Dressed as Bees, Sheffield Extinction Rebellion visited 4 Garden Centres in Sheffield on Saturday. They had been selected from 10 Garden Centres and Nurseries that had been previously visited and presented with a letter asking them to consider stopping the sale of Glyphosate products like Round-Up, Weedol and Resolva. The action was to highlight threeContinueContinue reading “Glyphosate Garden Centre Action”
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Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres
On Saturday 19th August Sheffield Extinction Rebellion will be visiting numerous Garden Centres in Sheffield. Dressed as bees they will be appealing for the public to stop buying Glyphosate, retailers to stop selling Glyphosate and Sheffield City Council to stop spraying it on our streets, housing estates, parks and cemeteries. Glyphosate is the poisonous ingredientContinueContinue reading “Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres”
A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides.
A guest blog by Jane Houldcroft Each week this paper reports on the excellent work being done across the city by individuals, schools, friends groups, charities and communities to try to stem and reverse the devastating decline in biodiversity. Most often cited is the loss of bees and other insects which play such a vitalContinueContinue reading “A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides.”
Extinction Rebellion presentation on Glyphosate
This is the presentation used at Sheffield Extinction Rebellion’s meeting on July 3rd 2023. (Click to change slides)
Save Owlthorpe Fields
Today I joined campaigners from the Owlthorpe Fields Action Group for a wonderful walk around the area, not far from Crystal Peaks, threatened by the development of a massive new housing estate. I was bowled over by the amazing range of birds and insects- I have been to RSPB sites and seen less variety! PlanningContinueContinue reading “Save Owlthorpe Fields”
Ban Glyphosate Rally
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Council reply to Glyphosate petition
Here is the official reply to the Glyphosate petition. We still await a decision from the Cooperative Executive. dav
Glyphosate Memes
Please share one of these each day on your social media to get the message out!
Sheffield Council declares a Nature Emergency
Following a strong campaign organised by the Wildlife Trusts, Friends of the Earth, The Diocese of Sheffield, Owlthorpe Fields Action Group and Sheffield Green Parents, Sheffield City Council unanimously declared a Nature Emergency at the last full Council meeting. They have recognised our country is one of the most nature-depleted in the world. All partiesContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Council declares a Nature Emergency”
The Council declaring a Nature Emergency should be on the front page!
A letter to the Sheffield Star Dear Editor Sometimes I am perplexed by your choice of front-page story. Today you lead on another revamp of Fargate, but on reading the article there are few details of the plan apart from the Council takeover of one shop. On page 16 in a single column, you hideContinueContinue reading “The Council declaring a Nature Emergency should be on the front page!”
