Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I am endlessly thankful to Just Stop Oil for taking to the streets again today But it's not easy seeing such good, generous-hearted and courageous people being handcuffed and taken away, many possibly to long jail sentences It shouldn't have to be this way 13744196
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Some of the biggest marine No-Take Zones on the planet, bearing the most *phenomenal* gains for wildlife, fisherpeople and tourism, will now be wrecked by Trump, an act of mind-blowing pigheaded stupidity. If you truly care about the wellbeing of the natural world, getting political is imperative. 411361
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 13/07/20261/4 After the disaster of privatisation, the water sector needs a fundamental reset - not more tinkering around the edges. Yet the Government continues to muddle through regulatory reforms that ignore the root of the problem: ownership. 3659
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialHelen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 06/07/2026A tailorbird is a bird known for its remarkable ability to sew leaves together to create a nest. This process involves puncturing the edges of leaves and using plant fibers to stitch them together, creating a sturdy and camouflaged nest that protects the chicks from predators. 1614232942
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialMicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · 02/07/2026There is still beauty in the world. 📷 unknown. These flowers are consistent with Ochna integerrima, a popular ornamental plant in East Asia known as the Yellow Mai flower. 301863259
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026‘Cruel’ is a perfect description for these plans. Proposals to double the time it takes for migrant care workers to qualify for permanent settlement will throw lives into doubt. 511928
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/06/2026An accidental thread here, on an issue of enormous importance, as this paper became fundamental to government climate policy (and non-policy) around the world. 4366196
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A group of at least 14 feral goats in Killarney National Park on Sunday. The relevant global authority, the IUCN, classes goats as among THE most ecologically devastating alien invasive species on Earth. Why are these walking strimmers still tolerated in Irish state nature reserves? 314030
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I would beg you to read the whole thread, as I think very few people have seen how fast the foundations of democracy are being torn out in the UK, and how far down the road towards authoritarianism we have already travelled. Sorry to pester you, but this could not be more important. Thanks. 17803404
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comAlarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorismFirst amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long 731760827
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Yearly Murmuration of Starlings in Rome are incredibly adaptable songbirds known for their mesmerizing, synchronized aerial acrobatics, exceptional vocal mimicry, and shifting, shimmering plumage 17160391161
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 11/06/2026And no, 'forest' doesn't mean monoculture plantations. It means generally native, natural ecosystems. italiantimes.substack.com/p/forests-no...italiantimes.substack.comForests Now Cover Over a Third of Italy, Overtaking Farmland for the First Time Since the Middle AgesItaly is now, in effect, a forest nation. Wooded areas have surpassed 100,000 square kilometers in extent and cover more than a third of the national territory. 10512119
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialBrian Keith Jackson @bkjwordplay.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I will keep saying this until people start understanding: Data centers are speeding up the wars of the future, which will be over water, not oil. This is not something to wait until after the fact to fight. If you will not be able to afford water, what do you think they will make you do for it? 13534621209
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 31/05/2026While we struggle to pay the highest electricity prices in Europe, Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, causing huge price drops. A perfect example of how the wellbeing of people and planet *can* be dovetailed. share.google/xMhW48OyxXUF...share.googleThe household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the worldAustralia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies 34972294
nellylouscoat.bsky.social @nellylouscoat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Palantir’s technologies are used by the powerful to attack the powerless. This company should not be involved in our public services. Sign this petition if you agree act.globaljustice.org.uk/get-palantir...act.globaljustice.org.ukGet Palantir out of UK public servicesThe UK has handed Palantir dozens of public contracts, including with the NHS, even as the dangers of empowering a class of big tech oligarchs become clear. Palantir has supplied military technology t... 010
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/05/2026We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5 8264381782
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialAzul = Blue @azulequalsblue.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Taking care of business. We need to do this and move on. 672300269333
nellylouscoat.bsky.social @nellylouscoat.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Ok here the garlic flowers are white, but I like your pink one 120
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialAlan Cross🇨🇦 @alancross.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Dear America, DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR PRESIDENT AND YOUR FECKLESS GOVERNMENT! WHY SHOULD EVERYONE ELSE SUFFER BECAUSE OF THIS INSANITY? Signed, Most of the rest of the planet 1364224705161
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/03/2026There are quite a few cynical and sinister figures in British public life. But Tony Blair is among the very worst. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comTony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spinEx-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills 54980319
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Such a powerful maiden speech from our amazing new Green MP Hannah Spencer - take a few moments to listen & celebrate that a bit more humanity has entered Westminster & hope is beginning to feel more normal 👇 13627131
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialTee Koobaan 🇨🇦 - Kevin Sorbo's failed acting coach 🙄 @teekoobaan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026As an Iranian in exile as some call it, I want nothing more than a regime change in Iran. But what I don't want is my country destroyed, people killed, and all looted by Americans! #FuckYourWar 2035954823
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I wish it were true that "no one is above the law". But while the City of London acts as laundromat for the world's dirty money, as almost all fraud and waste crime go unprosecuted, as no one has gone to jail for the financial crash or the poisoning of our rivers, this is manifestly untrue. 411678473
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/02/2026BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity 20807212
nellylouscoat.bsky.social @nellylouscoat.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...you.38degrees.org.ukCall off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independenceWith the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag... 010
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable. 1012581631
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialLittle Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 30/11/2025The UK uses c227,000 miles of wrapping paper each year – & an estimated 83 square kilometres of wrapping paper isn't recycled. So choosing sustainable wrapping paper, & disposing of it responsibly by recycling, is an important way to cut Christmas waste. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc... 13514
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialAvaaz @avaaz.org · 21/10/2025You might have read this before in some of our emails, but it never hurts to repeat: from our heart to yours—don’t lose hope. 💪 #Avaaz #Quotes 04919
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments. 722153498
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialAriaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Life-saving idea! Pass it on! 55112024557
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Let's empty the jails so we can fill them with octogenarians who care about genocide. Because that's the real threat to society. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comPrison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across EnglandExclusive: Possible arrests at protests against Palestine Action ban and asylum hotels likely to stretch prisons 531139390
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Great news: the High Court has granted permission for a full judicial review of the government's order proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act. Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned. 552441624
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialAvaaz @avaaz.org · 28/07/2025Go to avaaz.org/confrontIsrael and join our collective action to confront Israel. 02619
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 22/07/2025A real pleasure to join Martin Simpson on the 'Folk on Foot' podcast , walking through the woods near my home in the New Forest . Goshawks , poodles and my favourite tree . . . listen now at chrispackh.am/folkonfoot 420220
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Water firms across the country are announcing hosepipe bans. All while: - 3 billion litres of water are wasted daily through leaks. - Not a single major reservoir has been built since privatisation. Time for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-... 12247101
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Perfectly expressed. 282493742
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialVenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Isn’t this beautiful! I would happily join you for that roam, Gemma! x 2465
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Solidarity with Indigo & other brave nonviolent #climate activists - the true criminals are the fossil fuel giants driving climate breakdowntheguardian.comI received a 30-month jail sentence for nonviolent resistance. Why so harsh? Because protest works | Indigo RumbelowThe judge wanted us to show remorse, but I can’t apologise for fighting the climate disaster, writes Indigo Rumbelow, co-founder of Just Stop Oil 216029
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Well said @elliechowns.bsky.social Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction - and by upgrading ours, we send a signal that it’s acceptable for all other countries to seek to acquire them too, making the world far less safe 615938
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Plans to upgrade UK’s own Weapons of Mass Destruction breaches our international obligations & destroys any moral authority we might have had to deter other countries eg Iran from seeking to acquire their own nukes. Instead we should be finally signing UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 1721967
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Eoghan's Irish Rainforest New YouTube video by the great Eoin Reardon on my rewilding a rainforest ecosystem in Beara, West Cork! youtu.be/EavXzC_y3NM?...youtu.beEoghan's Irish RainforestYouTube video by Eoin Reardon 314742
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2025I've just been told about this, and I'm honoured to be on the list. Far be it from me to seek to influence your vote, and there are other good people here ... but I trust, as ever, in my readers' impeccable judgement 😉 www.amnesty.org.uk/cast-your-voteamnesty.org.ukCast Your Vote for the Amnesty UK People's Choice AwardCast your vote in the first ever Amnesty UK People's Choice Awards. Which UK journalist do you think made the greatest impact in their tireless reporting on human rights? 3242491
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGillian Mackay - Scottish Greens @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I am delighted that the Government has finally committed to the Scottish Green Party policy of ending peak rail fares for good. This is why having Green voices in Holyrood is so important. Voting Green gets results! 4539
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Couldn't have put it better myself ! Climate change is real , and fossil fuels are killing our planet . Just 5 days left to force a Parliamentary debate on banning fossil fuel ads – sign my petition today govpetition.uk/700024 7385148
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialLes Pellicules @mrdaveconroy0.bsky.social · 06/05/2025They'll care when huge numbers of them get replaced by Reform Gobshites 194
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialAndrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · 06/05/2025One of the most incredible things I have ever seen - mistle thrush feeding an orphaned blackbird fledgeling! This is ultra rare behaviour and have never seen it photographed. @omsystem.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social 34710
Reposted by @nellylouscoat.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/04/2025The government's benefits cuts, two-child cap and freeze in Local Housing Allowance are all *false economies*. They don't save money. They merely push spending into different parts of the budget, while causing untold suffering. Cruel, perfomative and pointless. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap... 24803261