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Painting associated with #SPOTtimespotTIME emerging art installation collective. #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllifeisprecious #onespecies #oneworld #fingerprintofunity #transcendingdifference #workingtogether #herons #wreath #tulip #light #SymphonyOfLight #triangle #conservation #respect #love #worldwonder #art #londonart #nessofbrodgar #orkney #heron #fingerprint
‘Symphony of Light’ May 2022 ( Private Collection) ![]()
Painting associated with #SPOTtimespotTIME emerging art installation collective. #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllifeisprecious #onespecies #oneworld #fingerprintofunity #transcendingdifference #workingtogether #herons #wreath #tulip #light #SymphonyOfLight #triangle
‘Symphony of Light’ May 2022 - Nearly finished and full reveal over the weekend. Such a joy to paint 💚 Many thanks to Nick Card who kindly let me use his wonderful photo of a heron to help the creative process. Wish I was still in Orkney and loooking forward to more precious time alongside the team at Ness of Brodgar . Had a wonderful trip there last year along with Anna King where we went to meet the team who found the 5000 year old fingerprint. More recently they have also discovered a handprint ! Wonderful memories.
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‘ Until we recognise the value provided by the natural world, we will never appreciate its importance’ adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME #conservationmeanslife #artaunifyinglanguage #alllife #transcendingdifference #art #workingtogether #fingerprintofunity #nature #birds #naturecapital ![]()
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Alex Robinson MRICS is a Co-Founder and Director of Nature Capital, where he leads the assessment and application of its realisation methodology.
Alex was previously a Chartered Surveyor with Savills and prior to that an Officer in the Army.
Alex developed a passion for wildlife and habitat conservation having grown up on farms in England and Namibia. Alex is also currently implementing a whole-farm conservation and regenerative agricultural approach on his farm in the Cotswolds.![]()
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Nature Capital helps landholders to better understand the performance of the natural capital on their land; how to improve it and unlock value from it. Nature Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zulu Forest Sciences.![]()
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Zulu Forest Sciences has developed the first automated platform for Nature-based Solutions, which rapidly evaluates, designs, and structures diverse forest ecosystems that generate high-integrity carbon credits.
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‘ Until we recognise the value provided by the natural world, we will never appreciate its importance’ adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME #conservationmeanslife #artaunifyinglanguage #alllife #transcendingdifference #art #workingtogether #fingerprintofunity #nature #birds #naturecapital ![]()
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Alex Robinson MRICS is a Co-Founder and Director of Nature Capital, where he leads the assessment and application of its realisation methodology.
Alex was previously a Chartered Surveyor with Savills and prior to that an Officer in the Army.
Alex developed a passion for wildlife and habitat conservation having grown up on farms in England and Namibia. Alex is also currently implementing a whole-farm conservation and regenerative agricultural approach on his farm in the Cotswolds.![]()
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Nature Capital helps landholders to better understand the performance of the natural capital on their land; how to improve it and unlock value from it. Nature Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zulu Forest Sciences.![]()
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Zulu Forest Sciences has developed the first automated platform for Nature-based Solutions, which rapidly evaluates, designs, and structures diverse forest ecosystems that generate high-integrity carbon credits.
SPOT TIME look back. I have so many people still to announce and also share, however, I shall mix it up over the next year to celebrate the diversity and generosity of all the people, communties and organisations that have participated on #spottimespottime #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #fingerprintofunity #workingtogether ![]()
January 2019 Houses of Parliament ‘ Happy to participate on an artwork documenting this time and everyone unified’ Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, Hon FRIBA (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe,is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.#sport #track #olympic #worldathletics #lord #field #sportsman #politics #brexit #art #timeinhistory #fingerprint #onespecies #oneworld
‘Symphony of Light’ May 2022 ![]()
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This is the beginning base of my next commissioned painting which will hopefully be completed in a couple of weeks time as I find time around SPOTtimespotTIME and family. ![]()
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It is a meeting of land,sea and all life inclusion and global migration and transition where they all work as a symphony and represent a transcendent understanding of the concept ‘ We are One’ ![]()
All my paintings work in three together in time unison. ![]()
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As the painter there is always a part of the narrative that transpires. Then there is the world and comment and finally the owner who has commissioned - a story and narrative for them. Each painting has its anchor and home for a time relevant in meaning to the owner. ![]()
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This painting comes at a time where the artwork SPOTtimespotTIME starts to secure partnering to ensure an awareness of #conservationmeanslife #artaunifyinglanguage #workingtogether #transcendent #unity #kindness and #love ![]()
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Should you want a painting in association with SPOTtimespotTIME I shall be taking commissions until March 2023 💚☀️🌏
Palm print on Structure Ten pottery sherd left by an adult male
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
“I think we’ve got a palm print.” Those were the words of our pottery specialist Roy Towers at Ness HQ a few weeks ago. And he was right. Detailed RTI images of the suspected print were produced...
It is huge honour that I announce the participation of Geoffrey Dashwood to the emerging artwork #SPOTtimespotTIME![]()
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Now in its last year of inclusive physical participation - and a seemingly endless list of humble and generous participants - Thank you to a Geoffrey Dashwood for embracing and creating such wonderful creative expressions of the wonderful natural world around us. ![]()
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‘Perhaps we all associate finger prints with some degree of negativity- primarily a device for exposing criminals. How wonderful/ ingenious that Elaine has devised a creative and thought provoking way of using the same applied science alluding to more positive and enlightened aspects of the human psyche’ - Geoffrey Dashwood www.geoffreydashwood.com/ Sculptor - Artist ![]()
adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME #conservationmeanslife #artaunifyinglanguage #alllife #transcendingdifference #art #workingtogether #fingerprintofunity #nature #birds ![]()
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Geoffrey was born in Hampshire, England in 1947.At the age of fifteen he won a scholarship to study fine art at Southampton College of Art, but left after a brief period, preferring to study directly from nature.![]()
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He worked in varied occupations to support himself and experimented in various art mediums and techniques in his spare time. His last employment was with the Forestry Commission where he was engaged as a keeper in the New Forest. He also became the unofficial artist in residence for his employers. Dashwood left the Forestry Commission in his mid-twenties to pursue a freelance career in art and he soon received commissions for illustrations and design work, whilst concurrently drawing and painting independently.![]()
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A sculptor of birds in bronze, eliminating all superficial detail to attain refined forms with smooth surfaces, enhanced by the application of coloured and multi-coloured patinas. Although his work can be placed within the genre of wildlife art, Dashwood has transcended the subject matter and his bronzes are firmly established in the wider field of contemporary art.![]()
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Je nas par peur de la route’ Chris Hankey Christopher Hankey - artist adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME #conservationmeanslife #artaunifyinglanguage #art #workingtogether #transcendingdifference #onespecies #oneplanet #alllife ![]()
Chris added his fingerprint in September 202O whilst he was living and painting around The Isles of Scilly ![]()
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Landscape painting and seascape painting of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is how I express my creativity, My love of nature. I have always admired artists like JMW Turner, Emile Nolde, Joan Eardley and William McTaggert. Artists that not only portray the physicality of nature as well as giving their artworks a lyrical, sensual quality but also imbue the paintings with a particular philosophy, in a profound sense artists are the conscience of society. Something I always strive to achieve in my own paintings. It is important to me to imbue the paintings with a sense of awe and respect for nature. That we are a part of nature. My painting is about taking time to sit and reflect on nature to celebrate nature. This one planet that is our home, To fundamentally realise that we have a responsibility to look after this planet……. ![]()
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Please read more about Chris’s creative process and learn more about his travels as he cycles around our wonderful planet responding to the time and beauty he sees and feels around him. ![]()
Chris very much works and responds to an instinctive creative pathway - touching ancestors and connecting all life. #chrishankey #artist #instincts #ancestors #life #cycling #artandcycling #bike #fossils #theancients
Site tours and an open day returning to the Ness this summer
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
We’re delighted to announce that this summer, for the first time since 2019, we will be offering daily site tours of the Ness dig. The excavation re-opens to the public on weekdays from July ...
Back in November 2019 Simon Laurence Stevens, Baron Stevens of Birmingham added his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME art social document. Today I briefly attended the HSJ Provider Summit is the most concentrated gathering of trust Chief Executives and Board Members in the country and the meeting place for healthcare leaders before I start to visit hospitals and ground level representation. ![]()
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‘ Covid demonstrated the NHS’s ability to react well in times of crisis. A huge well done to all involved, and enormous thank you !’ Jonathan Simpson - Engagement manager @viforpharma ![]()
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‘For now it’s good to be getting back to normality, it’s nice to see how people have changed and how they react in a kinder way to each other’ @viforpharma Rob Blackmore Customer Engagement Manager - North and East Yorks ![]()
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‘People have seen what we all have in common, and the world feels smaller. Without doubt it has made people realise what’s valuable and important to us’ Phil Longworth ![]()
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#fingerprints to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect #nhs #workingtogetherfortomorrow #vifor #pharmaceuticals #viforpharma
Back in November 2019 Simon Laurence Stevens, Baron Stevens of Birmingham added his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME art social document. Today I briefly attended the HSJ Provider Summit is the most concentrated gathering of trust Chief Executives and Board Members in the country and the meeting place for healthcare leaders before visiting hospitals and ground level representation. ![]()
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Here is Carl Davies and Kieran Waterson - Teletracking Technologies - adding their fingerprints to the collective artwork. -![]()
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‘The NHS is a complex social system, which means fundamentally it is driven by people and the interaction between them. We now, more than ever, need to remember that it is people that make it work, it is specifically there to help support people when they need it, and it is people who will help us through the major challenges we face. It is therefore vital we keep 'people' at the heart of every decision we make’ Carl Davies ![]()
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‘The nhs is a unique organism that evolves overtime but it needs the right conditions to do this namely staff and resources’![]()
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#teletracking adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect #nhs #workingtogetherfortomorrow
💚 The last fingerprint will be collected on the 30th March 2023 for #spottimespottime ![]()
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An 8 yr art social document. An artwork with partners ( soon to released) created to increase the awareness and conversation for our own identity, conservation, art as a transcendent language, love, hope and one world. One species. One organism. 🌍🌳🍃💚 All is connected. We are one.![]()
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#art #artaunifyinglanguage #conservation #onespecies #love #connected #identity #life #conservationmeanslife #alllife #workingtogether
💚 The last fingerprint will be collected on the 30th March 2023 for #spottimespottime ![]()
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An 8 yr art social document. An artwork with partners ( soon to released) created to increase the awareness and conversation for our own identity, conservation, art as a transcendent language, love, hope and one world. One species. One organism. 🌍🌳🍃💚 All is connected. We are one.
Touching our ancestors – the Ness and the SPOTtimespotTIME artwork
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
By Elaine Robinson Having had a lifelong interest in archaeology, imagine my excitement from the point of view as an artist who has been collecting fingerprints since 2015, when my attention was dr...
Svitlana- Volunteer at the Association for Ukrainians- 15th March 2022 ![]()
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‘ I have so many mixed feelings. I feel sad and also angry, I think this is normal in these circumstances. I’m confident we will win’ Svitlana. ![]()
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Ben - age 24 seen here explained he was half English and half Sudanese. He had already signed up for the ( military ) foreign legion and was waiting for transport to hopefully fly him out to fight. He said ![]()
‘ I’m not new to conflict - a lot of my family in the military. In the Sudan there were a lot of dark problems managing Isis’ ![]()
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adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect #foreignlegion
Ben - age 24 seen here explained he was half English and half Sudanese. He had already signed up for the ( military ) foreign legion and was waiting for transport to hopefully fly him out to fight. He said ![]()
‘ I’m not new to conflict - a lot of my family in the military. In the Sudan there were a lot of dark problems managing Isis’ ![]()
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adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect #foreignlegion
Mick Divaney from Blackpool had come down to sign up for the Foreign Legion.![]()
Mick explained that he had a lot of experience having already fought in N. Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and also a war oversees he is unable to talk about. He was very determined to follow the procedure that would take him oversees to the Ukraine. He said his wife will kill him ! ![]()
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‘ I want to join and help because I have a lot of skills. I am an instructor and can help train people’ Mick Divaney ![]()
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adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect
Solomiya- Volunteer at the Association of Ukrainians. 15th March 2022.![]()
‘ We are all the same nation. In this difficult time, with division, austerity, struggle and war- it is important to stay together’ Solomiya ![]()
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adding her #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect #associationoftheukraine
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- 15th March 2022 at the associations of Ukrainians. ![]()
‘ I feel very heartbroken about what’s going on like all Ukrainians - and also for every child and Ukrainian that gets killed. My mum and many friends are still in the Ukraine. We are feeling all the support from everyone who lives in the UK’ IRYNA KULYCH ![]()
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adding her #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect #associationoftheukraine
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People came into The Embassy and added their fingerprints anonymously and there was also a lady visiting The Embassy called Tetiana who had arrived from the Ukraine ( Kharkiv) the day before. She explained she had friends here in the UK who had offered her a safe home. ![]()
‘ I came yesterday from the Ukraine. My son is still lives there in the Ukraine. He is a musician, a piano player and a composer. I hope he is able to keep safe-they don’t use men without the training- His name is Alex’ Tetiana ![]()
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I had blue and yellow inks with me and Tetiana asked if I had red. ‘ You should have red because of all the bloodshed, it would be a more honest documentation of what is happening’ Tetiana ![]()
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Tetiana #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect #kharkiv
This is Gareth Hearn. He arrived at the Ukrainian Embassy as I stood there having cycled from Brighton. It took him 5 hrs and 11 mins. He is raising money for The Red Cross in The Ukraine. ![]()
‘ It’s a tragic state of affairs, - who would have believed such an awful outcome. Such terrible suffering that the people are enduring’![]()
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www.justgiving.com/Gareth-Hearn7.![]()
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Gareth adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect
This man who wanted to be known as ‘ Younger looking Jonny’ had travelled from East Anglia. He was travelling with a Polish lady an asked the Embassy if he could drop some supplies. The Embassy kindly directed him to The Ukrainian Social Club. He was more than happy to lay his fingerprint. ![]()
‘ The bravery of the Ukrainians is amazing. The Russian protestors and their bravery is also amazing! The bravery of the Polish fighters in the 2nd world war was incredible and it is because of this as a man who is aging and with restricted mobility that ai want to volunteer as a suicide bomber’ - Younger looking Jonny.![]()
‘ My mother and father live in The Ukraine and I am very sad, my english is not so good’ Ludmila talking about her parents who are still in Chernivtsi in The Ukraine 🇺🇦 She went on to say that they are old and she is very worried. ![]()
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adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect
‘ My mother and father live in The Ukraine and I am very sad, my english is not so good’ Ludmila talking about her parents who are still in Chernivtsi in The Ukraine 🇺🇦 She went on to say that they are old and she is very worried. ![]()
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Ludmila adding her #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect
‘God help us all’ Kevin Fisher and his dog Frank walking past The Ukrainian Embassy - ![]()
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adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect
‘I am angry and sad and also frustrated because I have a friends from the Ukraine who still have family in the Ukraine and they are crying and upset about their situation’ Eduardo Herrara ( Ecuador ) ![]()
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adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME outside of the #ukrainianembassylondon #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #transcendingdifference a #onespecies #oneorganism #nature #love #respect #supporttheukraine #ukraine #ukrainetoday #ecuador #hollandpark #london #nature #wildlifeonearth #lifeonearth #transcendingdifference #GLOBALpanelspottimespottime #love
On the 15th March 2022 I visited - The Ukrainian Embassy & also the Ukrainian Social Club. It will be the first of many gathered fingerprints of a war in Europe affecting so many lives. I have attached the bank detail in this post so you are able to donate and help and support The Ukraine LTD ![]()
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During the afternoon the fingerprints of blue and yellow were added to the GLOBAL circle for #SPOTtimespotTIME #artaunifyinglanguage #transcendingdifference #conservationmeanslife #onespecies #oneorganism #weareone #ukraine #supporttheukranine #alllifematters🌏 ![]()
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The following posts are fingerprints of people I had the honour to meet.
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Had the pleasure to meet David Lindo yesterday afternoon- ![]()
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‘ Remember that conservation starts on your doorstep’ David Lindo @theurbanbirder @linneansociety @wwtworldwide ![]()
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David is a naturalist, writer, broadcaster, speaker, photographer, wildlife tour leader and educationist.
Some of you may also know David as The Urban Birder. Encouraging people in towns and cities to get connected to nature through his TV appearances, talks and articles.
David had been interested in Natural History and in particular birds before he could walk. In his book ‘The Urban Birder’ his mum recalls him going missing, aged 3, during a family gathering. A search party was dispatched and Mrs Lindo eventually found her son standing outside a churchyard, watching Magpies.
David now travels the world telling people about the amazing urban wildlife that’s on their doorsteps.![]()
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. He is a vice-president of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. ![]()
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In 2021, the Linnean Society of London presented Lindo with the H. H. Bloomer Award, given to an amateur naturalist deemed to have made "an important contribution to the knowledge of natural history". #theurbanbirder #naturalhistory #national bird #aldernaywildlifetrust #davidlindo #writer #theurbanbirder #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
As many of you know, before becoming an MP I dedicated my working life to ending violence against women. While my job has changed, this mission is far from completed. So I thought I'd write an update on my continuing work in this area.![]()
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Violence against women and girls is still rife in our society. Last year 141 women in the UK were killed by a male suspect. This shocking statistic reflects the wider problem of misogyny.![]()
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I am currently working with Avon & Somerset Police on a project to tackle violence against women and girls. After I wrote to the Police last year, they have asked me to lead a working group on the theme of Sport and Culture. This group brings together a broad range of organisations to discuss how we end a culture of misogyny which leads to violence. Proposals from this group will feed into a regional police summit this spring.![]()
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This group includes running clubs, professional sports teams, nightclub owners, tourism organisations and theatres, among others. These organisations, working together, can have a huge influence on our culture.![]()
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Some fascinating ideas are emerging from these discussions. Many of these organisations are showing real leadership by challenging the culture of misogyny and violence.![]()
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Sadly, such leadership is lacking when it comes to the Tory government.![]()
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Last week Labour held a debate on rape conviction rates, which have plummeted in recent years. Only 1.3% of rape cases are ever prosecuted. The Tories have effectively decriminalised rape.![]()
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Labour is committed to securing justice for survivors of violence. We‘ll fast-track rape cases, toughen sentences and raise conviction rates with a Survivors Support Package. ![]()
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For those few rape cases that are currently prosecuted, victims can expect years of waiting for justice, with the typical rape case now taking more than 1,000 days before completion. Part of the problem is the huge backlog in the courts. Labour will clear this by extending court hearing dates and using more ‘Nightingale’ courts to get waiting times under control.![]()
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One year one from the murder of Sarah Everard, women are still unsafe. Women are still looking over our shoulders, while most attackers walk free. The underlying belief systems and attitudes are still prevalent and need challenging. ![]()
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This is not good enough. As your MP, I promise I will keep fighting to prevent violence against women and girls and challenge misogyny in all its forms.
Pegasus, earth and the red sun blue moon dawn. ![]()
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To shimmer knowledge with luminous legacy.![]()
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Pegasus protecting the sleepless scent of a dawn unknown. ![]()
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The photo was taken at the COP 26 people’s march on Sunday 6th November 2021.![]()
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#spottimespottime #pegasus #earth @cop26uk @unep #workingtogether #fingerprint #print #conservationmeanslife #alllife #one #sittingequally #all #allspecies #oneorganism #humanity #compassion #earth-protection #artaunifyinglanguage 💚🌎🌍🌳
Pegasus, earth and the red sun blue moon dawn. ![]()
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To shimmer knowledge with luminous legacy.![]()
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Pegasus protecting the sleepless scent of a dawn unknown. ![]()
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The photo was taken at the COP 26 people’s march on Sunday 6th November 2021.
“I had the lovely experience of recording with Songs of Praise, and I'm so happy that it’s finally going to air. Here we are in beautiful Scotland with the wonderful SOP team. Look out for me tomorrow Sunday 20th February 1.15pm. You may just catch a glimpse!"![]()
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Black2Nature is looking for someone ideally in the Chew Valley or if not, Bristol/Bath to assist with social media, comms and some admin duties for 3 months with the potential to become permanent. Need to be able to write copy and use social media. First hand experience of racism or discrimination is essential as is some understanding of engagement with nature. Full-time or part-time can be considered. £10 per hour. Email admin@black2nature.com.
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‘ Such an incredible and historical week. As we come out of restriction and concern for humanity with the pandemic around the world we sadly greet a new and alarming concern for humanity in theUkraine. I place my fingerprint on some of the artwork ( #SPOTtimespotTIME) documenting time and event during the pandemic and hope kindness and compassion teaches us to unite and protect all legacy and the children of the future’ Betsy May Wright ( age 16) adding her #fingerprint #print to #spottimespottime #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #all #unity #one #transcendingdifference #allspecies #life ![]()
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Chris Hankey #chrishankeyartist ( Hanging on the wall) (2021) ‘On the shores of Teän’
"I wish everyone could see the similarities between every human being instead of our differences. We can save our planet by being united as our fingerprints suggest." ![]()
Timothe Balzotti-Krychowski adding his #fingerprint #print to #spottimespottime #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #all #unity #one #transcendingdifference #allspecies #life ![]()
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On the 15th December 2021 I had the enormous pleasure in meeting Tim at Cambridge Conservation Initiative ( David Attenborough Building) Tim is the facilities manager and kindly directed and introduced me to Dr Mike Maunder.![]()
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The Cambridge Conservation Initiative aims to transform the global understanding and conservation of biodiversity by catalysing strategic partnerships between leaders in research, education, policy and practice, to secure a sustainable future for biodiversity and society.![]()
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The Cambridge Conservation Initiative is a collaborative partnership which brings together the biggest names in international biodiversity conservation with the University of Cambridge #cambridge #cambridgeuniversity #cambridgeconservationinitiative #cambridgeconservationforum #biodiversity #sustainability
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So proud to announce that Emma Manton has agreed to add her #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife. ![]()
Emma who is about to embark acting on a tour of @michaelmorpugo ‘s @privpeacestage Private Peaceful which is performing its premiere @nottmplayhouse from Wed 16th February and travelling the UK until June 2022. ![]()
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Emma Manton is a respected actress known for her work on Royal Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Lost (2015), The Office (2001) and Royal Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Won (2015) and more recently www.runningwithrefugees.com![]()
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‘I had no idea that when I agreed to join a friend on a short jog in 2014 that it would start a chain of events that would change my life. I was performing on stage in Stratford-upon-Avon when a colleague convinced me to join her on a two-mile run. I did the two miles but I had to walk twice and I was so ashamed. I thought I had to do something about it...![]()
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By 2016, I was ready to try and run the London Marathon. Throughout the previous summer, I had been watching with horror as the media filled with pictures of children's bodies washed up on Greece beaches and, particularly, the now infamous image of 3 year old Aylan Kurdi. I knew it was an issue I could get behind.![]()
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I spoke to a few friends in the Theatre world and, before long, my marathon fundraising had spiralled into something much bigger. The Royal National Theatre donated the use of the Lyttelton Theatre, 7 of the best playwrights in the UK wrote and donated material and 36 actors offered their services. UNHCR made one piece, by Jenifer Toksvig, into this amazing film with Cate Blanchett, Peter Capaldi, Keira Knightley, Juliet Stevenson and others.![]()
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On February 14th 2016, we staged 'Moving Stories' and raised over £32,000 pounds for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). In April, I ran in London and was bitten with the marathon bug...!’ ![]()
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There are serious concerns for the health and safety of orca Lolita/Tokitae at Miami Seaquarium. We desperately need an independent third party to come in and assess Lolita's health. Please take a moment to send an email to the following:![]()
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• NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Science Center: sefsc.webmaster@noaa.gov![]()
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I am sure you are aware of the growing concerns about the well-being of orca Lolita/Tokitae at Miami Seaquarium. A whistle-blower has revealed that Lolita is ill with pneumonia and is not doing very well. Drone footage from a few days ago shows the terrible state Lolita's tank is in. All this follows the recent report from the USDA about all the ways in which Miami Seaquarium is failing to look after the animals properly. Miami Seaquarium is outdated, it is in disrepair and public opinion is turning against keeping cetaceans in captivity. There has long been a plan in place to safely move Lolita to her home waters of the Salish Sea, where her family still roams free. She would have her own safe sanctuary there to live out the rest of her days. It's been 52 years since she was captured as a young orca. Brutally stolen from her family and the ocean. Isn't it about time we give back to her what was so viciously taken from her? First and foremost it is of the utmost importance that her health is checked by an independent third party. Miami Seaquarium has kept her hidden for the past 6 months and is not very forthcoming about the state she is really in. She is not safe at Miami Seaquarium and we call for an immediate third party assessment of her health and the retirement of Lolita to her home waters! ![]()
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15th December 2022 ‘ We need to build a future that is regenerative- rebuilding nature and humanity’ Dr Mike Maunder Executive Director of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, based in the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. @cambridgeuniversity #cambridgeconservationinitiative adding his #fingerprint to #spottimespottime #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #transcendingdifference #allspecies #oneorganism #one #weareone #printofunity #fingerprintofunity #artsocialdocument![]()
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‘ I started my conservation career studying horticulture and plant taxonomy and developed a love for island endemic plants, later doing a PhD on the conservation management of threatened plants at the University of Reading. Whilst at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew I developed a set of international plant and habitat conservation partnerships with a focus on East Africa and oceanic islands. I have kept my deep interest in tropical conservation through working with the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii, the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens and Florida International University in Miami, the Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund and the conservation network of the Eastern Africa Plant Red List Authority. Having worked on the extinction frontline in places like Hawaii, I am deeply committed to the restoration of biodiversity and I am happiest working in the hybrid zones between culture, science, policy, business and conservation delivery. One of my priorities is working with the next generation of conservation practitioners, they are proving to be cross-disciplinary, agile and bold!’
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Young people may have been least affected by the Covid virus directly, but mental health impact of last two years has been devastating for this generation. ![]()
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You can see it in scientific studies and I see it in my own inbox. I’m in regular contact with more and more young people – and their parents – who are desperate for help but struggling to get it.![]()
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As part of Children’s Mental Health Week (7-13 February), I’m launching a campaign for better mental health support in Bristol schools and a guarantee that young people needing mental health treatment will get it within a month. New data published this week shows two in three (69%) children referred for mental health treatment in the Bristol area are waiting more than four weeks to be seen.![]()
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I know the local NHS and other mental health services in Bristol are under immense pressure, thanks to callous Tory cuts over the last decade. Right now, some young people are waiting many months to get the help they need with terrible consequences for their mental health and development.![]()
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- Ensure specialist mental health support in every school, to support pupils and resolve problems before they escalate. This plan would see a full-time mental health professional in every secondary school and a part time professional in every primary school.![]()
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As part of this campaign, I want to hear from young people from all secondary schools my constituency and visit a wide range of organisations providing mental health support in the Bristol area.![]()
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If you live in my constituency of Bristol West you can sign up to updates and share your views on mental health support here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1kLnYdljdhqDO4IjUOQYybN9gSTu0PvJuvReEATU91gg/
So sad to hear David Sassoli - President of the European Parliament passed away on the 11th January. ![]()
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He was known for taking up the cause of migrants who died crossing the Mediterranean and dissidents such as Alexei Navalny, who is taking on the Russian government from a jail cell.![]()
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I met him briefly on the 29th January 2020 at the European Parliament. ![]()
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He added his fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME at 8.27 pm and Liliani at 8.29 pm![]()
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It was at the end of a very sad day in the European Parliament and as I was leaving I saw an interview in the media area. David was sat with Liliani Segre (Born in 1930 into a Milanese family of Jewish origins, in 1938 Segre was expelled from her primary school after the promulgation of the Italian Racial Laws. In 1943 she was arrested with her family and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The only survivor among her relatives, with the end of the war in 1945 she returned to Milan. After decades of silence, in the 1990s she started to speak to the public, especially young students, about her experience.) ![]()
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Together after the interview I waited with their team and asked politely for them to add their fingerprints to a work celebrating unity, working together and celebrating the respect of all life species. ![]()
David said he was ‘ Very happy to to be part of this important documentation and Liliani said ‘ Transcending Difference’. ![]()
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In the short time we were together he was warm, generous, interested in the artwork and took time on this historical day to lay his fingerprint to sit alongside everyone and all life.![]()
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Elaine Robinson has been developing an installation artwork based around identity by the gathering of fingerprints from people of all walks of life, since March 2023. The Artist intends that when the last fingerprint has been gathered in March 2023 , it will used as a platform to assist in raising funds for conservation, a cause that links us all. ![]()
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The artwork documents (over what will be an 8 year period )our individual identities increasing a common need to urgently conserve the Earth's biosphere. The artwork once completed will act as an ongoing vehicle to raise funds collectively for conservation around the world. ![]()
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Thank you to all participants. I promise to post on social media more diligently again after Christmas and New Year. Please forgive the delay in posting your photo and quote. #conservation #art #transcendent #conservationmeanslife #onespecies #oneplanet #artaunifyinglanguage #Artists #sustainabilitymatters #biosphere #biodiversity #timeandplace #timecapsule #alllife 💚🌏![]()
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‘We are all part of the natural world, we can all make a difference on building a reciprocal harmonious relationship with it. ![]()
Find those connections to nature wherever you are. It can be as simple as a moment to appreciate a flower or the clouds, …this will tell you why we should care’ ![]()
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The #eco artwork documenting (over what will be an 8 year period )our individual identities increasing a common need to urgently conserve the Earth's biosphere. The artwork once completed will act as an ongoing vehicle to raise funds collectively for conservation around the world. ![]()
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Tom started off his art career creating custom artwork on guitars using graffiti pens. Making a move towards a brush and more traditional mediums opened up a whole new world to Tom, and he hasn’t looked back since.![]()
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He loves to paint in acrylics and oils, and more recently has started exploring watercolour.![]()
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Whilst Tom loves painting a wide variety of subjects, especially if the light is doing something interesting, he is always drawn back to the place where his first two passions met; painting wildlife, in particular birds.![]()
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"The free flowing and immediate nature of watercolour seems to lend itself so well to capturing the fleeting moments of wildlife; along with their movement, character and colours"![]()
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Tom's work has become widely collected in the UK and more more recently, internationally. He has been a highly commended finalist in the World renowned Wildlife Artist of the Year, on several occasions.![]()
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Where possible he likes to combine his art work with conservation efforts close to his heart. As well as involvement with various group exhibitions geared towards raising funds for wildlife and conservation; he also contributes a portion of sales each year to UK based Organisations such as WWT (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust); and to date has raised multiple thousands of pounds for these causes.![]()
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‘Each one of us has something no else has, a fingerprint, a brain, a heart…Be Unique. Stand out. Make noise. Make people notice. That’s the power we all have…’ Antony di Lorenzo @davidyarrow is head of production at David Yarrow Photography adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #sittingequally ![]()
The #eco artwork documenting (over what will be an 8 year period )our individual identities increasing a common need to urgently conserve the Earth's biosphere. The artwork once completed will act as an ongoing vehicle to raise funds collectively for conservation around the world. #artsocialdocument for more detail please visit @davidyarrow or![]()
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‘A true artist puts their fingerprint on our imagination, our heart and our soul’... @davidyarrow adding his #fingerprint to #SPOTtimespotTIME #artaunifyinglanguage #conservationmeanslife #alllife #sittingequally ![]()
The #eco artwork documenting (over what will be an 8 year period )our individual identities increasing a common need to urgently conserve the Earth's biosphere. The artwork once completed will act as an ongoing vehicle to raise funds collectively for conservation around the world. @davidyarrow was born in Glasgow. He took up photography at an early age old found himself working as a photographer for The London Times.On that day, David took the famous picture of Diego Maradona holding the World Cup.Many years later David established himself as a fine art photographer by documenting the natural world from new perspectives and the last nine years have been career-defining.![]()
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In December 2017 he shot LVMH’s latest “Don’t Crack Under Pressure” campaign with Cara Delevingne. In January 2019 David was appointed as a global ambassador for UBS. In the spring of 2020, David was appointed a Global Ambassador for Best Buddies – one of America’s most established children’s charities. In 2020, David became an ambassador for African Community and Conservation Foundation and presented his work in the Endangered Rangers virtual fundraiser.![]()
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Since 2018, David’s work has raised over $6m for philanthropic and conservation organisations. At Art Miami in December 2019, David’s photograph “The Wolves of Wall Street” broke new records. One print, signed by Leonardo DiCaprio @leonardodicaprio and Martin Scorsese, featuring the real Wolf of Wall Street – Jordan Belfort – sold for $200,000. The proceeds went to conservation NGOs supported by DiCaprio.![]()
At the start of 2020, David was in Australia documenting the bushfires which had destroyed communities, wildlife, and wildlands.Yarrow launched the #KoalaComeback Campaign to support the recovery efforts in Australia. The campaign raised over $1.4m.![]()
In April 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, David joined the Art for Heroes campaign, to raise money for the NHS. He released a print – Our Pride .![]()
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