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  1. Octavia Spencer Wins First Emmy For ‘Lost Women Of Alaska’

    Norman Lear remains the oldest Emmy winner after Octavia Spencer scored a surprise win over Sir David Attenborough…
    #NewsBeep #News #Topstories #davidattenborough #emmyawards #emmys #Headlines #InvestigationDiscovery #LostWomenOfAlaska #OctaviaSpencer #sirdavidattenborough #TopStories
    newsbeep.com/720602/

  2. Last Sunday, I had the privilege to see Attenborough's "Our Story" in the Artis Planetarium. The experience nudged me on an intertwined train of thought.

    The short film is a quick overview of the rise of our species - how we grew from an animal trying to survive to a powerful collective that exerts vast influence over the planet that birthed us. It was a lovely way to celebrate Attenborough's 100th birthday, as one of the treasured people of mankind. His message of hope drew a parallel between how we saved the great whales from almost certain extinction through shared global effort, and our power to make a difference as long as we work together. We, he says, are living in one of the most important historical times. And indeed, our times will be regarded as some of the most important in history books hundreds of years from now... Assuming we'll have the liberty of open science.

    A day before the screening, I witnessed something that rhymed with Attenborough's message. The inauguration of Hungary's new democratic government, led by Péter Magyar, took place in Budapest, the first after years of Viktor Orbán's authoritarian rule, which had systematically dismantled judicial independence, press freedom, civil society and committed countless other crimes.

    A few very powerful moments happened in Parliament last Saturday. Hungary's new sovereignty was established through the uncompromising affirmation of democracy. The building of transparent and independent accountability mechanisms was explained, and the perpetrators of the sunsetting kleptocratic regime were literally looked in the eye and brutally shamed before an entire nation and the world. (You should watch the various ceremonies and discussions online if you have the time.) Most importantly though, the new prime minister called on Hungarian citizens to watch their political servants, work towards common goals despite the polarising scars that divide and conquer tactics left on the social fibre, and to look for the best in each other. This triangle of active ethics is essential, and I will come back to it.

    Attenborough's call for collective care for our Mother Earth is the most important message of our lifetime. Hungary's citizens demonstrated the truth of this message and what collective will can do.

    But the real work begins now.

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    #DavidAttenborough #ClimateAction #Hungary #Democracy #CollectiveAction

  3. @GreenRupertRead The people who attend COP, and keep plugging away at the climate issue are heroes. The rest of us must also keep plugging away. There is at least now a grudging awareness of what needs doing, thanks to these heroes, and we must support politicians and journalists who push that agenda forward.

    #DavidAttenborough #GretaThunberg #ChrisPatten #GreenParty #ZackPolanski #EdMilliband #NetZero #UKLabour #COP30

  4. @BicycleBen I hope everyone with any kind of voice, including me, who can at least write a coherent sentence, raises that voice to support Milliband strongly now. This idea seems at last like a pivot we can rally around. In my spare time this week I'll be asking whoever I can think of to get behind Milliband with this.

    #ChrisPackham #DavidAttenborough #RHSWisley #GreenTransition #EdMilliband #UKPolitics #LabourParty

  5. It's here! #corryvreckanwhirlpool and marine-protected areas. Book yourselves a #wildisles Ocean experience in the #HeartofArgyll. Incredible biodiversity, second only to St Kilda & so much more accessible both above and below the waterline. Boat trips, snorkelling, seashore safaris & swimming or kayaking. Accommodation options to suit all & trip ideas plus links to book direct all on our website.
    #holidayideas #wildlifeweekend #Argyll #Scotland #davidattenborough #argyllhopespot #biodiversity

  6. ...“The politically acceptable is ecologically disastrous, while the ecologically necessary is politically impossible.”

    The thinking outlined in Wild Isles #6 is antithetical to political orthodoxy both right and left. And therein lies the problem.

    #WildIsles #DavidAttenborough

  7. Watching "Saving Our #WildIsles" which BBC has released as an extra only available via iPlayer
    saveourwildisles.org.uk/about/

    It is not just the re-wilding environmentalism practised by farmers that the rightwing would have found too "woke". They would have objected to the accusations of racial exclusion implied by the Flock Together segment.
    #Attenborough #DavidAttenborough #Environmentalism #BirdWatching
    #PeopleOfColour #FlockTogether
    #SavingOurWildIsles