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On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world. airesistlist.org

Very ominous. Rice production - on which a billion people depend - is increasingly endangered as the world heats up at 5000 times the rate at which the staple crop can evolve. livescience.com/planet-earth/g…

Every 1C of warming sees the atmosphere hold 7% more moisture - meaning severe floods in some places & deadly droughts in others. Earth is on track to warm 4C above preindustrial temps in our children’s lifetimes. Our communities & food system were not built to withstand this.

The next time some tells you that the regulators, the EA and Ofwat don't have the power call them out on it, it's a lie. One example right here... 👇👇👇 don't accept the lie, don't accept the fraud, enforce the law.

Farmers have figured out that the cheapest pesticide is a strip of flowers. When you plant wildflowers through a crop field, not just around the edge but in strips running through the middle, you get ladybugs, lacewings, hoverflies, and parasitic wasps living in the field instead of visiting it. They eat the aphids, the caterpillars, and the mites for free, all summer long. In controlled trials, fields with tailored flower strips had leaf-beetle numbers 40 to 50% lower and crop damage cut by around 60%, enough to drop below the threshold where spraying was even considered worth it. The flowers attract a standing army to our fields. We spent decades engineering chemicals to kill the insects eating the crop, when the insects that eat those insects would have worked for the price of seed.

That little patch of moss on your fence or shady spot is doing work on a planetary scale. Moss stores 6 billion tons of carbon globally. It pulls carbon out of the air, holds moisture, and supports tiny ecosystems. So maybe stop spraying it with chemicals and power-washing it off. Your moss is on the job, let it stick around.

🌳 Did you know that a single mature tree produces enough oxygen for 2 to 4 people every single day? Forests aren't just scenery; they are the world’s lungs. Without them, our basic survival is at risk. #Sustainability #EcoFacts

"Cutting forests to solve today’s problems guarantees tomorrow’s disasters. The science is clear. The choice is ours."

This isn't in the trial phase. The entire China International Consumer Products Expo in Hainan, recently, used only these materials for signage, food containers, and more. This is getting scaled for mass use.

Africa is building a wall... Made of trees. 8,000 km of green defiance stretching from Senegal to Djibouti: it’s called the Great Green Wall - a plan to stop the Sahara desert, restore dead land, and lift 100 million people. [🎞️ africabusinessheroes]

Red squirrels 'close to extinction' in England @BBCNews Hard to believe that our beloved red squirrel is close to extinction and could disappear in 25yrs! It isn't enough that they "cling on" to life across Cumbria, Northumberland and North Pennines We have a duty to our children to save and nurture fellow species #WakeUpWorld bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. 📍my favourite oak #lakedistrict

So true

A single bee colony can pollinate 300 million flowers in a day. Trees in cities can reduce air temp by up to 8°C. These aren't just"nice to have"—they're the infrastructure of life. No amount of mined resources can replace them. #EcosystemServices#Science

2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover. There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #phaseoutfossilfuels #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via @ChristianAslund

We are so excited to announce the Virginia Prize for Fiction Longlist! ✨📚 Congratulations to all the authors and thank you to everyone who applied! The standard was incredibly high and we are so grateful that you trusted us with your work. ❤️

Rotherham, England replaced 8 miles of mowed grass with wildflowers. They saved £25,000 in mowing costs a year and bees, butterflies, and birds showed up almost immediately. You don’t need to wait for your city to act. Start small in your own patch: 🏡 Let your front verge or sidewalk strip go wild this spring 🌻 Toss a few native wildflower seed balls into neglected spots 🌱 Stop mowing one strip and see what shows up 📧 Contact your city government. One email from one person has started initiatives like this before One person. One small patch. Real habitat. Your street could be next.

Dandelions are everywhere at the moment Not weeds but one of the best and earliest sources of food for our precious bees 🐝 #NurtureDandelions #ProtectOurWorld

Nature-based solutions harness the power of natural systems to help people and the planet thrive. They offer cost-effective ways to tackle #ClimateChange, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Explore more about this approach here: unep.org/unep-and-natur… unep.org/unep-and-natur…