The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

INCREDIBLE Minimum temperature was 18.4C at Skalnate Pleso almost 1800m asl in SLOVAKIA Tatras, ITS WARMEST NIGHT IN HISTORY tied, not even any summer heat wave had anything higher. Also Minimum 10.7C Lomnicky Stit 2635m: Sept record ! But it'll snow in few days

Normalise this 👇

Bonjour ☀️ A beautiful sunny morning in Burgundy. Bob ⚡️🚙 met his Belgian cousin at the fast charger and I got to sample a pistachio croissant 🥐 Onwards

It’s a new day and another EU roadtrip. A bit windy but nice blue sky for a quick charge at Cobham services Today’s destination Dijon 🇫🇷

Seen a few chimneys smoking in our village today - has the heating season officially started?

See if this gets censored by bluesky

I've finally published my improved solar tariff tool. I'm exhausted. youtu.be/UR-F9d5Fm7k #solar

Any tips for good podcasts? Need to fill my phone for next week’s travels

What Happens When Real People Try e-Cargo Bikes? Spoiler: good things 😊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0K...

Lovely clouds this afternoon

Today marks a bit of a milestone. Our PV system has generated the same amount of electricity ⚡ from Jan 1st to September 6th as the whole of last year. Can't wait to see what the total will be for this year. 💡🔌

An odd headline @theguardian.com, most of the vehicles mentioned in the article are electric motorbikes, not e-bikes www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Form Follows Fuel - this looks good! (Pity John isn't on Bluesky)

And no amount of EVs will improve this

😎Keep cool - the Passivhaus way! Find out the key Passivhaus strategies employed to keep our homes and buildings cool, and the situations in which additional active cooling might be needed. Passivhaus summer comfort👇 www.passivhaustrust....

Norway - the world's greenest petrostate. Latest from @thejuicemedia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYjo...

In good news, it's 6th consecutive month of record solar PV production this year. Spring & summer have definitely been sunny ☀️⚡ 💡🔌

Pendine sands in South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 is such an amazing landscape when viewed from afar, but look closer and you’ll find an awful lot of garbage 🥺 Humans, eh

Much needed rain 💚

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

Oi Oi !!! I was there! sunshine ☀️😎 good vibes 🎶💃🕺 bikes taking over the city 🛴🚲👣 Drum & bass on the bike Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6-_...

A good day out in the saddle 🚵‍♂️

There's a lot to like about Savick's high performance straw insulated timber frame panels over in Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 Imagine if this was the standard way of building... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gpj...

Hornets building their nest in a birdbox

In my latest podcast I'm chatting to the Managing Director of 21 Degrees. He's got a beginner's guide to creating a comfortable home. Expect a bit of physics... but the good news we can do this! Andy explains how. www.houseplanninghelp.com/hph383-a-beg... #SelfBuild #Passivhaus #EcoHome

Sally Godber grew up with her dad (Peter Warm) building houses and experimenting, so I suppose it's no massive surprise that Sally has followed suit. In my latest podcast I chat to her about what it meant to de-risk her #Passivhaus project. www.houseplanninghelp.com/hph384-de-ri... #PassiveHouse

Love to see so many wind turbines when traveling across EU. Much better than the climate change inducing oil production. Two photos 10 miles apart Renewables rock 🤘

It’s hot 🥵 in Slovakia, 37C in the shade. So glad my parents’ place is highly insulated and has external shading installed. It’s 48-68C surface temperature on the outside and comfy 22C inside, with no air conditioning

Here we go again. EU roadtrip #2 Starting with (almost) full moon 🌕 Hopefully no issues with charging this time around 🤞

I wrote about why I felt unbearably sad when I was arrested at the Palestine Action protest. substack.com/@jeremytill1...

I don’t think people have realised the power of predictable performance, and perfomance monitoring of Passivhaus to derisk finance.

Beautiful things happen when bikes take over the city roads Drum & bass on bike Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Morning blue sky

Impressions from a recent roadtrip. What these buildings have in common is high bar for quality and craftsmanship. Architecture is appreciated and supported in Vorarlberg 🇦🇹

Bracken bashing with horses in our local woods. An eco friendly way of controlling the bracken

Available to pre-order, The Good Building Book has been a labour of love for me and Jon but it would be nice if it sells! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/good-buil...

I want to see Samuel L Jackson do ads for motherfuckin Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Truly affordable housing Cargo bikes and ebikes Heat pumps Passivhaus Biobased construction materials

Coming soon, multi family buildings in New York getting the "BioPHit" retrofitting treatment by @zharchitects.bsky.social Interesting to see the thought process naturally leading to rapidly renewable materials... Fantastic sharing community in the #passivehouse scene. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 @phnetwork.bsky.social

Motherfucking wind farms…

I can't vote in GE but if I could, I'd #BackZack

We need to build more houses and buildings with natural materials such as wood, straw and hemp. We also need to use materials such as recycled paper, textiles and so on... Massive systemic opportunities right there, cf my previous article in the pinned thread :)

Awkward 😬

At least 10 houses worth of straw in this pile. It’s estimated that more than a million tonnes of straw is produced each year in Europe. Time to build with it 🌾🏡🏗️

It was great to have a short stop in Vauban: a model sustainable disctrict of Freiburg 🇩🇪 ✅ Walkable neighborhoods ✅ Great public transport system ✅ Baugruppen ✅ Passivhaus and Low Energy buildings

thread. these are gorgeous and some of my favorite architects and projects. looks like it was a great trip!

Baldwins Farm - a new Passivhaus Plus home (certification pending) based on Old Holloway EcoCocon kit looking great in the Essex sun ☀️ Love the connection between the wheat grown on the farm and straw insulation used in the walls 🌾

Impressions from a recent roadtrip. What these buildings have in common is high bar for quality and craftsmanship. Architecture is appreciated and supported in Vorarlberg 🇦🇹

Vorarlberg architecture 🧵 Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz by Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten

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