Earthworm – the soil-maker, without whom we’d struggle to feed ourselves theguardian.com/environment/20…

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there

Great to be at the launch of After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989-2024, curated by multi talented Johny Pitts Amazing work included in this exhibition by 26 working class artists from across Britain. Hayward Gallery Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Which will melt away first, the snow or the arts? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Plants are all chemists, tirelessly assembling the molecules of the world.

Great to see that the Bluethroats are back, none came close enough for a better photo today. Black Winged Stilts and Black Kites are also returning #MaraisBretonVendéen

Philosophical cartoon map by Dave Coverly

Botanical gardens ‘most effective’ green space at cooling streets in heatwaves 🌿 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Mouse secretly filmed tidying man’s shed every night theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

On January 22, parliament will debate our #GetFairAboutFarming petition. Can you help by asking your MP to attend? The more we can get there, the more likely that meaningful actions will be taken. We've created a template, so it's quick&easy: getfairaboutfarming.co.uk

“Aldrovandi’s herbarium preserves the memory of the first signs of a radical transformation of the European flora and habitats.”

The living stories these 500-year-old pressed plants still tell of climate, migrations and time.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Earth-sky-bird patterns
idly interlacing

The world does what it pleases.

Help small farmers by signing this petition today !

The Guardian view on insects: gardeners can help reverse their alarming decline | Editorial theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘A national living library’: UK charity’s plea to save rare plants from extinction theguardian.com/environment/20…

Palantir, a US ‘spy-tech’ company whose chairman is billionaire Trump supporter Peter Thiel, is in line for a contract to handle and process NHS patient data.

Support our campaign to keep patient data safe here:
goodlaw.social/wxl

“I suspect that reading fiction is one of the few remaining paths to transcendence, that elusive state in which the distance between the self and the universe shrinks,” Ceridwen Dovey writes. nyer.cm/ELxCWjY

Is sewage being dumped near you?

Check the The Rivers Trust Sewage Map and tell us what it’s like in your area 💩📍

theriverstrust.org/sewage-map

In this world of onrushing events the act of meditation - even just a “one-breath” meditation - straightening the back, clearing the mind for a moment - is a refreshing island in the stream.

Lush but deadly: hemlock water-dropwort at Tatnam Organic Patch. So easily confused with edible Alexander’s, flat-leaved parsley, wild parsnip, carrot & celery plants. One of the most poisonous plants in the world #foragersbeware #☠️ #umbellifer #hemlock #springplants