Phil Sturgeon

@philsturgeon

Co-founder @ProtectEarthUK. Creating and restoring woodlands, wetlands, and ancient ecosystems. E-van nomad, bikepacker, boycotting fossil fuels.

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Joined February 2009

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Phil Sturgeon
@philsturgeon
Jul 28
Ever wonder what’s the point of planting trees if they could burn in a wildfire? Which trees? Where? What’s the woodland creation plan? What’s the management plan? This is a really interesting guide that will get you thinking about woodlands differently. protect.earth/articles/what-…
Phil Sturgeon
@philsturgeon
Aug 13
Calling on my tech mates to help with these issues for Protect Earth, so we can show people what we’re doing and increase funding to do more climate/conservation work that would otherwise never happen. Astro.js front (open), @laravel API back (invite only)
Issues · protect-earth/website
From github.com
Phil Sturgeon
@philsturgeon
Aug 6
Anyone thinking #BackThe3rdRunway will bring growth or jobs is ignoring the evidence. “a net present value of -£23.4bn & -£62.5bn over 60 years.” “DfT expects the local jobs created by the scheme to primarily represent jobs displace d from around UK.” neweconomics.org/2026/07/the-ec…
GMB London Region
@GMBLondonRegion
Aug 5
Great to be at last night's Back the Third Runway dinner, meeting fellow members and colleagues from across the movement. A third runway at Heathrow means jobs. Good, skilled, unionised jobs and apprenticeships for workers and communities across London and beyond. GMB backs the
Phil Sturgeon
@philsturgeon
Jul 27
Remember the “108 ancient woodlands” HS2 was going to destroy? The actual ancient woodland loss for HS2 in full would be 39 hectares. This one ancient woodland Reform wants to destroy is *40 hectares*! This quarry will produce mostly crushed aggregate.
Controversial plans to turn ancient woodland into quarry backed by councillors
From kentonline.co.uk
Phil Sturgeon
@philsturgeon
Jun 28
Some of you saw this on BlueSky already, but I've written up the anarchy that befell myself and @juliancheal last Monday.
The Tree that Fell on a Cyclist, and My Boat
From philsturgeon.com