Fury as Bristol council destroys thousands of flowers it helped volunteers plant just days earlier
Bristol City Council has agreed to compensate the volunteers after a 'communication error'
Great to speak to @bristol247.bsky.social about women’s safety in parks and green spaces for this article. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Vital story by my colleague Helena Horton – about the number of people who don't live within a 15-min walk of green space. Freely accessible, wildlife-rich green space should be a modern-day human right! And good govts should see it as a public health essential. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Govt also needs to consider that living near a park doesn't necessarily mean you are able to use it. There are lots of barriers to green space use beyond distance.
yourpark.org.uk/beyond-dista...
@theguardian.com article on DEFRA report here
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
OS mapping of green space used in the DEFRA report can be seen here
www.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
But there is more to ensuring access than just having spaces nearby
"True accessibility goes far beyond distance. It is about safety, welcome, design, culture and whether people feel they belong"
yourpark.org.uk/beyond-dista...
Interesting DEFRA report on access to green & blue space in #England here
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Well done RHS, lets save moths www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bristol Naturalists’ Society has stopped using our “X” account.
This decision was made by our council members because of safeguarding concerns.
From now on you can find us here on this new Bluesky account, and on Facebook or Instagram, or via our website:
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Kyiv.
Late evening.
Air defence is shooting down drones.
I say it like,
“The weather is fine outside, just cloudy.”
That’s what four years have done to us.
Protect peace.
Don’t let war become normal.
‼️ BREAKING: Greens WIN Gorton and Denton by-election in a landslide victory
🟢 Grn: 41% (+27)
➡️ Ref: 29% (+15)
🔴 Lab: 25% (-25)
🔵 Con: 2% (-6)
🟠 Lib: 2% (-2)
Green GAIN from Labour (+/- vs GE2024)
‼️First-ever Green win in an MP by-election
Hi folks. I am going freelance again.
I don’t share my work on here, apart from books (which are not my proper job) so here’s more info about what I do:
www.alexmorss.co.uk/about.html
True that "merchants in Bristol were responsible for more than 500,000 enslaved African people being shipped to the Caribbean and North America"
Not true to say they passed through the city's port. The triangular trade was goods to Africa, enslaved across the Atlantic, sugar etc back to Bristol.
Low traffic neighbourhoods: They make roads safer, they cut pollution, but those pencil-necked desk jockeys at the council didn’t think about nuns getting their chippy tea.
This stone on the boundary between the estates of Blaise Castle and Kings Weston dates back to the 1830s.
It is engraved with “JSH” on the Blaise Castle side - the estate of John Scandrett Harford. The Kings Weston side reads “PJM” for the estate’s owner Philip John Miles.
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Hello everyone.
A reminder, I will be for hire from March.
Vote for Sheila!
visitenglandawards.secure-platform.com/tourismsuper...
Did a tsunami hit the Bristol Channel four centuries ago? Revisiting the great flood of 1607 theconversation.com/did-a-tsunam...
It's a match! Scarlet Tiger and Common Comfrey have liked each other. Profile photos for each species with a pink heart icon between them. Pink 'Start planting' button below.
You complete my life-cycle 💕
One of the best ways to help moths thrive is by growing their favourite food plants. Here are some of our top matches.
Scarlet Tiger and Common Comfrey have liked each other!
#MoonMeadows #MothsMatter
Some changes to busses this weekend due to the planned road closure at Lawrence Hill. Busses to & from Hanham & Kingswood diverted through Barton Hill.
www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath...
Providers – got questions?
Everything you need to know about registering a walk is here → www.bristolwalkfest.com/providers-2/
Don’t miss the 27 Feb deadline to get your walk in the printed programme! 🚶♀️
#BristolWalkFest #MagicOfWalking #NationalWalkingMonth #BristolEvents #LoveBristol
Extract from satellite view on Google maps showing Cheers Drive in Bristol, off Brook Road.
Well it's still there
For #NationalSnowdropDay "The Snowdrop's Call" by Elizabeth Emra, published in 1830.
www.troopers-hill.org.uk/emra/#snowdr...
"local leaders know their streets best and will intend on being given the power to take action" ????
Not sure why LAs need guidance if they "know their streets best" why does DfT need to be involved?
This is the report I spoke of on #bbcaq just now - ministers tried to suppress it, were finally forced to release it after an FoI, but shamefully only published a redacted version. The first duty of Govt is to protect its citizens - that starts with being honest with us about scale of threat we face
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
The Canal and River Trust is entrusted to look after our precious waterways .
The restoration of our canal network has been a real success story creating new habitats for wildlife, access to nature to millions of people and building new communities on and around our waterways.
Meet Marco, who tells us how, one public toilet at a time he and the Edinburgh Thriving Green Spaces team are breaking down barriers to spending time outdoors.
His story shows how small changes can make green spaces welcoming for all.
naturetownsandcities.org.uk/meet-the-nat...
A graphic with a photo of Bristol to Bath Railway Path that says: 'We're making Bristol and Bath Railway Path safer and easier'
We're investing almost half a million pounds to improve Bristol and Bath Railway Path!
With improved lighting, safety and accessibility, it's on its way to becoming one of the best traffic-free routes in the whole country 🚲
