Carrie 🌿
@carriejoyhouse.bsky.social
Community engagement professional with an interest in: - Asset Based Community Development 🤝 - access to greenspace 🏞️ - nature's recovery 🌿 Studying for a CHE in Field Ecology 🐞 Also enjoys yarn crafts and beer. Not always at the same time. Views my own
This week the government quietly published a 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security assessment': www.gov.uk/government/p... Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/... The judgements are stomach-churning
A needle felted long-tailed tit that I made a few years ago. These guys tend to hang out in groups, and I always intended to make more. But for now he is just #one. #BlueSkyArtShow #crafting #crafts #needlefelting
I love making things for friends and family over the Christmas #Holiday. This year I made mosaic crochet mug rugs 🧶 Pattern by Carol Anne Creates linktr.ee/carolannecre... #BlueSkyArtShow #crochet
Glorious decor #inside Penrhyn Castle for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Photo taken September 2023. #PenrhynCastle #NationalTrust
The #angles of the Titanic museum in Belfast echo the size and shape of the ship's hull. Interesting and symbolic #architecture for #BlueSkyArtShow
The #jagged rocks of Morte Point, on the North Devon coast. Photo taken September 2018. This part of Devon is known for its history of shipwrecks and smuggling. #BlueSkyArtShow
Some of the beautiful street art we spotted in Belfast last week #belfast #streetart #urbanlandscape #streetartbelfast
Brilliant to see THE HERDS visit Pennington Flash this afternoon, a joint venture with Wigan Council and Manchester International Festival. These amazing creatures stopped at Wigan during their 20,000km journey to raise awareness of the #climatecrisis 🌍 🦒🦍🦓🐘 #theherds
Have your say about #Lancashire's Local Nature Recovery Strategy, which aims to support our natural environment youtu.be/QuaMIMuHGn0
Local Nature Recovery Strategy | Lancashire County Council
YouTube video by Lancashire County Council
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Another one for #BlueSkyArtShow, a bit closer to home. This #narrow footbridge is at Duxbury Woods near Chorley, Lancashire. Photo taken a few years ago - the tall tree has since fallen down
A #narrow street in Zadar Old Town, Croatia. I love exploring on foot when I go to a new place, so today's #BlueSkyArtShow feed is a treat
Some #UrbanPlants and their friends for #WildflowerHour. Plants provide vital habitat, food and shelter for urban wildlife. All photos taken at Wigan Flashes - part of the Flashes of Wigan and Leigh National Nature Reserve. #nationalnatureserve #nnr #wigan #wiganflashes #ukwildlife #urbanwildlife
Restharrow, everlasting pea and a bonus bee orchid for #WildFlowerHour 🌸 All photos taken today at RSPB Marshside in Southport #peafamily #wildflower #orchid #britishwildlife
An especially #vibrant sunset captured on a Welsh beach in September 2023. It was like the air turned orange! #BlueSkyArtShow #sunset #sunsetphotography #northwales
Finished knitting my cardigan 🧶 Made with Stylecraft Savannah, a lovely soft cotton yarn. Perfect cover-up for summer, I think 😊
Irreplaceable habitats are on the line. This is the reality if an unamended Part 3 of the Bill passes. It must not.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals
Fix the Planning Bill now! The UK Government promised voters they would protect nature and build new towns "with nature at the heart". But now they're breaking those promises. 👉 Email your MP today to let them know that this isn't acceptable action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
A few more for #WildFlowerHour, seen this week near Boscastle in Cornwall. Including a stunning Cornish hedge putting on a #WildFlowerShow 😍 #bloomscrolling
