Calling all local #wildlife enthusiasts!

🌳Can you help us to buy a community woodland in #Sheffield?

Friends of #BolehillWood is launching an urgent #fundraising campaign to bring part of the #Woodseats and #NortonLeeswood into local ownership, after the wildlife area came up for sale in August 2023.

Find out more and pledge your support:

https://www.friendsofcobnarwood.org/?fbclid=IwAR0peD0OV6cn7vLg9y1UTgiWa6oAVmcqOGxA6TalRkFG53d6ytQHRv7hlhI

#Environment #GreenSpaces #Biodiversity #ProtectOurWoodland #GreytoGreen

The floor is lava - How concrete, asphalt and urban heat islands add to the misery of heat waves. Interesting article and visuals by Reuters on the importance of green spaces to reduce temperatures --> https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CLIMATE-CHANGE/URBAN-HEAT/zgpormdkevd/

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GreenSpaces

Claim #Scotland is half way to net zero is (only half) True
https://theferret.scot/claim-scotland-half-way-net-zero-true/

"It is important to note that neither of these figures include the amount of #climate pollution produced by the North Sea oil and gas industry. These emissions are not allocated to any individual country within the #UK "

What?

How about we keep it sensible & base mitigating #ClimateChange on prudent public health policies. #CleanAir, #CleanWater, #GreenSpaces & #healthy food are basic human rights.

Concerns over health of Riverside Park jubilee oaks
https://bitternepark.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12655:concerns-over-health-of-riverside-park-jubilee-oaks&catid=166&Itemid=92
#bitternepark #Southampton #localnews #trees #greenspaces #jubilee

Quick walk in Bedwellty Park before the thunderstorms hit ⛈️

#park #walkinthepark #parklife #trees #nature #greenspaces #walking #sundaystroll #sunday

I live in the famous (or infamous) #ParkHillFlats in #Sheffield where our precious green spaces are under threat due to more proposed parking spaces for cars. We're trying to get past a hundred objections by next week. Please feel free to make yours if you care about this issue. There's some info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12V9NeL-YT51LJD13spBfkiPObBuBK80ysz0d5S6uZGE/mobilebasic #green #GreenSpaces #FuckCars #brutalism #brutalist #ParkHill

Seven trees protected at Marlhill Copse
https://bitternepark.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12633:seven-trees-protected-at-marlhill-copse&catid=166&Itemid=92
#bitternepark #Southampton #localnews #planning #greenspaces #trees

In the early morning sun.
#Winnipeg #Photography #GreenSpaces #Art #Nature

Pumpkin is not quite as excited as I am that my copy of the London #GreengroundMap of walking routes between parks and green spaces arrived!

#LondonGreengroundMap #greenspaces #londonunderground #maps #london #londonparks

#SolarPunk
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RT @ExplorerDale
🌳demand responsible urban planning & preserve the beauty of our countryside! Strike a balance between development & nature. Create sustainable cities that respect our environment, ensuring a brighter future for generations to come💚🏡
#GreenSpaces
#ProtectNature
@CommunityPlann1
https://twitter.com/ExplorerDale/status/1662405355412889603

We know how to deal with lethally cold temperatures – the fact that we generate heat just by living, means that we can insulate ourselves against the cold, at least for a time. That’s not an option when it comes to heat. I suppose we could try to give everyone a version the liquid cooling garments that astronauts wear, but to me, it seems more practical to start rebuilding cities so that, in addition to the goals of the 15 minute city concept, it’s possible for most of the population live their day to day lives without having to go outside at all. This would require a pretty radical rebuilding of most cities, but in the face of the coming heat, we need to do that anyway.

#heatwave #climatecrisis #wetbulb #globalwarming #survival #prepping #greenspaces

https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2023/04/28/its-not-the-heat-its-the-humidity-the-dark-side-of-urban-greenery/

So, let us not forget the importance of connecting with nature. Whether it's a walk in the park, a hike through the woods, or simply sitting in your garden, take the time to immerse yourself in the natural world. 🍃

Remember, a healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body, and nature is the perfect prescription for both. Cheers to a happier, more balanced life! 🌱🌸🌼

#Nature #MentalHealth #Creativity #Wellbeing #StressRelief #Balance #GreenSpaces

🌏 Curious facts about Proteas (Family Protoaceae) a beautiful flower species.

🌿 Endemic to South Africa but cultivated worldwide

🌞 Limited ecological niches

🌱 Status - many species are rare or endangered

📷 gabrielleahern 👩🏼‍🦰
📚 the plant list.org & Wikipedia

#curiousfacts #plants #flowers #science #botany #nature #taxonomy #greenspaces #wildflowers #saltywave

Creating More #GreenSpaces Could Improve #MentalHealth
https://www.ecowatch.com/barcelona-green-spaces-mental-health.html

Green Spaces in Decline: Climate Anxiety Exacerbated by Lack of Access to Nature
#Environment #Health #ClimateChange #ClimateAnxiety #GreenSpaces #MentalHealth #plantingTrees #Nature #AccessToNature #Decline
https://the-14.com/green-spaces-in-decline-climate-anxiety-exacerbated-by-lack-of-access-to-nature/

As our winter comes to a close another collage of our #Dawley Hamlets local #NatureReserve.
#Undertheboardwalk at Furnace Pools #Shropshire's best site for #greatcrestednewts
#Telford #Greenspaces

I have read #RedrawingBarcelona.

This comic strip by @isglobalorg talks about the search for a new urban model for Barcelona and addresses topics such as:

🚗 #AirPollution
🔈 Noise
🚶‍♀️ Sedentary lifestyle
🌳 Lack of #GreenSpaces

📗 Highly recommended! http://redrawingbarcelona.isglobal.org

Some background about the Weelaunee Forest and #StopCopCity

The New Fight Over an Old Forest in Atlanta

The plans for an enormous police-training center—dubbed Cop City by critics—have ignited interest in one of Atlanta’s largest remaining green spaces.

By Charles Bethea, August 3, 2022

"Three years ago, Joe Santifer, a Black man in his early fifties, moved from the wealthy north Atlanta enclave of Buckhead to Glen Emerald Park, six miles southeast of the city’s downtown. Santifer, who owns a computer-consulting firm, raised triplets in Buckhead—all three are now in college—but his new neighborhood, he told me, is where he’d always wanted to live. He was attracted to its 'collage of humanity,' he said, and also its proximity to the #SouthRiverForest, one of #Atlanta’s largest remaining #GreenSpaces. The forest encompasses a three-hundred-acre, city-owned tract of land that sits in a poor and predominantly Black part of unincorporated DeKalb County. 'Most people in Buckhead couldn’t find it on a map,' Santifer said, chuckling.

"After he moved, Santifer began making frequent visits to what he called a “verdant oasis,” where he often saw deer and rabbits. The forest also bears traces of the people who have lived in and around it over the years. Exploring by bicycle recently, I came upon giant stones with “HOMER,” “POE,” and “VIRGIL” carved into their nearly overgrown façades—relics from Atlanta’s old Carnegie Library, discarded here sometime after it was torn down, in the late nineteen-seventies, when the forest was a de-facto city dump. Underground are the much older remains of the Muscogee Creek people, who lived in what they called the #WeelauneeForest until they were forcibly removed by white settlers in the eighteen-twenties and thirties. Later, the forest was home to what has been called the “finest plantation in the county,” and the site of a famous Civil War battle.

"In 2017, the South River Forest was designated as one of four major city “lungs” in a report titled “The Atlanta City Design,” put together by Atlanta’s city-planning department. The report’s lead author was Ryan Gravel, a Georgia Tech alum whose graduate thesis led to the creation of the city’s ballyhooed BeltLine #greenway. Gravel and his co-authors envision the South River Forest as a great urban park and conservation corridor. The city council formally adopted the plan, and Gravel began working with the Nature Conservancy to make it a reality; in March of last year, a two-hundred-acre parcel surrounding a drained lake three miles south of the prison farm, which could have become another landfill, was approved for permanent preservation.

"Then, the following month, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, made an announcement: the area around the prison farm was going to be the site of a sprawling training facility for police and firefighters. This, Gravel said, was “a big surprise.” Many people in Atlanta were startled by the news—including Joe Santifer, who told me that he’d already been bothered by the police presence in the forest. For decades, the Atlanta P.D. has operated a firing range there, and, on his forest strolls, Santifer had begun hearing gunfire. Even from a distance, he said, it “sounds like a battleground.” He e-mailed a complaint to the city, and, a few days later, he got a response: “Call 911.”
[...]
"Other cities have lately built or proposed similar facilities, but, at eighty-five acres, Atlanta’s would be much larger than nearly all of the others. New York City, for instance, has a thirty-acre facility for a force fifteen times the size of the Atlanta P.D. The A.P.D. facility’s planned features include a firing range, a “vehicle skills pad,” a “burn building” for firefighters, and a “mock village” for staging simulated emergencies. It’s slated to cost around ninety million dollars, with a third of that money coming from public funds, and the rest coming from the Atlanta Police Foundation."
#StopCopCity

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-south/the-new-fight-over-an-old-forest-in-atlanta

The Supreme Court today ruled in favour of a Good Law Project-funded case about whether planning permission should have been granted for a piece of sold-off parkland. The ruling will help set a new precedent for how public green spaces are sold by local authorities in years to come.

#LocalGovernment #GoodLawProject #GreenSpaces #Law

https://goodlawproject.org/update/supreme-court-rules-in-favour-of-our-landmark-park-sell-off-case/

Edible Cities Network…awesome!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/10/edible-cities-orchard-free-produce/

#gardens #food #sustainability #gardeners #EdibleCities #community #GreenSpaces #UrbanGardens