Who's polluting our rivers? Live doc by @georgemonbiot @frannyarmstrong+@charlottechurch singing. July 14th 7pm. Free to view, no login: https://teapaw.org/t.co/WnYA5vfAyJ
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Fantastic in-depth article about the legendary "sewage sleuths" @watervole3 & @WindrushWasp today: theguardian.com/environment/…
And here they are telling their horrifying sewage tales in Rivercide, trying not to laugh as @GeorgeMonbiot crashes his canoe👇
The magnificent @frannyarmstrong has been hard at work editing the world's first live investigative documentary, #Rivercide, down to 60 crisp and compelling minutes. You can watch it any time for free at youtu.be/kSPtVkJ_Uxs Here's a glimpse, prangs, filth and all.
If you saw Rivercide, you’ll remember Emily’s powerful interview with @GeorgeMonbiot about discovering her beloved River Llynfi polluted - the fish gasping on the surface.
Now @owensheers has rendered this horrifying experience into a poem…
Listen from 31 mins 20 secs to hear @owensheers read his powerful poem about the pollution of the River Llynfi.
It’s in the voice of Emily who was the first to report the disastrous fish kill.
“It’s always a dog walker, isn’t it, who finds a body…”
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00224…
Exciting river protection project happening in Devon. Can anyone help them with the last £££?
5 days to raise the final £££ to buy 12 keystone acres on the River Exe in Devon, England.
£136,255 raised so far, £18,745 to go.
Pls DM or email [email protected] if u can help - no donation too small 💰😇🙏
#WorldRewildingDay #naturerecovery #ecologicalcrisis
We were honoured that @BZephaniah performed live on Rivercide and share in the devastation of his tragic early death
Visionary: "thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom"
Me to Benjamin Zephaniah in 2021: could u write a poem about river pollution for mine & @GeorgeMonbiot's live doc @rivercide_live ?
BZ: I could perform River City Blues, which I wrote 25 years ago?
Thank you Angela Jones for telling the truth to parliament yesterday.
Watch Angela’s powerful testimony here:
youtu.be/K2rum0oC7vw
It’s quite something when the biggest chicken producer on the Wye is begging the environmental agencies to regulate the manure mountain and take enforcement action against polluters!
🕵️♀️ @GeorgeMonbiot
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-he…
Rivercide’s co-producer @NicolaCutcher was on BBC Farming Today this morning talking about chicken shit & the River Wye.
Starts 7 mins in.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hx…
Last chance to support the wondrous work of the water-testing warriors of the Wye
This is the FINAL DAY for our Crowdfunder which closes just after 5pm (17:00) TODAY!
If you’re able to chip in to support citizen science work on the Wye, please do! We need to turn our data into action for a cleaner river.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-…
Back in July 2021 Welsh Minister @lesley4wrexham told @GeorgeMonbiot on Rivercide that she’d consider Welsh Government intervention to curtail spread of intensive chicken factories. Is this the moment Welsh Gov will finally act?
BREAKING: Just when it looked like @PowysCC was on the brink of likely approving another 100,000 chickens in the Wye catchment there has been an intervention from Welsh Gov.
A holding directive. Will Minister Julie James @WGClimateChange call it in?
pa.powys.gov.uk/online-appli…
Our brilliant friends at @FriendsUpperWye are crowdfunding for their citizen science project on the River Wye.
They have a plan to turn their data into action.
Can you help?
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-…
More evidence of river pollution caused by farming, particularly from livestock…
An Environment Agency officer visited 101 cattle farms in North Devon and discovered 87% didn’t comply with environmental regulations and 65% were actively polluting at the time of inspection.
My story in the Guardian today:
theguardian.com/environment/…
Great new comic strip inspired by @georgemonbiot's Rivercide allisnotwell.com/comics/loss…
"Pollution of waterways, and a dysfunctional housing sector, mean that humans and other species alike face a loss of habitat"
theguardian.com/environment/…
Conservationists seek judicial review of UK sewage discharge plan.
Charity says strategy is unlawful and will allow storm overflows to dump raw sewage for next 28 years

Sandra Laville Environment correspondent
Environment Agency tells staff to ignore pollution complaints, says ex-employee theguardian.com/environment/…
Rivercide's director @frannyarmstrong is looking for an eco entrepreneur. Know anyone?
Please could you RT this job ad for our woodlands project @georgemonbiot @chrisgpackham @marklynas, @tonyjuniper @hugotagholm @feargal_sharkey @geetiesingh @rosieboycott @5x15stories @woodlandtrust ? We got the grant from the Forestry Commission, now to find the person 🌳🌳🌳🌳
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Today @RiverActionUK’s lawyers have written to @Tesco demanding it takes a grip on the environmental standards of its poultry supply chain. As the biggest procurer from the Wye’s intensive poultry industry @Tesco is as responsible as anybody for the severe pollution of the river
You might remember Emily from Rivercide? If you’re near Hay-on-Wye next weekend, don’t miss this special event at Hay Castle - with music, poetry and solutions to the pollution of the Wye
Not all heroes wear capes. 🦸♀️
At our Lift The River event at @haycastle next Sunday 10 July there will be an exhibition of portraits of some of our citizen scientists.
Emily tests the water quality at two locations for us twice a week. Come along to find out why…
