Five years on from the Government’s consultation on pavement parking in England and there is still no action. Meanwhile, Susanne and her son Joseph, a wheelchair user, found freedom in Scotland, where there pavement parking is restricted. Read about their story here 👇 http://bit.ly/4hicmQe

My god, the sheer relief of reading a piece by someone who knows something about this football match and didn't just learn to spell Maccabi two days ago www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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So many people across the country are struggling. And they're rightly angry at a political system which has failed them. With a new generation of leadership across the UK only Greens will deliver the transformation that our country desperately needs. 💚 greens.scot/join

He’s not wrong.

We were told that trams, 20mph, the pavement parking ban, the low emissions zone and new bike lanes would damage #Edinburgh’s economy. What if these are actually economic enablers? 🚌🚋 Time to ignore the naysayers and double down on sustainable investments in #Edinburgh news.stv.tv/east-central...

Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.

Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around. They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway. It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

*The 89% project* A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Happy Earth Day 🌎 🌹🦋

This is excellent news: open.substack.com/pub/greendis...

What an awful way to deal with a long term sitting tenant - 🤞 Martin Crawford can keep hold of this beautiful gem and groundbreaking work in sustainable forest culture.

Tickets now available!

Time to meet the last three actors rounding out our cast! 🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025 🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details) 🔗ticket link coming soon! 📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden

We are delighted to be returning to Saughton Park this summer with another of Shakespeare’s classic comedies! Stay tuned for casting announcements 🎭 🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025 🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details) 🔗ticket link coming soon! 📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden

Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.

Good on the STUC. Similar vein to (think I posted about this on here) Roz Foyer at Poverty Alliance conference at the end of last year explicitly warning against an anti-immigration turn. Glad Scotland's Unions collectively seem willing to stand up for *all* of their workers and not bow to bigotry.

Well, we've finally deactivated our Twitter account for good, thanks to the actions of its owner. On a lighter note, here's a real emperor 😀

Saw this on Tw, it’s bang on.

💯% @ketanjoshi.co Did you perhaps see my #Auspol Senate Committee inquiry on Offshore Wind submission? @theklaxon.bsky.social gave it a write up: theklaxon.com.au/anti-voice-g... Full submission, 5 docs, some 50 pages & references is here (go to no. 297) www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

40% of the mass of everything transported by a ship in 2023 was a fossil fuel. That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

My MP @elliereeves.bsky.social (the Chancellor's sister): I urge you to please listen to the clear scientific arguments below. The Conservative party has been voted out and we expect Labour policies to match the urgency of the climate & ecological crisis, not fudge the issues or make them worse!

Hope we didn’t upset those psychopathic drivers… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

100k jobs doesnt seem to be that much when you compare to a similar investment in, say, renewables or the green economy, that surely, would be better value more sensible in the long term? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"It's really fun" 🤩 "If you're a politician, come on the bike bus. It's great." Stella from Camden shouts out her #BikeBus + throws an invite to all politicians 🎉🥳🚍🚲 @camdencyclists.bsky.social All children should be able to cycle safely to school like Stella can.

1/ WE DID IT 🎉: Rosebank has been ruled unlawful and the oil field’s approval has been overturned. This is incredible news, and monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all. @stopcambo

The election of Donald Trump as president could be about to let Big Oil companies off the hook - but we mustn’t let that happen. Join me in signing the urgent petition calling on the government to make fossil fuel companies like Shell and BP pay for their climate damage. Sign now: act.gp/4frynda

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Food for thought.

Remember this one? Before & after of a brain after a 20 minute walk — why walking to work, or school, or just to get the intellectual juices flowing, is linked to better creative & intellectual performance. Among MANY other benefits to you and to society. Design and build more walkable cities.

Concerns aired by LTC regarding recent uptick in serious injuries and crashes caused by driver error in and around Corstorphine lately. Asking for CEC cllrs and police to address as matter of urgency lowtrafficcorstorphine.org.uk/low-traffic-...

Decongestion charging uses the price mechanism to help drivers decide if they need a car for their journey, who then often conclude public transport, cycling, or walking is better. This leads to clearer streets, cleaner air, better public transport, and improved health. It’s boring and it works.

Mapping changes in temperature: 2024 edition

It’s a bit chilly oot there!

The root cause of road violence is not clothing.The root cause of road violence is not clothing.The root cause of road violence is not clothing.The root cause of road violence is not clothing.

Been up in the wilds of Inverness-shire this weekend at a fabulous wedding and stumbled across this very rare fungal phenomenon which is a reaction to v specific cold conditions: “Hair Ice”

Definitely worth propagating this into the next year. Maybe some folks in important jobs might be able to use is to support proper active travel projects that make arriving safe more likely however you get there, it’s not much to ask for really… is it?

“It’s not that I am trying to do social engineering around people using bikes, walking & transit. I am trying to undo the 60+ years of social engineering around the complete reliance on the automobile.” — well said @gabeklein.bsky.social. #cardependency

Asthma emergency admissions plunged as lockdown improved air, Oxford study finds. “First study to tally asthma exacerbations with air pollution during pandemic finds numbers admitted to A&E fell 41% in 2020.” Via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“People call [the antiscience movement] ‘misinformation’ or ‘the infodemic’ as tho it’s just random junk out there on the Internet or social media, and it’s not— it’s organized, it’s well-financed, and it’s politically motivated.” — Dr. Peter Hotez in @sciam.bsky.social

Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom. Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?” Choices. Choices are more free than car dependency. It’s not a hard concept. I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport. I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.

I’m convinced that the only way to get rich countries to act on climate is to pose it as a competition with China.

Another Study Shows Incredible Results of Pairing Solar Panels With Agriculture: 'Getting more from the land' www.goodnewsnetwork.org/another-stud...