Special events organised by our #TheHappyPig residents here in Co. #Galway, #Ireland over the coming months!!

The first #Ánradh weekend retreat of rest, inspiration and reflection on the lives we are choosing, 14-17th August 2025
(full info from Marie Thérèse at https://anradh.ie/ )

And #Talmhú's 'Rewild Your Palate' foraging adventure on Sunday 19th Oct, 10am-4:30pm
(contact Olwyn for more info — 087 904 7553 or talmhuwitholwyn@gmail.com)

I'm hoping to join both!! 😊

The fabulous grassroots organisation #BeyondGM have been documenting the UK government's quietly-introduced new laws.

The 2025 Genetic Technology Regulations exempt some (poorly-defined) GMOs from food and safety requirements AND FROM ANY LABELLING, so we can no longer choose not to eat them.

The final chance to stop this before *it comes into force this November* is a judicial review, for which #BeyondGM are crowdfunding.

I just gave £100. Full info:
https://stophiddengmos.uk/

#StopHiddenGMOs

The other night I watched the powerful #Yintah, about one of the most important Indigenous land-protection struggles in the world today, resisting the oil pipelines that #Canada wants to put through Wet’suwet’en land.

Highly recommended:
https://www.yintahfilm.com/

More on the resistance here:
https://www.yintahaccess.com/

#Flotilla4Change are organising a sail boat flotilla from Europe to Brazil this October for #COP30. In their words:

⛵We aim to gather 42 boats, and grab the world's attention to show that flying is not the only option. We are looking for ocean boats to join our flotilla.

⛵We have a community of activists and delegates who require sustainable travel to COP30. If you would like to sail with us email:
admin@flotilla4change

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flotilla4change.org

#cop30belém

As part of this #FlotillaForChange⛵ effort, they aim to stand in solidarity with earth defenders.

So THIS WEDNESDAY, 25th June, members of #ANMIGA — Brazil’s Indigenous Women Warriors, https://anmiga.org/en/ — will join online to speak of their resistance and leadership in the face of threats both to their lands — from mining and logging operations — and to them as women.

I plan to be there.

Full event details (7-9pm Irish Time):
https://lu.ma/4cpkaprs

So Microsoft #SmartScreen has started blocking our #Peertube videos for participants on our Sterling College course '#SurvivingTheFuture: #APathThroughTumultuousTimes' (https://survivingthefuture.darkoptimism.org )

In this case, a harmless self-hosted video of our session with #DavidAbram.

Is this part of the tech bros making life difficult for those trying to use alternatives to their established default providers (YouTube, in this case) or is there some more innocent explanation?

#TheDevilIsInTheDefault

The #WholeTruthFive — including my friend Larch — are now part of #TheLordWalney16.

Sixteen people imprisoned for a combined 41 years after Lord Walney, arms and oil lobbyist, called for those resisting genocide—whether from carbon emissions or Israeli bombs—to face the harshest possible response.

Their appeals will be heard at London's Royal Courts of Justice on Weds 29th and Thurs 30th January. Please join the solidarity rally outside court:

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/january-appeals-free-political-prisoners

#FreeTheLordWalney16

Another experiment in the best format to share #NielsDevisscher's beautiful images of #TheDeeperDive here on the #Fediverse...

Full details of the program itself at:
https://ecogather.ing/surviving-the-future-the-deeper-dive/

A little experiment in sharing some of the beautiful images that #NielsDevisscher crafted from my words to him about my forthcoming 'Surviving the Future: The Deeper Dive' (https://ecogather.ing/surviving-the-future-the-deeper-dive/ )

If the format doesn't work well here on #Mastodon and you know of a better way to do this on the #Fediverse (create a #Pixelfed account and share its posts here??), please do take pity on me and share!

With anticipatory excitement, I can announce that enrollments are now open for this winter's Surviving The Future: The Deeper Dive, starting Jan 6th...

So if you already know you want to be part of our ever-oversubscribed annual shared adventure, by all means take advantage of our trust-based pricing and get yourself signed up!

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UPDATE: Confirmed guests now include #RachelDonald, #NateHagens, #VandanaShiva, #MarkBoyle, #IsaFrémeaux and #DavidAbram
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Full details:
https://www.ecogather.sterlingcollege.edu/surviving-the-future-the-deeper-dive