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Martin Hood

@yankeepapa13

Telecom Engineer; Beekeeper; Photographer; Kayaker; Techie; Gardener; Festival goer; Dad & Left handed Vegetarian. Co-founder of @GreenDurham.org.uk County Durham, UK

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Wilf is an excellent permaculture teacher, with passion and knowledge of the subject. His book was officially released this month. #Permaculture #Durham

04.03.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today is March 1st
It is the day that my book The Power of Permaculture Principles is officially released All the relevant links are in my linktree.
linktr.ee/wilf.richards

Book launch
Wed March 18th 6pm at People’s Bookshop
Durham City, tickets here

www.tickettailor.com/events/peopl...

01.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Bloody Plumbers! One day they say they can fix your tap and the next day they're being elected to parliament with over 40% of the votes! #GortonandDenton

27.02.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about aΒ β€œGreen Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov

Gorton and Denton was 127th on the list of Green Party target seats.

To win by such a margin there suggests there is much bigger potential for Green gains in May's local elections than most people expect

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

27.02.2026 07:44 πŸ‘ 954 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 16
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The Greens absolutely smashed it not even close.

The only two horse race was for 3rd place and Labour lost.

27.02.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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The reaction from our volunteers in Manchester! πŸ’š

It is time to join our movement of hope πŸ‘‰ join.greenparty.org.uk/

27.02.2026 05:10 πŸ‘ 1034 πŸ” 225 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 55
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Community gardens: solving the problem of food security Food insecurity, poor quality diet, stress and lack of green spaces: all are linked to the obesity epidemic. Here's one holistic solution

Nourishing the neighbourhood: Urban food projects create a "sense of place", boosting mental health while donating fresh organic produce to local food banks.

A thought-provoking piece by Prof Neli Demireva ‡️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @demirevaneli.bsky.social

23.02.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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Greens to win Labour safe seat in crunch by-election for Keir Starmer, poll finds THE Greens are set to win a Labour safe seat in a Westminster by-election, a constituency poll has found
20.02.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a good chance he's in these files too!

20.02.2026 06:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, the grand old duke of york
He β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
He β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
And he β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ

19.02.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 6081 πŸ” 1739 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 37
Photo of a hand made sign saying Community Garden

Photo of a hand made sign saying Community Garden

Wouldn’t the world be better if there were spaces where people could just come and grow their own food? Or better still just pick what’s there? Good news: such spaces exist- they are called Community Gardens. greendurham.org.uk/community-ga...

11.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching "Guy Martin's House Without Bills" on #Channel4. Been looking forward to this!

09.02.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’‘Feeling inspired by Guy Martin's #HouseWithoutBills?

Head over to our #Passivhaus #Retrofit web page for brilliant next step advice for homeowners, construction professionals & policymakers:

https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/passivhaus_awards/passivhaus-retrofit/

#GuyMartin



09.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love how 99% of Super Bowl UK news coverage is on the halftime show. 1% suggest it's linked to some type of sporting event.

09.02.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After latest release country should move on to Epstein trials.

05.02.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 29128 πŸ” 6209 πŸ’¬ 2313 πŸ“Œ 652
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TalkTV is spreading false climate news and the broadcast regulator is doing nothing about it.

Remind Ofcom to take it's job seriously πŸ‘‡
https://goodlaw.social/d71a35

27.01.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4
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Green Durham Repair CafΓ© Map A Repair CafΓ© is a community space you can bring broken household items to and learn how to fix them. Where you’ll find tools, materials and help from skilled volunteers.

A Repair CafΓ© is a community space you can bring broken household items to and learn how to fix them. Where you’ll find tools, materials and help from skilled volunteers.
greendurham.org.uk/repair-cafe/

29.01.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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26.01.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting that the reaction to Tumps NATO comments, here in the UK, has cut a fresh new seam in anti-trump feeling. Voices generally from the left of politics have been replaced by words from military families and conservative politicians.

24.01.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's at 78500 now.

Not much more and it will reach 100,000, then parliament will have to debate it.

21.01.2026 10:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski Exclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the US

Since Britain is being threatened by a country it once considered an ally it is time to remove the US from bases in Britain and stop allowing it to collect intelligence here that it won't share with its allies and might use to help invade Greenland.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

20.01.2026 07:37 πŸ‘ 239 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat

20.01.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 1063 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5
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Greenlandic politician and former MP Tillie Martinussen: β€œWe do not want to be rich like [USians]. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. We would not sell ourselves.”

19.01.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 2370 πŸ” 557 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 37
Threads post from Channel 4:

@channel4
 Because we did not win the BAFTA for best TV
channel ever we have decided to try and claim
ITV as ours.

Threads post from Channel 4: @channel4 Because we did not win the BAFTA for best TV channel ever we have decided to try and claim ITV as ours.

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

19.01.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 4709 πŸ” 984 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 24

Has anyone explained to him that Greenland isn't a Golf Theme park?

19.01.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I tried to deny that it was me putting make-up on beavers.
But the evidence was pretty damming.

19.01.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Starmer to speak at Downing Street after Trump threatens tariffs in Greenland row - live updates In a phone call on Sunday, the PM told Trump it would be

Anything short of Hugh Grant is going to be a disappointment - BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Starmer about to speak at Downing Street after Trump threatens tariffs in Greenland row - live updates - BBC News

19.01.2026 09:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

- Dr Steven Kapp, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Portsmouth, said: β€œAn implication is that society needs to stop going down rabbit holes of seeking false prevention of developmental disabilities. Instead, we should focus on making the world a better place for disabled people.”

17.01.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Keir Starmer flies to US to give Donald Trump his cycling proficiency badge Sir Keir Starmer has flown to Washington on an overnight transatlantic mission to present Donald Trump with the highest honour he currently has available: a cycling proficiency badge he earned in t…

NEWS! Keir Starmer flies to US to give Donald Trump his cycling proficiency badge

16.01.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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a man with a beard says the code is more what you d call guidelines than actual rules ALT: a man with a beard says the code is more what you d call guidelines than actual rules

I'm sure he followed international law and the relevent codes...

07.01.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0