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Karen Lloyd

@karenllo.bsky.social
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Author, essayist, activist. The Gathering Tide, Abundance: Nature in Recovery. Academic, Senior Researcher and writer in residence with Lancaster University’s Future places Centre.

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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Happy publication day to @karenllo.bsky.social and Earthworks 🎉 In an era marked by escalating environmental crisis, this luminous collection is a rallying call – a celebration of renewal and resilience – for all who care about Earth’s future. #BookSky #Nature 📚💙 saraband.net/sb-title/ear...
Earthworks: Land and Nature in Uncertain Times by Karen Lloyd, published by Saraband.Endorsements from Lee Schofield, Mark Cocker, Jenn Ashworth, Professor Charlie Gere and Professor Ian Convery for Earthworks: Land and Nature in Uncertain Times by Karen Lloyd, published by Saraband.
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I’m looking forward to this and having the new book out in the world!
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Not too many weeks now until my new book launches at Litfest Lancaster!
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Thanks Laurence!
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Hi Margo! We did meet up after all! Good to connect on here 😄
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I am excited to share the news of my new book out next spring with the wonderful Saraband Books!
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A brief interlude in the Highlands before home and editing the new book EarthWorks: Land and Nature in Uncertain Times published next spring
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
To read our full report on the tragedy of the Lake District - where I've lived and worked for most of my life - it's here. It's behind a paywall as World Heritage Watch is not funded. world-heritage-watch.org/content/worl...
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World Heritage Watch Report – World Heritage Watch
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Hat’s off to the very wonderful @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social for publishing my piece on the rights of nature. www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/kare... and if you’d like to read more about the rights of nature in the Lake District: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rights of Nature: Bringing the Conversation out from the Shadows | Caught by the River | Caught by the River
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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Considering recent works by ‪@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social‬ and ‪@patrickgalbraith.bsky.social‬, @karenllo.bsky.social‬ poses the question: what would nature itself ask for, if given a voice? www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/kare...
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
That’s the paper sent off! Speaking about the need for wildlife refuges with Ian Convery at the MOTH More than Human Festival of Ideas conference New York 😀 mothrights.org/ideas-festiv...
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/12/2024
Bless him for a life well lived in the service of others.
Jimmy Carter.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
A few days left to see this incredible exhibition at the Huntington Gallery, San Marino California and pleased to have contributed an essay to the accompanying book, huntington.org/exhibition/s...
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Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis | The Huntington
Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025 | “Storm Cloud” analyzes the impact of industrialization and a globalized economy on everyday life from 1780 to 1930, as charted by scientists, artists, and writers, and co...
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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/... @landethics.bsky.social
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Overruling science is a cause for concern for both wolves and EU decision-making
Could a fear of predators, an innate need for human control and a demand to do as one wishes be behind the wolf's reduced protection?
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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
businesscrack.co.uk/2024/11/19/s...
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Sustainable cycling scheme aims to coax Carlisle United fans onto two wheels - Business Crack
Carlisle United and the University of Cumbria are collaborating to see if the introduction of secure cycle parking and bike maintenance facilities would encourage more people to ride to Brunton Park o...
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Karen Lloyd @karenllo.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Are there any truly dark places in Britain? Read my review of Anna Levin’s Dark Skies on Caught by the River; www.caughtbytheriver.net/2024/12/dark...
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Dark Skies | Caught by the River | Caught by the River
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Paperboats Writers @paperboatswriters.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Paperboats Zine is open for submissions. Deadline for Issue 5 is 11.59pm GMT, 31 January 2025. paperboats.org
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