We went to Paris to launch a fake brand campaign for the bank Société Générale. Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal. But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries). Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr

Advent #3 "As an activist, I realised, I must do more than just ring the fire alarm: I must also detail the way out of the building, and show people how to find it."

Advent #2 "People in the Global North live in bubbles. We surround ourselves with stuff, immerse ourselves in a human-made world, live without any connection to nature, and deny any need for it. For many people, nature can seem peripheral, optional or irrelevant.."

Advent #1 "You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."

Britain didn’t get any more hilly between 1949 and 2024.

Opposing genocide is not terrorism. Make your choice. www.wedonotcomply.org

Three times in the last fortnight, while #cycling, I've had drivers pass me wide while overtaking - but doing so they've driven into the path of an oncoming cyclist. Is it too much to hope drivers show basic competency in driving? #roadsafety

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

Help please. Does anyone know of an app that let's a smallish group (eg up to 50 members) arrange #liftshare to occasional events? We'll be pulling from a wideish area in Devon with different destinations on each meet. #sustainabletransport #climatecrisis #lichens

The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.

Compare and contrast the Government language. £3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’. Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’. And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.

Human Rights Watch says Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 Palestinians from three camps in the occupied West Bank during “Operation Iron Wall”, calling it a war crime and urging investigations into senior officials, including PM Benjamin Netanyahu. 🔗: aje.io/w2wwey | #Infograph

We need your votes to win £1,000 to support walking and wheeling projects! Living Streets has been nominated for @benefactgroup's 12 Days of Giving! Please click here to vote for us and help secure £1,000 of funding this Christmas 👉 https://bit.ly/12DaysofGivingLS

😮 A sobering statistic for Road Safety Week... In the UK, SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10 and heavier cars are more likely to be involved in fatal collisions. Source: @cleancitiescampaign #roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun

Mid November grey morning but the bike racks at church were completely full this morning. #cycling #activetravel #Exeter

Much needed on Magdalen Rd, Exeter where the contraflow cycle way is ALWAYS blocked by a driver forcing people cycling into oncoming traffic.... just a we warned the council it would.

And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

Quote of the year.

Bits of Exeter's Green Circle are my everyday cycle links. I've fedback on parts hard to cycle or wheel with a disability. Maybe you know other sections well & how it could be improved for those using 🧑‍🦽🚲? Why not complete the survey & get some improvements? news.exeter.gov.uk/give-your-fe...

COP30 starts today. The chart below shows how much of a fuck we give after 30 years of COP meetings (warnings from leading world scientists to politicians that they need to wake up). Nothing has changed... #DontLookUp

When people & campaign organisations oppose floating bus stops, this is who they are opposing

Yesterday this quietly turned over to 8000 miles. That's 8000 miles less driven. Less pollution Less noise Less road danger Less road damage No fossil fuels burned. You're welcome Exeter. #cycling #climateconversations #climatecrisis #NHS

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

The secretary general of the UN has set out a very clear warning, but is anybody listening? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It doesn't get clearer than that. If anyone still thinks Farage is one of them, they need to be shown this video. This is before we even mention his role in Brexit.

But did the shop have hiviz and a helmet? Car crash causes damage to historic shopfront www.bbc.com/news/article...

But does not eating snails count as picky eating?

"There isn't a reasonable scenario where we grant some rich people control over the planet's thermostat and everything turns out fine." My latest:

Big turnout at the Exeter is For Everyone rally today that was held to oppose the far-right march through the town centre. Music, singing, chanting and a whole lot of love for diversity.

Nathan Gill will be sentenced in a month. Nigel Farage would like it to all go away, but it won’t. It happened on his watch. Just like the failing councils his party are in charge of. #ReformRussianBribes

When drivers park like this on zigzags, showing callous disregard for people trying to cross the road, it is reasonable to ask if they've even passed their test. Does someone have to die before they lose their licence? AV11 LJK

Every day is a school day. Is never heard of buzz pollination before.

Net zero by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5°C. That may have been plausible 10 years ago, but the continued rise of emissions means that there is effectively no carbon budget left for 1.5. It is cumulative emissions that drives warming. 1/6 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What is even more insane is that parked vehicles are usually prioritised over moving vehicles and humans. Where and how someone parks is an insight into their soul.

“We have a real opportunity to build on what works, to make Dryden Road, Bovemoors Lane and other local streets safer for everyone” Ignore the headline, which we've requested Devon Live amend. This story is a positive one about active travel and safety in Exeter. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

I've just done this. I was working nearby for the NHS when Maria was killed here. It's so important to make this gateway suitable for all ages and abilities.

Definitely a sign up from me.

In Wales, Cornwall, Edinburgh, London and so many places when most 30mph roads were changed to 20mph, people injured or killed by motor vehicles reduced by 20%+. With minimal change to journey times and £2bn saving in insurance costs it's a huge win. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

And even more miles if you power ebikes

Before (2012) / After (2025) Rue le Vau, Paris 20. The change here is so radical that perceiving the photos as aligned is difficult (see the orange building and the trees on the left). In 2024, this section was converted into a school street with a bike lane running through the greenery.

Exeter could have this around every school. Why not at least outside Ladysmith and St Michaels? And the Cathedral School? Nearly one year since focus groups held to find solutions following the LTN removal.

Very apt for today on the blustery aftermath of Storm Amy

The Welsh 20mph default reduced casualties by 25% and insurance costs by £90m. If done in England expect reductions of 15,000 casualties pa and insurance by £2bn pa. Implementation cost would be approx £0.5bn. For comparison, 1st yr depreciation on new cars registered in England in 2024 was £78bn

You know cycling should be safe on regular occasions like „existing” and „getting groceries” and not having to change continents just to not get ran over.

The language! Not 'our failure to meet those vital targets' but 'failed targets' I weep. I am grieving for the next generation. 'Badenoch said: “Under my leadership we will scrap those failed targets. Our priority now is growth, cheaper energy, and protecting the natural landscapes we all love.”'

I may have found my defining quote. Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

900 bike hangars and yet Exeter has zero. Why are we waiting? ##activetravel #cycling

Puts the uproar about Angela Rayner’s troubles into perspective. No, I don’t think what she did was good. But this is on another level.