Presenter, Journalist, nature lover, music fan. dad.https://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mucdctza3s2nStories about kids who are ostracized and bullied for their otherness always make me deeply emotional, and that was only one hurdle #Yellowman has faced. And yet he has made music full of joy and fun. An incredible story: via @fm4.orf.at https://fm4.orf.at/story/jamaica-albino-10030 Aug 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucdctza3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mubyjcwuqc27Because the link wasn't working (thanks for the heads-up @hubertkickinger.bsky.social) and I really want to celebrate the resilience, joy and fun of #Yellowman: here #sunnysideup @fm4.orf.at https://fm4.orf.at/beitrag/31820057/yellowman-who-turned-an-insult-into-a-crown-of-pride30 Aug 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubyjcwuqc27https://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mubpdlgxrk2bToday on @fm4.orf.at's #sunnysideup: a fond tribute to Dolly Parton, a hidden George Harrison cover in French, the return of some Senegalese legends, Austrian music from Tanz Baby!, Maxi Nagl, salute, Parov Stelar). And a tongue twister from the irrepressible Yellowman. 10am here: fm4.orf.at30 Aug 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubpdlgxrk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mu7yps5nzk2mCallum and Anne found plenty of reasons for concern #cycling down the #Danube but aslo reasons for hope. #NatureRestoration works! https://fm4.orf.at/story/cycling-danube-drought10029 Aug 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7yps5nzk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mu5i7ftkjs2hCallum Armstrong and Anna Wentsch went #cycling from the source of the #Danube in Germany to its delta on the Black Sea - an expedition of around 3,000km over 10 weeks. They went to see #naturerestoration projects; and the reality of this summer of #drought showed just how necessary that is!28 Aug 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5i7ftkjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mu557za7wc24"This is more than a natural disaster. This is climate breakdown. & we’re not even at 1.5 degrees of warming yet. When will our politicians & policy makers wake up & start taking action, rather than being controlled by the fossil fuel industry?" https://antoniabolingbrokekent.substack.com/p/news-from-kathmandu28 Aug 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu557za7wc24https://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mu27timcb22vEcologists Callum Armstrong and Anna Wentsch have cycling from the source of the #Danube in Germany to its delta on the Black Sea; they saw nature in crisis on the banks, but also heartening resilience where #NatureRestoration projects have been established: @fm4.orf.at https://fm4.orf.at/beitrag/31783127/a-cycle-ride-down-the-danube-reveals-nature-in-crisis27 Aug 2026 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu27timcb22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtynpqrz6s2mI start to looking forward to @fm4.orf.at's #SunnySideUp on Wednesday (well I start looking forward to it on Monday morning if I am honest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMlJkEmW8R026 Aug 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtynpqrz6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtvllr2g7k2jThe world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded - and their biology is changing which is changing fishing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGcoiR-RX825 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvllr2g7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mttjb6bigk26Images of the #wildfire in the Fens I have been covering have now been released. A wake up call: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy45481wvv5o24 Aug 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttjb6bigk26https://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtstani7722kI think Jude Bellingham's star power will do work for wonders for appreciation of the (beautiful) Brummie accent. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtstani7722khttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtsrxq37622kWhere the boleros of the day called for restraint, elegance, a controlled ache, she gave audiences chaos. She slapped her own face mid-song... I remember how discombombulated I was when I heard the opening of Nirvana’s Nevermind as a child. I imagine it was similar https://fm4.orf.at/story/soul-cuba-10024 Aug 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsrxq37622khttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtqfx5ofy227I think the author of this article might have overlooked the existence of children... https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2026/aug/22/ice-cream-future-pleasure-wellness-fads-weight-loss-drugs23 Aug 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqfx5ofy227https://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtq5folvic2pIn #Havana in the early sixties, #LaLupa would tear her hair, throw her shoes into the crowd, stop singing mid-song and just scream. Cubans nicknamed her La Yiyiyi, Hemingway loved her for the delirium & frenzy. Castro's regime was horrified & forced her out @fm4.orf.at https://fm4.orf.at/beitrag/31736600/la-lupe-was-a-cuban-singer-who-castro-could-not-tame23 Aug 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtq5folvic2phttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtq54av2fs27On @fm4.orf.at's #sunnysideup this week: there's Donny Hathaway, the The Avalanches sampling 1983 Italian disco, and h Norbert Schneider wrapped in funk and hip-hop, there's Sister Nancy, Dawn Richard, Señor Coconut and the Cuban artist who shocked Fidel Castro. From 10 on fm4.orf.at 🌞 ♥️23 Aug 2026 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtq54av2fs27https://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mto4cf2c2c2n" #Carspreading is just the latest negative aspect of our century-long obsession with cars and our obeisance to every demand of the all-powerful motoring lobby. It is not only safety that has been adversely affected." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/12/britain-car-suv-big-large-vehicle-road-pedestrians22 Aug 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto4cf2c2c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtnmasronc2lFierce octogenarians, county-lines bandits, town-planning aristocrats, film-set glamour and ice-cream-bombing gulls. Notes from a faded English seaside legend. https://christiancummins1.substack.com/p/eastbourne-gods-waiting-room22 Aug 2026 06:06 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnmasronc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtm7dppoos2w“For generations as a nation we’ve drained #wetlands, straightened rivers and moved water off the land as quickly as possible. Here, we’ve reversed that approach and the results are remarkable." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/21/somerset-rewilding-holnicote-estate-wetlands-rivers-resilience21 Aug 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm7dppoos2whttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtlnympajc2rCan crushed rock help cool the planet? Matthias Rettenbacher of Austrian startup Carbony explains #EnhancedRockWeathering, turbocharging #nature's slowest #climate fix. But can it but upscaled? It seems #EU funding will be key.21 Aug 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlnympajc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtlabn5cek24Drying out #peat #soil ( #Torfboden) has been a disaster for our planet, as this summer's #wildfires have shown. But there are solutions: We can rehydrate this carbon-sink and help agriculture innovate for a more balanced future: https://fm4.orf.at/beitrag/31713518/wetting-peat-soil-to-defuse-a-carbon-bomb21 Aug 2026 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlabn5cek24https://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtjkosc4o22u“Investments into fire management could help to a certain limit, but if we go on a path of high emissions … we still see strong increases in burnt area,” said Maik Billing, an ecosystem researcher at the @pik-potsdam.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/20/wildfires-europe-increase-climate-scenario-study20 Aug 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjkosc4o22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtj4d7q36k2zPoliticians can ban barbecues; that’s the easy part. Yet devastating #wildfires are inevitable if we fail to put moisture back in our #soil. Rectifying past errors will take political will & significant funding. But to do nothing would be much more costly. #ClimateCrisis https://fm4.orf.at/story/wildfires-peat-wetlands-10020 Aug 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj4d7q36k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtgvpnvvxc2zKeep your dog cool! #heatwave19 Aug 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgvpnvvxc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtdtlm65bc24The #wildfires engulfing Europe are terrifying. One way of safe-proofing ourselves is to re-wet natural wetlands such as The Fens - a huge #carbon sink turned #CarbonBomb in the East of England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5U3T4rwFLI18 Aug 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdtlm65bc24https://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtbbyzuiks2eSadly #wildfires are ripping across Europe this summer. I filmed this as one tore through #England's #GreatFen, one of the continent's last wild #wetlands. Kilometres away, untouched, part of the restoration project shows the way back: re-wet the land, and a carbon bomb becomes a carbon sink again.17 Aug 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbbyzuiks2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtbbjikcns2eThe #wildfires that have consumed some of the most precious parts of #Europe are hugely alarming - there are projects out there attempting to re-wet dried out landscapes, but the clock is ticking. #ClimateCrisis #CarbonBomb #TheFens #biodiversity https://christiancummins1.substack.com/p/defusing-a-carbon-bomb-one-wet-field?r=2gezui&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email17 Aug 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbbjikcns2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mtb4fulhpc2sLovely: Queen behind the Iron Curtain via @nickthorpe.bsky.social https://nickthorpe.substack.com/p/queen-and-i?r=2gezui&utm_medium=ios17 Aug 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtb4fulhpc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/christianccummins.bsky.social/post/3mt6xvnib5c2fIncredible song coming up this hour on @fm4.orf.at's #sunnysideup https://fm4.orf.at/story/funk-prince-soul-100-10016 Aug 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:d2eepl76zbfnvwc5fodstbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6xvnib5c2f