people who haven’t truly faced the magnitude of the moment? I thought I was getting better at this but today reminded me it is so hard.
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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
“Gas generators often have the highest costs … The wholesale cost is set by the last unit of electricity needed to meet demand from consumers. This means that even if gas only generates 1% of power at a given time, gas will still set the wholesale price.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power?
The government has pledged to reduce energy bills by using more renewables, but bills are currently rising.
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Vandal Factory @vandalfactory.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Episode #28: Joy Is Resistance! Featuring Marina Barham from the Al Harah Theatre near Bethlehem and Amber Massie-Blomfield. We talk about theatre and art as a tool for social justice and change!
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It's so fun to see where the book has ended up - I had to translate this review in Finnish, thank goodness it's such a positive one!
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Mona and her family are now living in the burnt out remains of their house in Northern Gaza. If you are able to spare any money to help her and her family with household expenses, they will all be hugely grateful. Thanks so much. www.gofundme.com/f/help-mona-...
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Donate to Help Mona and her family survive in Northern Gaza, organized by Eleanor Massie-Blomfield
Hi, my name is Amber Massie-Blomfield - I'm a theatre produce… Eleanor Massie-Blomfield needs your support for Help Mona and her family survive in Northern Gaza
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I have a website! Please get in touch for all your arts & climate needs... and tell your pals. ambermassieblomfield.com
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Amber Massie-Blomfield Website
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
More important than thinking of the actions and achievements we want to pass on to future generations, our greatest legacy may be the culture we create for them, enabling them to respond to challenges we cannot imagine with resilience and peace. A beautiful thought to start the day from Plum Village
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Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Always a kick to see my name in the TLS, and a pleasure to write about this excellent play.
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