Lucy Radford
@lmradford.bsky.social
Conservationist, writer, Humanist celebrant. Member of @iccs.bsky.social and @peopleprimate.bsky.social.
Vast data centres are using up massive amounts of resources and disrupting local communities. And the government doesn’t have a plan for how to deal with them.
Tell the government to get a grip on data centres. @friends-earth.bsky.social
foe.uk/38h0y
Tell the government to get a grip on data centres. @friends-earth.bsky.social
foe.uk/38h0y
Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
foe.uk
September 23, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Vast data centres are using up massive amounts of resources and disrupting local communities. And the government doesn’t have a plan for how to deal with them.
Tell the government to get a grip on data centres. @friends-earth.bsky.social
foe.uk/38h0y
Tell the government to get a grip on data centres. @friends-earth.bsky.social
foe.uk/38h0y
HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE HEATHROW EXPANSION CONSULTATION ✈️
Help keep our climate stable for our kids and ALL kids.
Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/heathr...
Help keep our climate stable for our kids and ALL kids.
Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/heathr...
Heathrow 3rd Runway Consultation
HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE HEATHROW EXPANSION CONSULTATION ✈️
Help keep our climate stable for our kids and ALL kids.
actionnetwork.org
August 29, 2026 at 9:33 PM
HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE HEATHROW EXPANSION CONSULTATION ✈️
Help keep our climate stable for our kids and ALL kids.
Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/heathr...
Help keep our climate stable for our kids and ALL kids.
Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/heathr...
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We are excited to launch the next iteration of our Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade. The course is open to academics, practitioners and researchers wanting to address illegal wildlife trade.
Apply here by early September:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
Apply here by early September:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
August 25, 2026 at 3:07 PM
We are excited to launch the next iteration of our Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade. The course is open to academics, practitioners and researchers wanting to address illegal wildlife trade.
Apply here by early September:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
Apply here by early September:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
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Water companies are trying to hike your water bills AGAIN. Privatisation is not affordable.
Andy Burnham must block these bill hikes. Let the water companies that can't survive without hiking our bills GO BUST.
Then we take them into public hands for nothing.
Andy Burnham must block these bill hikes. Let the water companies that can't survive without hiking our bills GO BUST.
Then we take them into public hands for nothing.
August 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Water companies are trying to hike your water bills AGAIN. Privatisation is not affordable.
Andy Burnham must block these bill hikes. Let the water companies that can't survive without hiking our bills GO BUST.
Then we take them into public hands for nothing.
Andy Burnham must block these bill hikes. Let the water companies that can't survive without hiking our bills GO BUST.
Then we take them into public hands for nothing.
I just wrote a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social letter: Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass
Just a few weeks ago the Government signed a £1.1bn deal agreeing new subsidies with Lynemouth, the UK’s sixth largest polluter. Just like Drax, Lynemouth burns trees from precious forests around the ...
actionnetwork.org
August 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I just wrote a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social letter: Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Last year, the UK Government chose trade relations with Israel over action to stop genocide.
Join our call to Andy Burnham to turn words into action – and impose meaningful sanctions on Israel to stop Israel’s war crimes.
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...
Join our call to Andy Burnham to turn words into action – and impose meaningful sanctions on Israel to stop Israel’s war crimes.
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...
July 31, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Last year, the UK Government chose trade relations with Israel over action to stop genocide.
Join our call to Andy Burnham to turn words into action – and impose meaningful sanctions on Israel to stop Israel’s war crimes.
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...
Join our call to Andy Burnham to turn words into action – and impose meaningful sanctions on Israel to stop Israel’s war crimes.
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...
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As wildfires continue to burn, Shell today announced £7.4 billion in obscene profits.
So we delivered your open letter to
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social calling on her to #StopRosebank the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field.
The reality of new oil & gas= our communities pay, Big oil profits.
So we delivered your open letter to
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social calling on her to #StopRosebank the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field.
The reality of new oil & gas= our communities pay, Big oil profits.
July 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM
As wildfires continue to burn, Shell today announced £7.4 billion in obscene profits.
So we delivered your open letter to
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social calling on her to #StopRosebank the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field.
The reality of new oil & gas= our communities pay, Big oil profits.
So we delivered your open letter to
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social calling on her to #StopRosebank the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field.
The reality of new oil & gas= our communities pay, Big oil profits.
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Important new study out at Nature Climate Action showing that individual climate actions do not stop people from participating in collective climate action. Instead, they were associated with greater collective engagement and somewhat stronger policy support. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence
www.nature.com
July 27, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Important new study out at Nature Climate Action showing that individual climate actions do not stop people from participating in collective climate action. Instead, they were associated with greater collective engagement and somewhat stronger policy support. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
I urge @andyburnham.bsky.social to do the right thing for our future survival.
. @andyburnham.bsky.social
North Sea oil won't lower bills, but it will sell our futures to big oil.
Last year you supported the Fossil Fuel Treaty and called for a just end to oil and gas expansion, for workers and communities.
Don't be a hypocrite on day one.
#StopRosebank
North Sea oil won't lower bills, but it will sell our futures to big oil.
Last year you supported the Fossil Fuel Treaty and called for a just end to oil and gas expansion, for workers and communities.
Don't be a hypocrite on day one.
#StopRosebank
July 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I urge @andyburnham.bsky.social to do the right thing for our future survival.
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Join Ecologist Judy Webb to learn about the history & ecology of Lye Valley in Oxford - a 14,000-year-old internationally rare habitat 🍂
Find out more: thenaturefestival.org
@morethanadodo.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
Find out more: thenaturefestival.org
@morethanadodo.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
June 19, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Join Ecologist Judy Webb to learn about the history & ecology of Lye Valley in Oxford - a 14,000-year-old internationally rare habitat 🍂
Find out more: thenaturefestival.org
@morethanadodo.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
Find out more: thenaturefestival.org
@morethanadodo.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
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The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.
The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.
April 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Make some noise. Share this post. 🚨
The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.
The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.
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@oxfordmutualaid.bsky.social have launched an emergency crowdfunder to pay for urgent emergency repairs to the building they are running their operations out of. The food charity had to temporarily close for safety reasons, while raising funds for repairs. You can support the crowdfunder here:
OXFORD MUTUAL AID: EMERGENCY REPAIRS
OMA has had to close for emergency, expensive repairs. Please help us re-open as fast as possible and afford these repairs.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
April 1, 2026 at 9:49 AM
@oxfordmutualaid.bsky.social have launched an emergency crowdfunder to pay for urgent emergency repairs to the building they are running their operations out of. The food charity had to temporarily close for safety reasons, while raising funds for repairs. You can support the crowdfunder here:
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🚨Screenings up & down UK from April🚨
The People’s Emergency Briefing.
A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action.
Learn more here;
nebriefing.org/the-film
#PEBuk
The People’s Emergency Briefing.
A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action.
Learn more here;
nebriefing.org/the-film
#PEBuk
March 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🚨Screenings up & down UK from April🚨
The People’s Emergency Briefing.
A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action.
Learn more here;
nebriefing.org/the-film
#PEBuk
The People’s Emergency Briefing.
A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action.
Learn more here;
nebriefing.org/the-film
#PEBuk
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So it turns out Reform are laundering their donations through crypto, before converting them into cash, hiding the original source of the money.
So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Reform accused of using third party to turn crypto into c...
Digital currency donations have been turned into sterling to make them much less easy to track, sources say
observer.co.uk
March 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM
So it turns out Reform are laundering their donations through crypto, before converting them into cash, hiding the original source of the money.
So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Israel Settlers are on a murderous rampage in the West Bank. This is happening with American taxpayer support. It's madness.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Dozens of extremist settlers said to raid West Bank Palestinian villages, torch property
* * *
www.timesofisrael.com
March 22, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Israel Settlers are on a murderous rampage in the West Bank. This is happening with American taxpayer support. It's madness.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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📝OUT NOW
In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.
Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.
#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem
In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.
Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.
#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem
March 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
📝OUT NOW
In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.
Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.
#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem
In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.
Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.
#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem
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The shooting of Alex Pretti was (US) state sanctioned murder and has been followed up by attempts to destroy evidence and stop local police (and even the FBI) from investigating.
Minnesota police are trying to counter the lies and illegality.
Terrifying
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Minnesota police are trying to counter the lies and illegality.
Terrifying
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The shooting of Alex Pretti was (US) state sanctioned murder and has been followed up by attempts to destroy evidence and stop local police (and even the FBI) from investigating.
Minnesota police are trying to counter the lies and illegality.
Terrifying
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Minnesota police are trying to counter the lies and illegality.
Terrifying
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Are you a West African national working on wildlife trade? This course could be for you!
Apply here by 23.59 GMT on 30th January: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
#IllegalWildlifeTrade #Masterclass #Ghana
Apply here by 23.59 GMT on 30th January: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
#IllegalWildlifeTrade #Masterclass #Ghana
January 14, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Are you a West African national working on wildlife trade? This course could be for you!
Apply here by 23.59 GMT on 30th January: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
#IllegalWildlifeTrade #Masterclass #Ghana
Apply here by 23.59 GMT on 30th January: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
#IllegalWildlifeTrade #Masterclass #Ghana
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Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
This was such a good seminar! Huge thanks to the organisers and to Dr Ross Brooks.
We are delighted to announce our upcoming LGBTQ+ seminar given by Dr Ross Brooks who will be talking about his upcoming book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life! 2nd December @ 4pm in the Life and Mind Building, open to all members of Oxford university 🥳🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@rossb-brighton.bsky.social #QueerBiology
@rossb-brighton.bsky.social #QueerBiology
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This was such a good seminar! Huge thanks to the organisers and to Dr Ross Brooks.
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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
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Always follow the money and never, ever think that Farage is on your side. He isn't.
92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
share.google
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Always follow the money and never, ever think that Farage is on your side. He isn't.
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Great blog to start the week: reflections from @sonakshis.bsky.social on the 2025 Interdisciplinary Conservation Network.
"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."
iccs.org.uk/what-interdi...
"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."
iccs.org.uk/what-interdi...
What Interdisciplinarity Feels Like in Practice - ICCS
By Sonakshi Srivastava, a participant in the Interdisciplinary Conservation Network 2025. I am not going to lie: as a social scientist, I am still a little scared of natural scientists. It is hard t...
iccs.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Great blog to start the week: reflections from @sonakshis.bsky.social on the 2025 Interdisciplinary Conservation Network.
"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."
iccs.org.uk/what-interdi...
"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."
iccs.org.uk/what-interdi...
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Thames Water have racked up £20 billion in debt to pay themselves huge dividends. 🤑
Now they've run out of other people's money and want YOU to pay for their greed. 🤬
Enough! This madness ends now.
Make Thames Water public. Take 1 minute to email your MP today 👇
Now they've run out of other people's money and want YOU to pay for their greed. 🤬
Enough! This madness ends now.
Make Thames Water public. Take 1 minute to email your MP today 👇
August 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Thames Water have racked up £20 billion in debt to pay themselves huge dividends. 🤑
Now they've run out of other people's money and want YOU to pay for their greed. 🤬
Enough! This madness ends now.
Make Thames Water public. Take 1 minute to email your MP today 👇
Now they've run out of other people's money and want YOU to pay for their greed. 🤬
Enough! This madness ends now.
Make Thames Water public. Take 1 minute to email your MP today 👇