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Freelance travel and food writer

 South West, England
deborahgray.co.uk
Joined April 2009
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The exact point of the #WinterSolstice occurs at 15:58 GMT today, which is right now! Tomorrow we will see the return of longer days. Join us in the morning for a live stream of the sunrise from #Stonehenge via our official social media. ☀️
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Happy Winter Solstice, folks.
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Rachel H@rachelhenson21 Nov 2021
Replying to @maggiegeewriter @networks4nature @KerridgeRichard @ruthpadel
Fantastic talks from all of you. I will be looking out for one of your novels now after such a good raven impression 😁
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"...by destroying the ecosystems on which we depend, we are destroying the foundations of our civilisation & mortgaging the living conditions of all future generations" Valérie Cabanes: Legal Definition of #Ecocide Expert Panel member, international jurist & human rights expert
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Stop HS2@stophs216 Apr 2021
BREAKING NEWS: Justice Laing orders @HS2Ltd to cease all felling which has been licensed by @NaturalEngland at #JonesHillWood with immediate effect, pending hearing which will happen on 24th of May at the earliest. #StopHS2 #HS2
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This statue in Berlin is called: "Politicians Discussing Global Warming"
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OMG! Det händer!!! 😱😍😍
Stop Ecocide International@EcocideLaw21 Jan 2021
Wonderful news! European Parliament encourages recognition of #Ecocide as an international crime, just as we launch our public consultation inviting input into the expert drafting of the legal definition. stopecocide.earth/press-rele… & stopecocide.earth/public-con… @salima_yenbou
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I’m here today because of the women who came before me.
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Thank you so much for your generosity and patience. Many millions of us in U.K. (almost certainly a clear majority now) are grateful
Terry Reintke
@TerryReintke31 Dec 2020
I know this is a hard day for millions of citizens in the UK. Tonight so many rights and freedoms come to an end. Looking ahead, I pledge to still have you in my mind when taking decisions in the European Parliament. Never forget: We will always be stronger together. 🇪🇺❤️🇬🇧
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If you could borrow £40,000 at an interest cost of £40 a year to put a teacher to work, well you would, wouldn’t you? Especially if they paid more than £9,000 in PAYE each year. And that is possible. So never, ever accept that we need austerity come 2021, whatever Sunak says.
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"Ecocide May Actually Become a Crime Soon. Should ecocide be an international crime, alongside war crimes and genocide? The ICC is considering saying yes...France, however, isn’t waiting for the ICC to act..." Dawn Allen writing in @legal_reader legalreader.com/ecocide-may-…
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Deborah Gray retweeted
Granta
@GrantaMag10 Nov 2020
Granta 153: Second Nature features award-winning writers, expert scientists and activists from the frontlines of the climate crisis. Click here to attend our Zoom launch on 19 November, moderated by guest-editor @isabella_tree. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
Image of tree with overlaid text: Granta magazine invites you to a reading from our autumn issue, published 19 November

ALT Image of tree with overlaid text: Granta magazine invites you to a reading from our autumn issue, published 19 November

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The Stop #Ecocide team are so thrilled by @some_yeo's superb article in @BBC_Future “If something’s a crime, we place it below a moral red line" @Jojo_Mehta "The mother of all battles is international: to ensure that this term is enshrined in international law" @EmmanuelMacron
Stop Ecocide International@EcocideLaw6 Nov 2020
Excellent article from BBC Future Planet @BBC_Future @some_yeo "criminalising ecocide is a way to call time on the destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems and those who live in them" bbc.com/future/article/20201…
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Inviting activist women to participate in Walking Forest International - a virtual gathering for Women Earth defenders. Mon Nov 16 9.30-11.15 am UK/10.30-12.15 CET. Stop #Ecocide co-founder @Jojo_Mehta & other great women are contributing @farhanaclimate eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-f…
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It's here! Entries for our annual travel-writing competition are now open. The theme: I’d love to go back. Because we've all done a lot of reminiscing this year! bradtguides.com/new-travel-w… @ESTravelAwards
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Delighted to see @MarinaHyde has won the Press aclub Award for her coruscating @guardian columns - consistently superb and required reading.
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EARTH THRIVE@Earth_Thrive1 Oct 2020
We are moving closer and closer!!! 👏👏👏
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ClientEarth@ClientEarth23 Sep 2020
Landmark decision in our case against Europe's biggest coal plant in time for #ClimateWeekNYC: a judge has demanded the coal plant operators to negotiate with our lawyers. We now have three months to agree the closure of Europe's biggest #carbon emitter. bit.ly/2ZXIMt2
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Taking peaceful direct action to defend nature is criminalised yet corporations are permitted to destroy entire ecosystems & exacerbate climate change. This is the wrong way round. As Conscientious Protectors activists have the power to flip that narrative stopecocide.earth/conscienti…
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