Reposted by Jodie BettisUCLA Law The Promise Institute for Human Rights (Europe) @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are excited to share the newly released Special Issue of The International Journal of Human Rights on 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 and 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, edited by Kate Mackintosh, Lisa Oldring, Darryl Robinson and Damien Short. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fjhr20/30/6 @law.ucla.edu #ecocidetandfonline.comThe International Journal of Human RightsEcocide, Human Rights and Environmental Justice. Volume 30, Issue 6 of The International Journal of Human Rights 122
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026📖 Cracking on with this gem. Am writing my #thesis theory chapter in which speculative realism/OOO/ecological thinking/hyperobjectivity feature HEAVILY. #PhD #philosophy @objectoriented.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Jodie BettisColneCAN @colnecan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026If you find yourself in difficulty in water @london-fire.bsky.social advise use of the "float to live" approach. This technique, involves tilting the head back to submerge the ears, and spreading the arms and legs wide, while regaining control of breathing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRNLI teaches BBC South presenter 'Float to Live' techniqueBBC South presenter Edward Sault learns a life-saving technique with the RNLI in Poole. 012
Reposted by Jodie BettisDave-Inder Comar @daveindercomar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026There's an insight here. There are some things on the Earth that should just be left alone. It's better for the earth and it's better for us. Lawyers talk about ecocide. And ecocide laws are being passed, which is a good thing. But law is not enough. Law has never been enough. 111
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026🚨 New article in the special issue on #ecocide in The International Journal of Human Rights by me, Damien Short & @david-whyte.bsky.social Codifying Domestic Ecocide Law in England and Wales: An Insiders’ Perspective. 🔒 DOI: doi.org/10.1080/1364...doi.orgCodifying domestic ecocide law in England and Wales: an insiders’ perspectiveIn 2023, the authors were invited to act as external advisers in drafting the UK Parliament’s first bill on ecocide. This commentary reflects on our role in the drafting process and the procedural,... 140
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 28/06/2026📷 Snapping the bugs in my garden. The Cinnabar moth caterpillar, a Small Heath butterfly, and a photogenic grasshopper. Also saw a gorgeous Narrow-winged Damselfly but my phone failed to catch it. 💚 #wildlife #invertebrates #nomowmayjunejuly 131
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Be careful out there, London friends. 🔥 #moretreesplease 🌳 @treesforcities.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Jodie BettisJoseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026In 1856, Eunice Newton Foote, conducted experiments on the warming abilities of the gases in the Earth’s atm. When she filled a glass vessel with CO2 & placed it in the sun, it warmed much higher than when the vessel was in the shade. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 a thread 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...royalsocietypublishing.orgUnderstanding Eunice Foote's 1856 experiments: heat absorption by atmospheric gasesAbstract. The contribution of Eunice Foote (1819–1888) to early understanding of the relationship between atmospheric gases and climate change has become a 13416
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026😠 This is the story… ‘The DfE is expected to announce that its strategic priorities grant for 2026-27 will be cut by £100m to about £1.25bn. The grant is the main remaining source of direct funding for universities, and subsidises high-cost courses such as healthcare.’ #HE @ucu.org.uk 000
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Amazing 🤩🐝🪱🦉🐋🐰🦋🦇🐸🪲🦈🦎🦔🐦⬛🌱🫛🫚🌺🌻☘️🌲🥀🍀🌸🌹🌳🍁🍂🍃🌵🍄🪻🪷🍄🟫🎋🌾 121
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I’ve voted. Have you? 💷🦊🐬🐰🐸🦋🦅🦉🦈🦭🦢🦡🦔🦇🐋🦎🪲🐝🪱🐦⬛💷 www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...bankofengland.co.ukHelp us celebrate the UK’s wildlifeTell us which animals you would like to see on our next series of banknotes by 3 July 2026 000
Reposted by Jodie BettisAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Each cubic meter of wood extracted consumed 3 liters of diesel. "Wood has become, in part, fossil fuel," writes JB Fressoz in More and More and More. Europe now consumes three times as much wood for energy as it did at the start of the 20th century. 53217
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 19/05/2026📣 Baroness Bennett’s Nature’s Rights Bill got almost top spot out of the PMB hat on Friday! 🌱 Introduction (first reading) is on 1 June. Here we go! 🤩 @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @rightsofnatureuk.bsky.social www.parliament.uk/business/new...parliament.ukLords private membersThe House of Lords ballot for private members’ bills for the 2026-27 Session of Parliament took place on Friday 15 May. 030
Reposted by Jodie BettisAstrobiologyOU @astrobiologyou.bsky.social · 15/05/2026CLOSING SOON! Two Post‑Doctoral Research Associates for MoonRISE, an interdisciplinary Moon research project Roles available in: • Physical sciences and engineering • Social sciences and governance Apply here: buff.ly/8rUzx3c buff.ly/OVH7QFh #Postdoc #TheMoon #AcademicJobs 033
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 11/05/2026👏 This is great news 💚 ‘EU officials have conceded that the UK can keep its ban on live animal exports as part of any joint deal on food and agricultural products, even though the EU has not imposed such a ban.’ #animalwelfare 010
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 09/05/2026👏 Well done to #RiverMoleRiverWatch for your outstanding work this year. Just back from a v successful AGM. Great speakers, clear (& mercifully rapid) trustee reporting, tea on tap, & a walk with picnic by the river. 🏞️ @sirgeogy.bsky.social #loveyourriver 131
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026🇬🇮 Gibraltar is dumping ALL its raw sewage into the Mediterranean sea. Every. Single. Day. 🤢 🐟 💩 🐠 💩 🦀 💩 🦞 💩 🦐 184
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 01/05/2026🎉 I just sent the first draft of the first chapter of my thesis to my supervisors. Eeek. Technically it’s the fourth chapter (as I am not writing them in the order they will eventually appear in the tome.) Can I get a ‘woop-woop yay’? 🙌 010
Reposted by Jodie BettisThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 09/04/2026There’s low public awareness of how research is funded.tcnv.linkOutside academia, people aren’t well informed about PhD research – and that’s a problemThere’s low public awareness of how research is funded. 167
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026🔥 The Exxon Valdez wasn’t on fire though 😭 #ClimateCatastrophe 000
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I agree. War is #ecocide. A stomach-churning, heart-rending, human and more-than-human, climate and ecological catastrophe. #NoToWar #YesToDiplomacy 010
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026🙌 Seven hundred years of hereditary peers having the right to sit in the House of Lords has - finally - ended. This v interesting Lords Library briefing on female peerages will need an update… 😝 lordslibrary.parliament.uk/women-heredi...lordslibrary.parliament.ukWomen, hereditary peerages and gender inequality in the line of successionFewer than 90 peerages can be inherited by a female heir thereby limiting the number of women eligible to stand and be elected to the House of Lords as hereditary peers. This article examines proposal... 041
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026More spraying of likely glyphosate, a herbicide, by #Israel now also taking place over agricultural areas in border areas with #Lebanon, affecting livelihoods of farmers and posing additional health risk to civilians. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comLebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicideIsrael declines to comment on the allegation its planes sprayed glyphosate over an area with extensive farmland. 57583
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Isreal's herbicide use also violates the sovereignity of the states, and impacts livelihoods of civilians in post-conflict zones. @paxforpeace.nl calls for an immediate stop and compensation for affected farmers. Read our full report and findings here 9/x: paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-...paxforpeace.nlIsrael should stop spraying of controversial herbicide in Syria and Lebanon - PAXOver the past weeks, the Israel Defense Forces have been spraying herbicides on agricultural fields in both Lebanon and Syria. 143
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Glyphosate is a weed killer and its potential health and environmental risks makes this a controversial substance, in particular as Israel did not provide any warning ahead to communities, resulting in civilian exposure risks and wider impacts on ecosystems. 8/x 121
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Similar incidents occidents occured in southern Lebanon, where environmental groups such as the Green Southeners, documented similar crop duster planes spraying substances across the southern border with #Israel. 7/x 121
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Additional confirmation came from the ground, where journalist visited the areas and took photos of affected land, with yellow vegetation indicating herbicide use, and they talked with farmers on the impacts on agriculture and livelihoods 6/x 131
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026A large area at the town of Kudnah was affected. This particular area was a small forest which was cut down in January 2025, likely due to need for firewood by local civilians, as seen on @planet.com imagery. But now the complete areas is affected by herbicide 4/x 132
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The spraying continues for days, and the expectation is that Israel is using glyphosate, an herbicide, to kill the vegetation along the border areas. After a few days, the impacts showed up in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery showing degraded vegetation from the spraying lines 3/x 132
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026On January 25, 2026, several local Syrian social media accounts started posting images of crop duster planes flying across Syrian border areas spraying a substance on the fields there. With support of @obretix.bsky.social we geolocated this filming locations in and around Quneitra 2/x 132
Reposted by Jodie BettisWim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026End of January #Israel illegally sprayed herbicide across its borders into #Syria and #Lebanon. Affected communities are concerned over the impacts on agriculture and health. We used satellite imagery to track the 55km long affected area. A thread 🧵1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-... 23927
Reposted by Jodie BettisJosie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Also @lemonde.fr: According to Beirut, the Israeli military dropped highly concentrated glyphosate near the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel. The spraying of this herbicide, which threatens soil fertility, could prevent people from returning to the area. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...lemonde.frLebanon condemns Israeli glyphosate attack in country's southAccording to Beirut, the Israeli military dropped highly concentrated glyphosate near the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel. The spraying of this herbicide, which threatens soil fertility, c... 075
Reposted by Jodie Bettiselia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Israel has been dumping herbicides throughout southern Lebanon as part of a concerted ecocide campaign to render the region uninhabitable. This has been going on for months with Lebanese journalists & environmentalists regularly reporting on it. The BBC: we don’t know why the Israelis are doing it 640952015
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 04/03/2026🚨 The Ecocide (Scotland) Bill is dead*. Long live the Bill. 😵 *Ok, well, it’s not quite dead - rather the Bill is ‘paused’ - but who will carry it over the line if its current bearer loses their seat. 😬 #ecocideinScotland #Holyroodelections www.scotsman.com/news/politic...scotsman.comMonica Lennon 'profoundly disappointed' after Holyrood committee shelves ecocide billMonica Lennon has been left “profoundly disappointed” that her ecocide legislation has been shelved, warning it is “a missed opportunity to protect Scotland’s environment”. 000
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026💩 Great article in @theconversation.com by @dralexford.bsky.social 🚨 010
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026💚 Spotted a nightingale today on a walk in a local nature reserve in #Surrey and then a redwing in our garden when I got home! Spring has definitely sprung round these parts! Roll on #Springwatch 🪻🌷 #birdspotting #LNR #birds #nature #gardens @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social 120
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 23/02/2026🤯 I need to speak to a #SketchEngine expert. I have been running ‘compare corpora’ tests on legal texts & am not sure what it’s telling me. 😳 #corpuslinguistics #PhDproblems @openuniversity.bsky.social 000
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 20/02/2026🤔 Is the Scottish Ecocide Bill going the way of the UK Ecocide Bill? It’s rapidly running out of parliamentary time and may fall before consensus can be reached. #ecocideinScotland #EcocideLaw 000
Reposted by Jodie BettisSave The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Here is the link to the first-ever online screening of RAVE ON FOR THE AVON - a joyous, defiant documentary about a community fighting to protect the river they love. The film also features Kim Kaos aka Goddess of the Wye. Thursday Feb 19 7:30 PM via this link: www.eightysita.com/event-detail...eightysita.comOnline Premiere Screening & Live Director Q&A | EightySitaJoin our one-time online screening of Rave On For The Avon, 86mins, followed immediately by a live Director Q&A hosted by Finisterre and Surfers Against Sewage 011
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 10/02/2026🧐 Today I shall be mostly conducting (Phase 4) reflexive thematic analysis of parliamentary discourse around criminalising ecocide in Britain. 💚 #phd #postgradresearch @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social @openspaceou.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social 251
Reposted by Jodie BettisDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 09/02/2026China — China! — has signed off on a report that warns focusing on unchecked economic growth is contributing to the destruction of global biodiversity. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...subscriber.politicopro.comE&E News: Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warnChina, India and EU countries were among the signatories of a report that criticized the prevailing measures of economic success. 37123
Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026📢 New IPBES report… ‘Current conditions perpetuate business-as-usual and do not support the transformative change necessary to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.’ www.ipbes.net/node/97532ipbes.net 000
Reposted by Jodie BettisEarl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026We must confront the reality that we may have reached the limits of a solely fines-based model. The new water regulator, must have the necessary tools to hold companies & individual members to account for serious & persistent failings; otherwise it will not succeed, just as other regulators have not 042