Dave Barker
@woodlanddave.bsky.social
Founder & Director at Wildlore CIC | Woodsman, Ecologist & Nature-Based Educator | #Bioregionalism, #CitSci, #DeepEcology #Kinship, #NatureConnectedness, #Resilience & #WildService.
https://www.wildlore.uk
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Dave Barker
@woodlanddave.bsky.social
· Mar 17
“At Wildlore CIC, we create spaces where people can heal, grow and remember their place within the world. Through earth-based practices, we cultivate reconnection, resilience, and regeneration — anchored in deep ecological ethics and a living sense of kinship with all life.”
More: www.wildlore.uk
More: www.wildlore.uk
Sometimes a gate is more than a boundary—it marks the start of a journey.
I’m delighted to be formalising a lease that gives Wildlore CIC a home at Laughton Greenwood: a woodland where people can slow down, reconnect with the more-than-human world, and find belonging.
#DeepEcology #Kinship
I’m delighted to be formalising a lease that gives Wildlore CIC a home at Laughton Greenwood: a woodland where people can slow down, reconnect with the more-than-human world, and find belonging.
#DeepEcology #Kinship
#natureconnectedness #wildlore #mentalhealth #deepecology #kinship #ecology #wildernesstherapy #resilience #bioenchantment #ecoliteracy | Dave Barker
Sometimes a gate is more than a boundary—it marks the beginning of a journey.
I’m delighted to be formalising a lease agreement that will provide Wildlore CIC with a home at Laughton Greenwood. This ...
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July 27, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Sometimes a gate is more than a boundary—it marks the start of a journey.
I’m delighted to be formalising a lease that gives Wildlore CIC a home at Laughton Greenwood: a woodland where people can slow down, reconnect with the more-than-human world, and find belonging.
#DeepEcology #Kinship
I’m delighted to be formalising a lease that gives Wildlore CIC a home at Laughton Greenwood: a woodland where people can slow down, reconnect with the more-than-human world, and find belonging.
#DeepEcology #Kinship
Reposted by Dave Barker
Help save Wakelyns!
Wakelyns is at risk of being sold without your help. Be part of this exciting new chapter and help secure the iconic Wakelyns site for future generations. More here: agricology.co.uk/wakelyns-is-...
#wakelyns #savewakelyns #agrobiodiversity #agroforestry #Groundswell2026
Wakelyns is at risk of being sold without your help. Be part of this exciting new chapter and help secure the iconic Wakelyns site for future generations. More here: agricology.co.uk/wakelyns-is-...
#wakelyns #savewakelyns #agrobiodiversity #agroforestry #Groundswell2026
Wakelyns is raising £1 million to secure its future - Agricology
Wakelyns is at risk of being sold without your help. Please buy shares in the Community Benefit Society and prevent the pioneering agroforestry research site from being sold on the open market.
agricology.co.uk
June 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Help save Wakelyns!
Wakelyns is at risk of being sold without your help. Be part of this exciting new chapter and help secure the iconic Wakelyns site for future generations. More here: agricology.co.uk/wakelyns-is-...
#wakelyns #savewakelyns #agrobiodiversity #agroforestry #Groundswell2026
Wakelyns is at risk of being sold without your help. Be part of this exciting new chapter and help secure the iconic Wakelyns site for future generations. More here: agricology.co.uk/wakelyns-is-...
#wakelyns #savewakelyns #agrobiodiversity #agroforestry #Groundswell2026
"I want to explain why the world needs saving from the bad ideas of George [Monbiot] and his fellow ecomodernists." via @chrissmaje.bsky.social
#Food #Farming #Politics #FoodSecurity #RegenerativeFarming #Groundswell2026 #RegenAg #Localism #PostGrowth #Permaculture #Horticulture
#Food #Farming #Politics #FoodSecurity #RegenerativeFarming #Groundswell2026 #RegenAg #Localism #PostGrowth #Permaculture #Horticulture
Saving the world from bad ideas: the continuing failure of food ecomodernism
This week sees a more personal anniversary for me than the Brexit celebrations/recriminations last time: it’s three years since I published my book Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future. In it, I criticised...
chrissmaje.substack.com
July 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
"I want to explain why the world needs saving from the bad ideas of George [Monbiot] and his fellow ecomodernists." via @chrissmaje.bsky.social
#Food #Farming #Politics #FoodSecurity #RegenerativeFarming #Groundswell2026 #RegenAg #Localism #PostGrowth #Permaculture #Horticulture
#Food #Farming #Politics #FoodSecurity #RegenerativeFarming #Groundswell2026 #RegenAg #Localism #PostGrowth #Permaculture #Horticulture
Reposted by Dave Barker
The Economists have spoken. Poverty is manufactured embedded in a socially and ecologically unsustainable economic system. More than 550 signatories to date call on governments to adopt indicators beyond economic growth to enable human and environmental flourishing to dismantle poverty.
"Poverty is manufactured. That is the bad news – and the good news. What has been manufactured can be dismantled and replaced." → www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy
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cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy
We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others
Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The Economists have spoken. Poverty is manufactured embedded in a socially and ecologically unsustainable economic system. More than 550 signatories to date call on governments to adopt indicators beyond economic growth to enable human and environmental flourishing to dismantle poverty.
A true national identity — one capable of sustaining life rather than consuming it — cannot be built on abstraction or ideological rigidity. It must be grounded in relationship with the living world.
#Kinship #DeepEcology #RegenerativeCulture #Happiness #Welbeing
#Kinship #DeepEcology #RegenerativeCulture #Happiness #Welbeing
A Love of Country
The choice before us is not between opposing ideologies or rigid positions. It is between relationship and rupture.
wildlorecic.substack.com
June 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A true national identity — one capable of sustaining life rather than consuming it — cannot be built on abstraction or ideological rigidity. It must be grounded in relationship with the living world.
#Kinship #DeepEcology #RegenerativeCulture #Happiness #Welbeing
#Kinship #DeepEcology #RegenerativeCulture #Happiness #Welbeing
Petition: the UK faces growing risks from climate & nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption & national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing on the scale of these risks. Government should hold an emergency briefing from leading experts
Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
petition.parliament.uk
May 20, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Petition: the UK faces growing risks from climate & nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption & national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing on the scale of these risks. Government should hold an emergency briefing from leading experts
"What might change if society were shaped not around extraction and productivity, but around nervous system wellbeing, ecological belonging, and relational intelligence?"
#wellbeing #natureconnection #wildlore #mentalhealth #kinship #deepecology #neurodivergent
#wellbeing #natureconnection #wildlore #mentalhealth #kinship #deepecology #neurodivergent
The World Is Not Broken — It Is Narrowly Designed
What if the future of people and planet depends on neurodivergent ways of being?
open.substack.com
May 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"What might change if society were shaped not around extraction and productivity, but around nervous system wellbeing, ecological belonging, and relational intelligence?"
#wellbeing #natureconnection #wildlore #mentalhealth #kinship #deepecology #neurodivergent
#wellbeing #natureconnection #wildlore #mentalhealth #kinship #deepecology #neurodivergent
Today is Earth Day 🌍
And I find myself here again… drawn back to the quiet, living world. Not as an escape, but as a return.
Wellbeing isn’t something we make, it’s something we remember. In Wildlore, kinship is felt: we belong within this web of life.
Not fixing. Not forcing. Just reconnecting.
And I find myself here again… drawn back to the quiet, living world. Not as an escape, but as a return.
Wellbeing isn’t something we make, it’s something we remember. In Wildlore, kinship is felt: we belong within this web of life.
Not fixing. Not forcing. Just reconnecting.
April 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Today is Earth Day 🌍
And I find myself here again… drawn back to the quiet, living world. Not as an escape, but as a return.
Wellbeing isn’t something we make, it’s something we remember. In Wildlore, kinship is felt: we belong within this web of life.
Not fixing. Not forcing. Just reconnecting.
And I find myself here again… drawn back to the quiet, living world. Not as an escape, but as a return.
Wellbeing isn’t something we make, it’s something we remember. In Wildlore, kinship is felt: we belong within this web of life.
Not fixing. Not forcing. Just reconnecting.
A beautiful film that very much resonates with our work here at Wildlore CIC
Something to watch over a coffee—& maybe a little cake 🤗
#Kinship #DeepEcology #NatureConnectedness #Wellbeing #Rewilding #RegenerativeCulture #Wildlore
youtu.be/7zTQrHEHdnQ?...
Something to watch over a coffee—& maybe a little cake 🤗
#Kinship #DeepEcology #NatureConnectedness #Wellbeing #Rewilding #RegenerativeCulture #Wildlore
youtu.be/7zTQrHEHdnQ?...
The REAL meaning of life - Matthijs Schouten
YouTube video by Commonland
youtu.be
April 12, 2026 at 8:20 AM
A beautiful film that very much resonates with our work here at Wildlore CIC
Something to watch over a coffee—& maybe a little cake 🤗
#Kinship #DeepEcology #NatureConnectedness #Wellbeing #Rewilding #RegenerativeCulture #Wildlore
youtu.be/7zTQrHEHdnQ?...
Something to watch over a coffee—& maybe a little cake 🤗
#Kinship #DeepEcology #NatureConnectedness #Wellbeing #Rewilding #RegenerativeCulture #Wildlore
youtu.be/7zTQrHEHdnQ?...
“At Wildlore CIC, we create spaces where people can heal, grow and remember their place within the world. Through earth-based practices, we cultivate reconnection, resilience, and regeneration — anchored in deep ecological ethics and a living sense of kinship with all life.”
More: www.wildlore.uk
More: www.wildlore.uk
March 17, 2026 at 5:57 AM
“At Wildlore CIC, we create spaces where people can heal, grow and remember their place within the world. Through earth-based practices, we cultivate reconnection, resilience, and regeneration — anchored in deep ecological ethics and a living sense of kinship with all life.”
More: www.wildlore.uk
More: www.wildlore.uk
Reposted by Dave Barker
"Forests may be growing faster—but they’re also becoming weaker, simpler, and far more vulnerable."
Forests are changing fast and scientists are deeply concerned
Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree species reveals that forests are becoming more uniform, increasingly domin...
www.sciencedaily.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
"Forests may be growing faster—but they’re also becoming weaker, simpler, and far more vulnerable."
“Scientists on the Royal Research Ship Discovery are monitoring a key Atlantic current. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson, who is with them, says the analysis sends a shiver down the spine.”
#AMOC #climate #collapse
channel4news.substack.com/p/why-shutdo...
#AMOC #climate #collapse
channel4news.substack.com/p/why-shutdo...
Why shutdown of key Atlantic current could provoke dramatic climate reaction
Scientists on the Royal Research Ship Discovery are monitoring a key Atlantic current. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson, who is with them, says the analysis sends a shiver down the spine.
channel4news.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:40 AM
“Scientists on the Royal Research Ship Discovery are monitoring a key Atlantic current. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson, who is with them, says the analysis sends a shiver down the spine.”
#AMOC #climate #collapse
channel4news.substack.com/p/why-shutdo...
#AMOC #climate #collapse
channel4news.substack.com/p/why-shutdo...
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This is the report I spoke of on #bbcaq just now - ministers tried to suppress it, were finally forced to release it after an FoI, but shamefully only published a redacted version. The first duty of Govt is to protect its citizens - that starts with being honest with us about scale of threat we face
This is the UK security assessment that the government tried to bury: ecosystem collapse is a national security threat.
Read how you can turn knowledge into action, addressed by Caroline Lucas & Rupert Read:
resilience.org/stories/2026...
#ClimateCrisis #NationalSecurity #Adaptation #Resilience
Read how you can turn knowledge into action, addressed by Caroline Lucas & Rupert Read:
resilience.org/stories/2026...
#ClimateCrisis #NationalSecurity #Adaptation #Resilience
It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
resilience.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
This is the report I spoke of on #bbcaq just now - ministers tried to suppress it, were finally forced to release it after an FoI, but shamefully only published a redacted version. The first duty of Govt is to protect its citizens - that starts with being honest with us about scale of threat we face
Gathering The Tools…
Travelling west to a woodland that’s gifted both a ‘thin place’ for my practice & much needed medicine for my mind.
Imbolc approaches & the spirits of my ancestors demand a fire & some intention spoken aloud 🔥
#kinship #deepecology #wildlore #casstromknives #woodsman
Travelling west to a woodland that’s gifted both a ‘thin place’ for my practice & much needed medicine for my mind.
Imbolc approaches & the spirits of my ancestors demand a fire & some intention spoken aloud 🔥
#kinship #deepecology #wildlore #casstromknives #woodsman
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Gathering The Tools…
Travelling west to a woodland that’s gifted both a ‘thin place’ for my practice & much needed medicine for my mind.
Imbolc approaches & the spirits of my ancestors demand a fire & some intention spoken aloud 🔥
#kinship #deepecology #wildlore #casstromknives #woodsman
Travelling west to a woodland that’s gifted both a ‘thin place’ for my practice & much needed medicine for my mind.
Imbolc approaches & the spirits of my ancestors demand a fire & some intention spoken aloud 🔥
#kinship #deepecology #wildlore #casstromknives #woodsman
PODCAST: Steve Carver (@landethics.bsky.social) on the Challenges of Implementing #Rewilding Goals Across Fragmented Geographic, Cultural, and Political Landscapes
rewilding.org/episode-163-...
rewilding.org/episode-163-...
Episode 163: Steve Carver on the Challenges of Implementing Rewilding Goals Across Fragmented Geographic, Cultural, and Political Landscapes
Dr. Steve Carver is Professor of Rewilding and Wilderness Science in the School of Geography, University of Leeds and Director of the Wildland Research Institut
rewilding.org
January 25, 2026 at 6:49 AM
PODCAST: Steve Carver (@landethics.bsky.social) on the Challenges of Implementing #Rewilding Goals Across Fragmented Geographic, Cultural, and Political Landscapes
rewilding.org/episode-163-...
rewilding.org/episode-163-...
What I needed to read & feel today 🙏
“Regenerative accelerationism is the practice of building alternatives with the same self-amplifying dynamics that make capitalism so powerful, but oriented toward life rather than extraction.” ✊
Great thought & call to action via @omniharmonic.bsky.social 👏
“Regenerative accelerationism is the practice of building alternatives with the same self-amplifying dynamics that make capitalism so powerful, but oriented toward life rather than extraction.” ✊
Great thought & call to action via @omniharmonic.bsky.social 👏
A Regenerative Accelerationist Manifesto
Navigating the Technocapitalist Endgame
omniharmonic.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 AM
What I needed to read & feel today 🙏
“Regenerative accelerationism is the practice of building alternatives with the same self-amplifying dynamics that make capitalism so powerful, but oriented toward life rather than extraction.” ✊
Great thought & call to action via @omniharmonic.bsky.social 👏
“Regenerative accelerationism is the practice of building alternatives with the same self-amplifying dynamics that make capitalism so powerful, but oriented toward life rather than extraction.” ✊
Great thought & call to action via @omniharmonic.bsky.social 👏
New UKGov National Security Assessment on imminent threats to the UK from global ecosystem #collapse which "threaten UK national security and prosperity”.
READ HERE: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
#food #farming #drought #flooding #fishing #forestry #water #health #wellbeing
READ HERE: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
#food #farming #drought #flooding #fishing #forestry #water #health #wellbeing
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Reposted by Dave Barker
NEW | VIDEO
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan
YouTube video by The Nerve
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 9:14 PM
NEW | VIDEO
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
In her annual lecture, Chatham House Director Bronwen Maddox described a world in which superpower competition threatens the peace of others, and said that US policy under President Trump amounts to a revolution.
Via @chathamhouse.org
youtu.be/84X-hsB9Vy4?...
Via @chathamhouse.org
youtu.be/84X-hsB9Vy4?...
The US's 'radically new role in the world'.
YouTube video by Chatham House
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 6:36 PM
In her annual lecture, Chatham House Director Bronwen Maddox described a world in which superpower competition threatens the peace of others, and said that US policy under President Trump amounts to a revolution.
Via @chathamhouse.org
youtu.be/84X-hsB9Vy4?...
Via @chathamhouse.org
youtu.be/84X-hsB9Vy4?...
"Can beaver-engineered #ecosystems & migratory fish thrive together?"
A @beavertrust.bsky.social documentary, which explores the delicate balance between #beaver restoration & the #conservation of migratory #fish populations.
#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Rewilding #Angling #NatureBasedSolutions
A @beavertrust.bsky.social documentary, which explores the delicate balance between #beaver restoration & the #conservation of migratory #fish populations.
#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Rewilding #Angling #NatureBasedSolutions
Balancing The Scales
YouTube video by Beaver Trust
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Can beaver-engineered #ecosystems & migratory fish thrive together?"
A @beavertrust.bsky.social documentary, which explores the delicate balance between #beaver restoration & the #conservation of migratory #fish populations.
#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Rewilding #Angling #NatureBasedSolutions
A @beavertrust.bsky.social documentary, which explores the delicate balance between #beaver restoration & the #conservation of migratory #fish populations.
#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Rewilding #Angling #NatureBasedSolutions
“This is an urgent call to transform our human systems now before collapse becomes inevitable,”
“The science is good. The solutions are known. What is required is the courage to act at the scale and speed that history demands,”
#PostGrowth #EcologicalEconomics #SystemsChange
“The science is good. The solutions are known. What is required is the courage to act at the scale and speed that history demands,”
#PostGrowth #EcologicalEconomics #SystemsChange
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“This is an urgent call to transform our human systems now before collapse becomes inevitable,”
“The science is good. The solutions are known. What is required is the courage to act at the scale and speed that history demands,”
#PostGrowth #EcologicalEconomics #SystemsChange
“The science is good. The solutions are known. What is required is the courage to act at the scale and speed that history demands,”
#PostGrowth #EcologicalEconomics #SystemsChange
Tree Planting Spades…
Yesterday was #RemembranceDayForLostSpecies — and what better way to honour all the creatures never to be born again through human actions than by helping to restore an ancient woodland?
“One Life For All Life, and All Life For One Life” 🙏
#Kinship #DeepEcology #Community
Yesterday was #RemembranceDayForLostSpecies — and what better way to honour all the creatures never to be born again through human actions than by helping to restore an ancient woodland?
“One Life For All Life, and All Life For One Life” 🙏
#Kinship #DeepEcology #Community
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Tree Planting Spades…
Yesterday was #RemembranceDayForLostSpecies — and what better way to honour all the creatures never to be born again through human actions than by helping to restore an ancient woodland?
“One Life For All Life, and All Life For One Life” 🙏
#Kinship #DeepEcology #Community
Yesterday was #RemembranceDayForLostSpecies — and what better way to honour all the creatures never to be born again through human actions than by helping to restore an ancient woodland?
“One Life For All Life, and All Life For One Life” 🙏
#Kinship #DeepEcology #Community
WATCH: #NationalEmergencyBriefing on #Climate and #Nature by UK experts.
#Wildlife #Biodiversity #Business #Culture #Health #Wellbeing #Extinction #Rewilding #Ecology #Conservation #Agriculture #Farming #Food #Leadership #Politics #Inequality #Education
#Wildlife #Biodiversity #Business #Culture #Health #Wellbeing #Extinction #Rewilding #Ecology #Conservation #Agriculture #Farming #Food #Leadership #Politics #Inequality #Education
WATCH: National Emergency briefing on climate and nature by UK experts
YouTube video by GBNews
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reposted by Dave Barker
Powerful morning of gut-punching presentations on true gravity of #climate & nature emergency from leading scientists speaking at packed #nationalemergencybriefing. Overwhelmingly clear we can only make the necessary green transition if social justice & equity are at its heart
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Powerful morning of gut-punching presentations on true gravity of #climate & nature emergency from leading scientists speaking at packed #nationalemergencybriefing. Overwhelmingly clear we can only make the necessary green transition if social justice & equity are at its heart
Reposted by Dave Barker
Chris Packham opening proceedings at the National Emergency Briefing, Westminster… Huge numbers here in this great hall incl many MPs, Lords, journos and more…
He’s holding up a pale blue dot… Us…
He’s holding up a pale blue dot… Us…
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Chris Packham opening proceedings at the National Emergency Briefing, Westminster… Huge numbers here in this great hall incl many MPs, Lords, journos and more…
He’s holding up a pale blue dot… Us…
He’s holding up a pale blue dot… Us…