Permaculture Association CEO, trainer, activist / Our Future Leeds City Hub Coordinator. Angry, creative, focussed. VMO

Joined January 2013
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Another great piece of work from the CAL project in Leeds. We can create an economy that works for people and our beautiful earth. We need a wider definition of wealth.
🚨New CAL report outlines the rationale and proposals for Leeds City Council to adopt a full CWB policy agenda to benefit the local economy and communities [a thread⤵️] #CWB4Leeds #BeyondInclusiveGrowth #BIGLeeds Full report here ➡️climateactionleeds.org.uk/_f…
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Call out to the #Leeds network. Please share this with any contacts. We've got 6 weeks to find a new space for Imagine Leeds, then we can crack on with our bold plan for a zero carbon nature friendly socially just city
Imagine Leeds needs a new home! We've had a fantastic first year running our climate action hub, but we now urgently need a new city centre space to move into. New blog by @Simon_C_Dixon and @AndyGoldring. Please read, share and help! climateactionleeds.org.uk/po…
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Imagine Leeds needs a new home! We've had a fantastic first year running our climate action hub, but we now urgently need a new city centre space to move into. New blog by @Simon_C_Dixon and @AndyGoldring. Please read, share and help! climateactionleeds.org.uk/po…
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Important findings. Essential to read the last paragraph. We urgently need to invest in #permaculture design #agroecology #rewilding #ecosystem restoration. Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds theguardian.com/environment/…
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What an extraordinary scandal. The most craven cowardice from Shell. This must became a PR disaster for them. Let’s make it so. @zoesqwilliams @damiengayle @PeterTatchell @churchofengland @Tom_Cheal @JamesGDyke @mrjamesob @GeorgeMonbiot @BasitMahmood91 @QuakerSocialist @quakerpen
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President @KagutaMuseveni: you wanted a scientific opinion to establish if homosexuality is natural, before deciding whether to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill Here it is. Scientists from South Africa, Kenya, the US & around the world have answered… edition.cnn.com/2023/04/19/a…
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Brilliant to see wellbeing economy at heart of Scotland's plans. Permaculture Association is a proud member of wellbeing alliance who has done excellent work laying foundations for this.
#WEGo💥@neilcgray has been appointed Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy in #Scotland. We're glad to see this agenda being prioritised and look forward to supporting the co-creation of #WellbeingEconomy #policies in any way we can. scotsman.com/news/politics/w…
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Great opportunity of #sustainable #transport part time role at @ClimateActLeeds project with @leedstidal. leedstidal.org/about/#availa… We could work together!
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Great work from @OurFutureLeeds and Leeds City Council. Our analysis suggests this may be the most ambitious local plan from any council in England. Very pleased to have contributed lots of #permaculture thinking & links to sustainability practices. From #Leeds? read & respond!
Leeds City Council are proposing ambitious changes to their local planning policy in response to the climate emergency. We need to show our enormous support via their consultation by 19th December! We want a #ClimateLocalPlan. 🌿 Please share! ourfutureleeds.org/post/supp…
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Calling all #Permaculture practitioners and allies. Please help us raise £15,000 in the next 6 days and boost support for projects across the UK over the next year. Thanks!
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The third #permaculture ethic is Fair Shares - part of that is about redistributing surplus to support more Earth Care & People Care. The Big Give is an opportunity to direct some of your surplus to supporting projects across the UK. Please donate & share! donate.thebiggive.org.uk/cam…
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We urgently need to get nature well on the path to recovery by 2030. Will you join us in calling on the Prime Minister @RishiSunak to make this a reality? Please sign up to Zero Hour’s #UnitedForNature petition, led by @birdgirluk, today! zerohour.uk/u4n @cebill_now

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Really proud of all the work that has gone into these events - from Kath in the staff team to all the brilliant organisers locally. Try to get along to an event near you. #MyGreenCommunity @CfF_Communities #permaculture
In the UK 🇬🇧, Kath & @Permaculture_uk have put on a cracking series of #EDSC2022 events: #MyGreenCommunity celebrates the fantastic grassroots work done by #permaculture inspired projects. An opportunity for communities to visit, get inspired, take action. permaculture.org.uk/land/myg…
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Awesome sessions at the #permaculture convergence nxt wknd at Hill End in Oxford. Check out the programme and get yourself a ticket! Lots of social time and re-connecting after 2 years away. Price includes food & camping, dorms available too. convergence-2022.events.line…

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This is seriously controversial & based on partial reading of evidence. If farming is wholly classes as 'extractive' then all my experience of #permaculture and #agroecology is wrong? "The most damaging farm products? Organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb" theguardian.com/environment/…
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Everyone that manages land in the UK would benefit from watching this 11 min video: youtube.com/watch?v=BuYGS5pL… Inspiration from Don Tipping, Oregon USA. Imagine applying this across the UK. No #drought, increased #water health, resilient cropping and #biodiversity. #permaculture

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Essentially an application of Keyline Planning, a water design and management process developed by PA Yeomans in Australia, and a big inspiration for #permaculture and RegenAg
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Also time to fit rainwater barrels on all council properties as standard practice...
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A very important piece of research - its not farming or nature - we can design land to do both. I'd love to see a study like this tracking biodiversity benefits of a #permaculture designed #agroecological farm - we can provide yields, soil health, biodiversity and jobs
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NEWS: Agri-environment measures boosted local bird and butterfly populations on a large-scale commercial farm, a decade-long study led by @UK_CEH has found ceh.ac.uk/press/agri-environ…
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