Keen on photography and music. Involved in water management, focused on flood resilience and using blue & green infrastructure. Thoughts and tweets are my own
Birmingham, and N. London
Joined April 2010
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Paul Shaffer retweeted
@BBCRadio4 #youandyours on what it’s like to have your home #flooded & how you piece your life back together afterwards? we all know the prep & mop up after a flood despite #pfr measures, water finds a way, comes up through the toilet @floodmary talking
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002624…
Paul Shaffer retweeted
Water is integral to us all– and we must do all we can to protect and restore our rivers and seas . Water bosses and Govt– listen to Aneeshwar !
@Aneeshwar_K | #MarchForCleanWater
Paul Shaffer retweeted
I recently helped with the @planetP_ossible podcast . The wonderful @Niki_Roach_ and I discussed the state of the nation , future generations and what I would do if I ruled the world . . . for a day . Available here Bit.ly/PP_Packham
Paul Shaffer retweeted
If you have sadly been #flooded,please help others by taking part in this survey.
Link below 👇
#TheNationalFloodForum is supporting the @NatEmergTrust #AfterTheStorms survey – working with @LancasterUni to look into the support people receive when they #Flood.
To take part and find further information, please click the following link - nationalemergenciestrust.org…
Paul Shaffer retweeted
Flash #floods likely tomorrow! Please plan in advance if you think it may happen to you. Losing your memories is just awful!
Paul Shaffer retweeted
One of the best publicly-accesible rewilding sites in London is due to be enclosed & destroyed for artificial pitches for @SpursOfficial. I visited Whitewebbs Park in Enfield to see why it’s special & why local people are against this destructive sell off by @EnfieldCouncil 🧵
Paul Shaffer retweeted
If you've paid to read the times. Do read this very well researched article by @davidbyers26
If you live at #flood risk & have a mortgage if may effect you!
ttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/will-climate-change-sink-your-mortgage-ctbhd52l0
Paul Shaffer retweeted
Do vote for the #floodresilient Lego house to be manufactured.
An amazing way to raise #floodawareness & promote the use of #PFR & #floodresilient gardens.
(& there's a FloodMary character into the bargain.)
We need 10,000 votes
GO! 👍
ideas.lego.com/s/p:33147cdbf… – at Ledbury, England
Paul Shaffer retweeted
Up to 1 in 6 homes in England at flood risk.
England ave 28% owned with a mortgage or loan.
Quick maths up to 1.2 million households potentially impacted if this became a trend.
It's not just home insurance that's a problem re flood risk.
@MartinSLewis @_RobbieMoore
Paul Shaffer retweeted
No matter how bad the performance or the state of rivers most water workers do it because they care. They don’t deserve the indiscriminate invective they’ve had from some quarters. theguardian.com/business/202…
Paul Shaffer retweeted
New #PlanetPossible out today
Join @Niki_Roach_ , host of Planet Possible and co-host Paul Shaffer as they discuss #bioresources with guest @georgiaes, who's heading the 'Fighting Dirty' campaign to ensure regulation around sewage sludge
Listen: bit.ly/PP_bioresources
Paul Shaffer retweeted
NEW EP out today! Bioresources include sludge left after sewage treatment (in the UK a lot ends up on fields). But, campaign groups are worried, other countries put far less on land... And the water sector seems reluctant to talk. What's going on?🤔
🎧➡️ bit.ly/PP_bioresources
Paul Shaffer retweeted
.@georgiaes of @FightDirtyOrg on why they're taking govt to court over testing of sewage sludge that's spread to land.
Latest episode of @PlanetP_ossible gets down & dirty on legal action, solutions options & consequences. No easy answers. @GeorgeMonbiot
bit.ly/PP_bioresources
Paul Shaffer retweeted
@GleesonHomes very disappointed by your lack of customer care You sell a house that #floods 6 months later,apart from making a mud bund in front of the garage to stop more floods, which it has you've done nothing to support the young couple! Appalling! New homes should not flood!
Paul Shaffer retweeted
Floods. Drought. Sewage and agricultural pollution.
After a decade and more of slow progress, we need A Fresh Water Future.
We spoke to ~5000 public experts on water priorities for the next govt.
Find out what they said in our full report:
afreshwaterfuture.org
Paul Shaffer retweeted
Could you be the season sponsor for Planet Possible in 2024? Our award winning podcast is looking for our next sponsor to work with us and continue to grow the impact and reach of the pod. Drop me a line if you’d like to know more! #podcast #water #environment – at Leeds, England
Paul Shaffer retweeted
With over 1000 properties flooded by Storm Babet, and Storm Ciarán hitting this week, CIWEM is offering a free 10-hour training for people affected.
Prepare, recover and better-protect your home: ow.ly/WHZU50Q30jm
@BBCnews @ITVnews @SkyNewsBreak
Paul Shaffer retweeted
We are excited to announce the launch of the Environmental Photographer of the Year (EPOTY) competition for 2023, in collaboration with @Wbnofficial, @NikonEurope, @MPBcom and supported by @Arup.
Read more about #EPOTY23: ciwem.org/news/the-environme…
Paul Shaffer retweeted
Only a third of authorities responsible for managing flash #flooding have enough staff & 75% struggling to recruit, we @CIWEM find in a survey.
More resource, better oversight and support for coordination needed to improve.
New report & briefing here: ciwem.org/policy-reports/sur…
