TELESCOPE There is a moment after you move your eye away when you forget where you are because you've been living, it seems, somewhere else, in the silence of the night sky. You've stopped being here in the world. You're in a different place, a place where human life has no meaning. You're not a creature in a body. You exist as the stars exist, participating in their stillness, their immensity. Then you're in the world again. At night, on a cold hill, taking the telescope apart. You realize afterward not that the image is false but the relation is false. You see again how far away each thing is from every other thing.

Louise Glück, born on this day in 1943

love that! reminds me of Rebecca Elson's poems too, which are some of my favourites

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

“We’re at a point where billionaires are creating apocalypse bunkers. Why are we facilitating 1% of people to survive after the world ends instead of the 99% of the people to survive in the world while it’s still here?”

Great point by Munya Chawawa 👌🏻

wow that is very beautiful 😍🙏 nature is amazing

giving Karoline Leavitt vibes....

an image of a person with a pushchair on a suburban street. Several cars are parked inconsiderably on the side of the road next to a brick wall. The sky is overcast.

Join us online on 22 April at 10:30 for Pavement Parking: Reform, Road Safety & Local Enforcement.

This webinar will explore how local authorities can tackle pavement parking and improve safety, space and accessibility for all.

Register here: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4coeLXE

Thumbnails for two modules in primary and secondary English

English teachers (both primary & secondary), this is for you: UCL's Centre for Climate Change Education has just added new resources for teachers on helping pupils connect with nature via English teaching. They've got loads for other subjects too. Do share!
climateeducation.org.uk/professional...

What I Mean When I Say I'm Tired I don't mean I want to sleep. I mean I want to disappear for a while. To be rain on a stranger's roof. To be smoke rising from someone else's fire. I don't want to die. But I do want to rest in a way the world has never allowed me. I don't want comfort. I want quiet. I want the mercy of being unseen without being unloved.

What I Mean When I Say I'm Tired ~ K.E. Sermonté

"I want quiet.
I want the mercy of being unseen
without being unloved."

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“Greens who were long dismissed as “idealistic” & “unrealistic” now look like hard-headed pragmatists & true patriots. They’re years ahead of their rivals in demanding a transition that makes sense on every level: environmental, economic & political” - great article from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇

one of our local reform candidates referenced 'DOGE' in his leaflet...

all their centrally posted leaflets are misleading people to think that they are voting for national policies

it's a tactic lacking in honesty and integrity, but not unexpected!

kingcup bright yellow flowers with one strongly reflecting the sunshine

sorry, Martin, and thank you for sharing. acute problems on top of managing all that on a daily basis is so tough, hope your clinical team can sort you out soon 🤞🏼

some flowers for you 🌸

on these sunny days, solitary bees are busy laying eggs

these bees are important pollinators, just like honeybees

why not give them a home? 💚

#savethebees @greenhampshire.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

How to stop fascism and the far right.

In a nutshell: offer voters a non-establishment eco-left alternative that *genuinely* stands for people and planet.

It's not complicated.

If anyone is struggling, for whatever reason, hang in there. Here’s a poem for #NationalPoetryMonth. Sending love and strength #mentalhealth #poetry

Around *1/5* of all the species that live in a natural forest need dead wood.

So no, it's not 'wasted' or 'untidy'. Even in your garden, spare a thought and leave it for them.

man (Prof Chris Whitty) standing at podium in front of large screen

Excellent introduction to the health challenges rural and coastal communities face by Prof Chris Whitty this morning 🔥

Very inspiring Big Conversation event held by @whpartners.bsky.social 🙏

#healthinequalities #fairerfuture #determinantsofhealth

small dog sitting on pavement with a 'vote green' label on his harness

Dobby would like you to #VoteGreen in the local elections for a fairer future.
(And more 🐿️ to play with in the park 🐶🐾)
#GetGreensElected
@greenparty.org.uk

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.

They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.

That energy is all around us.

And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

when I lived in Mbarara, it took me a while to realise that the 'flock of birds' that flew over the valley every evening were in fact bats! amazing animals!

your pictures are beautiful ♥️ so tranquil

Photo of a sketch on a green cloth with a pen under it. The sketch depicts a landscape with high cliffs and mountains. In the center is a big red tree in front of a white orb. Somewhere hide a cat and a samurai. Technical pen and indian ink on a5 paper.

Photo of a sketch on a green cloth with 2 pens, two brushed and two ink flacons around it. The sketch depicts a landscape of a swamp with a house on high stilts reflecting on the water. A little samurai silhouette stands in the window of the house and a cat hides somewhere. Indian ink on a4 paper.

Sketch depicting a landscape at night with a river leading to an island with trees in the far back. A white orb illuminates the scene. Somewhere hides a little samurai silhouette and on the right of the scebe sits a cat. Indian ink and acrylic pens on a4 paper.

Sketch depicting a piece of land shaped like a whale floating. In the middle of the trees stands a little samurai silhouette and somewhere hides a cat. Indian ink on a4 paper.

Hi #Portfolioday 🥷🩵🐈‍⬛️

I'm LK, an artist trying to find her place in this strange world.
These days I explore weird places with a cat and a samurai, mostly with indian ink and technical pen.

Worldwide shipping of my prints : ko-fi.com/lkcreations/...

For any inquiries : Lea.Kieser@outlook.com

it's an excellent capture - I would not have guessed that sound was coming from a robin if I heard something similar in my garden!

♥️ very cute!

she (?) seems to be panting - is she about to lay an egg?

Any government that isn't right now accelerating plans to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy is either:

a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b

National Emergency Briefing Find a People's Emergency Briefing screening near you, or spot a gap that you can fill by hosting a screening.

Truly astonishing number of screenings already booked for the National Emergency Briefing film. Very likely to be one near you. www.nebriefing.org/screening-map

More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says Researchers say hardship is a direct legacy of welfare benefit cuts imposed by Tory governments in recent years

More than a fifth of all “austerity generation” UK children scarred by poverty.

Children bear the human cost of refusal to tax corporations and super rich.

Tories want to reimpose the two child benefit cap to fund defence. Reform want to do the same to cut price of a pint of beer.

The Two-Party System Is Broken | Green Party Election Broadcast YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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