iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We’re doing nowhere near enough, or fast enough. We are not safe. We are in an emergency. We need clear, compassionate, courageous leadership to make the radical change so desperately needed before it really is too late. #CANBill

020

Reposted by Donna Okell

Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🌿 Great to see @earlrussell.bsky.social pressing the Government to respond to the Nature Security Assessment. Their response? We are doing enough. 🌍 The reality? We're not. Write to your MP today and make the Govt respond properly with what new steps they will take. 👉 action.zerohour.uk/nsa

389

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Said activist James Baldwin. And that’s the whole point of the @nebriefing.bsky.social . We HAVE to face the truth, accept, adapt, and act….urgently, courageously, and compassionately. #courageousLeadership

072

Reposted by Donna Okell

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵

Source:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/glenn-vowles-a6b61a388_see-the-reply-from-my-mp-in-bristol-activity-7416987108285947904-_yYD/

1010370

Reposted by Donna Okell

National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social unfortunately couldn’t make the National Emergency Briefing. Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏 Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity. #NEB2025

126151

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

@mikebernerslee.bsky.social would be a superb guest for #Leading . He chaired the National Emergency Briefing and sets out the risks and our choices with exceptional clarity. Timely, grounded, essential listening for this moment. 🙏@alastaircambell2.bskyb.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social

162

Reposted by Donna Okell

The Great Simplification @tgspodcast.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Insects seem to be swarming all around us, so it's no wonder we don't seem to to notice that they're disappearing at a rate of 2% per year. And this has massive implications, as environmental journalist Oliver Milman explains.

22610

Reposted by Donna Okell

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

theguardian.com

‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group

More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday

28239

Reposted by Donna Okell

The Great Simplification @tgspodcast.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Myth #9: Humans are rational decision-makers Reality: We act from emotion, status, and social cues Implication: Models built for robots will fail real people

171

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Earth Overshoot Day arrived earlier than ever this year.The late Prof. Herman Daly once asked: “Where’s the ‘when to stop’ point? Where’s the Plimsoll Line?” We’ve already crossed the line. Time to act with real courage, and compassion. 🧭 Read the full piece here: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/ukfo...

linkedin.com

000

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

They say a picture paints a thousand words. This is a superb illustration of the climate and nature crisis we’re facing. Super-helpful to use with your TL;DR and climate denier connections. Thank you team @ECIU.

000

Reposted by Donna Okell

ECIU @eciu.net · 29/07/2025

Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025 The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic. eciu.net/analysis/in...

eciu.net

Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025

The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic.

111

Reposted by Donna Okell

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 26/07/2025

Your 'double bonus moment of doom' for today: "The team concludes with a sentiment that is becoming more common in this field: It may be worse than we think. It’s not an uplifting thought, but one that should be confronted" www.404media.co/scientists-r...

404media.co

Scientists Report Surreal Scenes In the World’s Most Northern Town

Researchers witnessing warming in Svalbard worry that “we have been too cautious” with climate warnings.

1420478

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Herman Daly, a prominent ecological economist, used the analogy of a ship's Plimsoll line to illustrate the concept of an ecologically sustainable economy. We need to agree: Where’s the ‘when to stop’ point? We’ve long passed the ‘when to stop ‘ point and are now slowly, and surely, drowning .

020

Reposted by Donna Okell

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Only a matter of time before a wildfire wipes a major city from the face of the planet Will people sit up and take notice then? Will governments and fossil fuel corporations act to slash emissions? Will they hell www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

theguardian.com

Wildfire burns through northern suburb of Athens as residents told to evacuate

People in Kryoneri, north-east of the Greek capital, receive SMS messages telling them to get to safe areas

1413153

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Privatisation broke our water system. @labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it. Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&

000

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he owns in the UK. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

you.38degrees.org.uk

Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship

010

Reposted by Donna Okell

Nate Hagens @natehagens.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

From the intellectual & ecological to the spiritual & psychological, these ideas might be considered waypoints for navigating the human predicament, and – in aggregate – help build ‘scout teams’ of humans working on the upcoming cultural transition away from infinite material expansion.

094

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

000

Reposted by Donna Okell

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Intentional, stupid and criminal This will cost many lives and the new CEO should join previous ones on trial www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.com

BP appoints new chair to oversee shift back to fossil fuels

Albert Manifold, ex-boss at buildings material company CRH, to take over from embattled Helge Lund

812551

Reposted by Donna Okell

Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

From today, Govt only has 100 days to publish a new climate plan, a task made infinitely more difficult by its own approval of rampant airport expansion. How credible can any climate plan possibly be with a third runway at Heathrow and the most expensive train tickets in Europe?

1323775

Reposted by Donna Okell

Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

In the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, I reflect on how nature protection needs to be stronger. And that we must stop destroying elements of nature we're also trying to restore #Biodiversity #PIB

113745

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

The boiling frog analogy playing out in real time. The wealthiest 1%will fight hard to keep us all doing what we’ve always done, at whatever cost…to people and our planet. That needs to change and fast.

000

Reposted by Donna Okell

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This was NOT unexpected There were 4 warnings/alerts for this event, starting Wednesday afternoon The forecasters got it right, but the local authorities/disaster responders did not do enough - if anything - to warn those in danger This was NOT inevitable www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Texas floods: Did officials do enough to warn people?

Questions have been raised about why people were not evacuated before the deluge.

2428790

Reposted by Donna Okell

Nate Hagens @natehagens.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

There’s been surprisingly little attention paid to a basic question: do we even have the technical capability to guide where any of this is headed? And if not, should we slow the pace of innovation until we better understand how these complex systems actually work?

3142

Reposted by Donna Okell

Nate Hagens @natehagens.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Three years ago, my team and I created a 30-minute movie that provides a comprehensive systems analysis of the human predicament. This beautifully animated film aims to help viewers understand the interconnected crises defining our era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9...

youtube.com

The Great Simplification | Film on Energy, Environment, and Our Future | FULL MOVIE

YouTube video by Nate Hagens

23715

Reposted by Donna Okell

Brian A McDaid @brianamcdaid.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The Government's proposed #cuts to #disability benefits, threaten to push 290k people in #yorkshire into deeper poverty, losing up to £5,700 annually We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich

02210

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

We are sleepwalking into this catastrophe. AI is dominating our children’s lives and removing the need to read, write,and most importantly, to think. This is the cohesive and controlling behaviour of billionaires we are normalising. A superb insight from @natehagens.bsky.social

000

Reposted by Donna Okell

Chris Kennedy: ‘MALTHUS ENIGMA’ @malthus-enigma.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Visualization of global annual temperatures from the BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...

12915

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

⏳ Final call! Join us Tomorrow at 9:30am for a free online session with Climate Outreach CEO Rachael Orr, exploring Britain Talks Climate - essential insights on how people in the UK think and feel about climate change. 🔗 Book your place now www.tickettailor.com/events/ukfor...

tickettailor.com

Select tickets – UK for Good X Climate Outreach – Zoom

How are people in the UK really feeling about climate change, and what will help them and us act? How do we move th...

000

Reposted by Donna Okell

Bring Science to Politics - for Climate, Nature & Our Survival @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Are you a scientist? Want evidence-based policies, for climate, Nature and, ultimately, survival? Then join 150+ including @mikebernerslee.bsky.social to "Bring Science to Politics" on Tuesday ⁉️ Info: tinyurl.com/Scientists2025 🥼 Make sure you sign up for full details: tinyurl.com/SciParl25

05133

Reposted by Donna Okell

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."

246188196425

Reposted by Donna Okell

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

SAVE THE DATE 📢 On 9th July 2025, we’re heading to Westminster to show MPs that climate & nature must be a priority. This is your chance to speak directly to your MP & call for urgent action. Stay tuned for details! RT & spread the word for people, climate & nature.

Save the date
On 9th July 2025
We are uniting at Westminster
For people, climate, and nature

122784

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

This is great news. For decades, @jasonhickel.bsky.social Tim Jackson, @kateraworth.bsky.social et al have been saying this. The message is remarkably simple: To create sustainable prosperity for all, we must live in harmony with nature and each other. And that requires a transformational shift. Now

020

Reposted by Donna Okell

Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

"We can all do our bit" say RSPB, and of course they're right But not just by managing our gardens. We need to: - put climate and nature first in our lifestyle decisions - talk about them - transform our communities & workplaces - become politically active and push for change All of us

theguardian.com

Starlings fall to record low in UK’s 2025 Big Garden Birdwatch

RSPB urges people to support threatened birds by cutting lawns less frequently and avoiding pesticides

13410

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The correlation between the pursuit of eternal GDP and lifting communities out of poverty is a lie we have been force fed for decades. The system is broken. Time for a post-growth transformation.

020

Reposted by Donna Okell

Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

4) Some of our PhD students led this brilliant editorial in the BMJ, on degrowth in the imperial core as key to a just transformation of the world economy, including greater democratic control over production, and national liberation in the global South. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

bmj.com

Degrowth: a new logic for the global economy

Increasing production does not necessarily translate to better social outcomes We face a bleak reality. We are in the middle of a mass extinction event driven by human economic activity crossing mult...

114628

Reposted by Donna Okell

Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

1) This is my top highlight. We found that the global North net-appropriates more than 800 billion hours of labour from the South per year. This occurs because Southern wages are 83–98% lower than Northern wages for work of equal skill in the same sector. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.com

Unequal exchange of labour in the world economy - Nature Communications

Hickel and colleagues find that, in 2021, the economies of the global North net-appropriated 826 billion hours of embodied labour from the global South, across all skill levels and sectors. Unequal ex...

418855

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Agreed @tsakraklides.bsky.social . Over 2000 years ago the philosopher Lao Tzu said: “He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”The trouble with leaders in the modern world, driven by the GDP god, is that they never believe 'enough is enough', and that's a disaster for the planet

1127

Donna Okell @donnaokell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Easter is coming. Will your choc choice help or harm people and planet? 🍫🌍 Check the 2024 Chocolate Scorecard from Be Slavery Free www.chocolatescorecard.com Some big UK brands score badly. I’ll be choosing Tony's Chocolonely again 👏 #EthicalChocolate #BetterChoices #Easter #Impact #Cocoa

chocolatescorecard.com

Chocolate Scorecard

Chocolate Scorecard is coordinated by Be Slavery Free, with universities, consultants and civil society groups engaging in transforming the chocolate industry.

010

Reposted by Donna Okell

Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Ministers say they want to see the Climate & Nature Bill passed—the only way to protect our environment from short-term lobbyist-driven decisions. So why doesn't the Gov make time to properly debate the #CANBill? Otherwise it's just empty words. Nature isn't an optional extra.

3226

Reposted by Donna Okell

Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Great to see UK territorial emissions fall again (see Simon Evans' post below). Though it's also worth considering the bigger picture, adding back the emissions we import or ignore. Unfortunately consumption emissions data lag by several years as they have to be assembled from trade data.

01510

Reposted by Donna Okell

Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

“Isolate growth from public good (let alone environmental security), and you are simply planning for breakdown: individual psychological collapse in varying degrees of seriousness & collective implosion as limited resources run out…”. Essential reading👇

theguardian.com

When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’

Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth, says former archbishop of Canterbury Ro...

12411114

Reposted by Donna Okell

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 08/03/2025

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded. CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.

501028467