To bring more attention to the links between climate, health, & buildings these four videos, spotlights the expertise & ground-level work to create a healthy, sustainable, & equitable built environment @eurohealthnet.bsky.social @kats-eye.bsky.social eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...

📢We're hiring! Could you be our new Transport Campaigner? This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌 Applications close 12 January. Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇 foe.scot/jobs/

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This. This right here is why proper cycling infrastructure is an investment in our communities and our future. It is only the beginning. This route isn’t even fully finished. When we stop imagining and start doing, change happens. @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @edi.bike @chasbooth.bsky.social

Reguliersbreestraat, Amsterdam in 1979 and today. Once two car-parking lanes, a single tram line with cars queueing on it, and bikes squeezed between it all. Now it’s two tram lines with generous pedestrian space. Cities reflect the priorities of the politicians who shaped them.

A message to us all presented with eloquence, passion, power, & the insight of a lived experience. @kats-eye.bsky.social @fp2131.bsky.social @etive1.bsky.social @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @drumchapelyoker.bsky.social @playscotland.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkvF...

This Scottish Government consultation outlines the draft Climate Change Plan, detailing policies to eliminate Scotland’s contribution to global emissions and provide benefits for its people @kats-eye.bsky.social @climatexchange.bsky.social @fp2131.bsky.social consult.gov.scot/energy-and-c...

Looking forward to this!

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This policy brief provides an evidence-informed overview of health taxes on food as a fiscal policy to create healthier food environments, promote healthier diets & reduce the burden of diet-related diseases @kats-eye.bsky.social @playscotland.bsky.social www.who.int/europe/publi...

Your chance to respond to this consultation 🫵👇

Call for articles, a variety of formats available including, appropriately enough a visual option, for a special issue #CitiesAndHealth. I've been part of this project for the last 3 years, great to see this next stage!

A new report from Public Health Wales, developed with housing stakeholders, explores how housing quality, affordability, & security influence health & wellbeing, particularly for children & families living in poverty. @etive1.bsky.social @kats-eye.bsky.social phwwhocc.co.uk/resources/sh...

A project to accelerate public sector retrofit planning helped public sector organisations develop data-informed retrofit strategies to decarbonise their buildings. @planningaidscot.bsky.social @kats-eye.bsky.social @etive1.bsky.social @scotecodesign.bsky.social www.be-st.build/case-studies...

Scottish Gov consultation This relates to potential permitted development rights changes that might help address the housing emergency. It also seeks views on measures to support the deployment of heat networks & domestic air source heat pumps @kats-eye.bsky.social consult.gov.scot/planning-arc...

Brilliant. I grew up going to the Kelvin Hall, so great to see it evolve with the times

If you live, work or have an interest in West Dunbartonshire then this will be of interest. The Council has launched a public consultation on plans for a visitor levy of 5% on all overnight stays. @wdcvs.bsky.social @kats-eye.bsky.social www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/council/publ...

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This interesting article examines how AI-powered tools are being used to deliver public-facing services & the challenges faced with implementation in New York & Dublin. @kats-eye.bsky.social @planningaidscot.bsky.social @scotecodesign.bsky.social lgiu.org/publication/...

Renfrewshire Council will deliver the largest networked heat pump system to council housing in Scotland. Residents in two multi-storey blocks will see their gas supply replaced with the renewable heating system. @renfrewshire.gov.uk @kats-eye.bsky.social www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/news/2025/re...

ReGreeneration is about bringing nature back to cities. Focused on social housing & urban grey zones, the project showcases how nature-based solutions can boost climate resilience, liveability, & social [email protected] @kats-eye.bsky.social regreeneration.eu?mc_cid=34fbd...

This resource is designed to serve as both a practical & inspirational guide on the role of outdoor arts in creative placemaking. @kats-eye.bsky.social @playscotland.bsky.social @youngscot.bsky.social @planningaidscot.bsky.social @fiplayscotland.bsky.social www.circostrada.org/en/ressource...

This interview discusses the state of local government in England & Scotland in 2025, what the future may hold for innovation in the sector & the lessons each country could learn from one another. @kats-eye.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk lgiu.org/blog-article...

This Scottish Gov. consultation focuses on Shellfish Water Protected Area’s & the safeguarding of shellfish waters from pollution @spookyuk.bsky.social @oceanconservancy.org @kats-eye.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk consult.gov.scot/environment-...

An interesting report highlighting the health risks associated with the use of sunbeds & skin cancer. @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social @kats-eye.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org www.publichealth.ie/news/new-rep...

Does a city near you have a digital twin? They can translate into tangible improvements in residents’ daily lives, reshaping urban life for better health & wellbeing. @kats-eye.bsky.social @planningaidscot.bsky.social @impurbanhealth.bsky.social www.smartcitiesworld.net/opinions/eng...

Scottish Gov. consultation. The future of the Northern Isles Ferry Services which link Orkney & Shetland with mainland Scotland @theorkneynews.bsky.social @shetnews.co.uk @kats-eye.bsky.social consult.gov.scot/transport-sc...

One of Edinburgh's less well-known #HilltopMonuments - views of it being obscured by the mature trees surrounding it - this is Clermiston Tower on Corstorphine Hill in the west of the city. (Thread 🧵)

This article from @threadinburgh.scot is a jolly read. But when you get to the end, you realise that it is making a point that should worry all of us, even if we are not interested in the history of large suburban villas in #Edinburgh . threadinburgh.scot/2025/06/27/t...

We do not need new roads; we need better transport options. Think of what could be done with £9.2bn, which is to be spent on just 14 miles of road! It could transform bus services and/or cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across Britain. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

One of my favourite older videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Xo...

A sense of Place stretches from the street we live in to the Planet we live on. COVID 19 reminded us of those links & the vulnerability it can cause. This WHO report offers a crucial step towards a world safer from pandemic threats. theindependentpanel.org/news/pandemi...

Excellent research regarding acute & chronic problems related to alcohol, drugs & self-harm these are important public health challenges & compounded by socioeconomic inequalities. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Children & young people spend lots of their time at school, which play a large role in their development. The health promoting schools project strives to introduce, strengthen, & sustain the adoption of a participatory whole-of-school approach to health and wellbeing. schools4health.eu/project

This webinar, is for anyone wanting to better understand how to take a place-based approach. The focus will be on the common misunderstandings about place-based working & reflections on how to do a place-based approach well. 12 Jun, 11:00am - 12:00pm www.improvementservice.org.uk/events/maste...

A recent WHO report on social determinants of health equity, the first since 2008. The report presents 14 recommendations with country examples of practical policy responses. Measures that address income inequality, structural discrimination, & climate change www.who.int/publications...

What role do local parks and community gardens play in helping Glasgow’s residents cope with a urban heat? In a new blog, Dr Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social shares insights from a recent project with @openuniversity.bsky.social, Verture and communities in Govan & Pollock. ncr.glasgow.ac.uk?p=2206

Important stuff from @katjadiehl.bsky.social, linking children’s exclusion from their streets to both car-centrism and adultism (which are of course connected): “how deeply adultism is ingrained in our cities — and how it robs children of what they need most: freedom, movement and self-efficacy”

How does tagging work? @placestandard.bsky.social

@placestandard.bsky.social can you see this tag?

What do wellbeing economy policies look like, & how effective are they in practice? Iceland has embraced a wellbeing economy, & through its innovative Children’s Prosperity Act is showing the real potential of wellbeing-focused policies to shape the future eurohealthnet-magazine.eu/how-icelands...

As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close the work continues & everyone, as part of a community play an important part in improving mental health. When people come together with a shared interest or purpose, amazing things can happen. www.seemescotland.org/about-see-me

A Scottish Gov. consultation is seeking views on the development of an Ecosystem Restoration Code for Scotland which offers a market mechanism that could attract responsible private investment into nature restoration and biodiversity projects. consult.gov.scot/environment-...

Looks like an interesting event coming up - #CoastalChange #Climate #Adaptation - on 8 May www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coastal-ch...

Oxford Street is an iconic high street, but it's full of traffic & people jostling for space. Imagine the transformation that pedestrianising it would make. Thriving high streets don't need cars! Please respond to this by Friday (2nd). #AirPollution haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/oxford-street

This Scottish Gov. consultation seeks views on how powers within the Housing Bill could be used to exempt certain types of properties from rent control & where rents could be increased above the level of any introduced rent cap. consult.gov.scot/local-govern...

Lovely story about a man walking a long way dressed as a curlew to raise money for conservation. I couldn't see a link to donate which seems a real shame. If anyone knows him do share. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scottish Gov. Consultation - Two issues to consider, a review of the rural food waste exemption that permits local authorities not to collect food waste from rural locations & currently textiles are not recycled but contribute 32% of the carbon emissions consult.gov.scot/environment-...

A major air polluter is the construction industry, responsible for dangerous quantities of nitrogen dioxide & fine particulates. Here’s a Local Authority initiative to address air pollution caused by construction in a city which exceeds UK air standards www.local.gov.uk/case-studies...