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Local communities coming together to buy, sell & share - a sustainable way to build a happier, stronger, greener world 👭♻️💚
Joined April 2015
RT @DavidZipper: New study finds that living in walkable neighborhoods correlates with a 15-20% reduction in obesity and diabetes. Notably….
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RT @Treesforstreets: @treesforstreets helps individuals, groups of neighbours, and local biz to take action to green their streets🌳🌳🌳. Mee….
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Opportunities to ecologically transform cities and make them more people friendly exist everywhere we look 💚.
Paris is investing £225m to transform the iconic but car-choked Champs-Élysées boulevard into an “extraordinary garden.” Among other things, 140K on-street parking spaces will be removed. Bold city-building leadership from @Anne_Hidalgo & team. Via @TheB1M
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"Putting pedestrians first at crossings will make streets safer for everyone. This exciting initiative to switch to a default green person gives power back to pedestrians helping them move around more easily, safely and quickly" @MaryCreagh_ @livingstreets.
standard.co.uk
A number of pedestrian crossings across London are to be reprogrammed to have the “green man” signal showing unless a vehicle is approaching.
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RT @UNVolunteers: 🌳 Plant a tree.🍝 Cut your food waste.♻ Recycle.🏘 Buy local . Get more #ClimateAction ideas on how you can #ActNow to make….
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"31% of Londoners chose to walk instead of using a different mode of transport last year. 57% of people say they now go on more walks for exercise or walk for longer than they did before the pandemic.". 🏡🚶♀️💚.
bbc.co.uk
Figures show 57% of people say they now go on more or longer walks.
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We love you @JoshBabarinde ❤️.
@Village Thank you so much! 🙏🏽 My time as one of the first Villagers gave me a shedload of the skills and the space that were critical to me being able to build @CrackedIt into the venture it’s become 🚀 I’m the lucky one ☘️🤩.
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Congrats @JoshBabarinde 🙌. A true hero who @Village was lucky to have as the very first person on our community team 🙏.
I’m honoured to receive an OBE from The Queen for services to criminal justice, social enterprise and the economy🏅🇬🇧. Thank you to EVERYONE who made this possible🙏🏽. I’m proud to have poured my heart into serving others in Eastbourne and beyond - and I’m nowhere near done yet 🙌🏽
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RT @willnorman: Interesting data from Copenhagen: Driving a car one kilometre costs society 89 cents – but cycling the same distance benefi….
theguardian.com
Danish-Canadian urban designer Mikael Colville-Andersen busts some common myths and shows how the bicycle has the potential to transform cities around the world
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Calling all volunteers! 👋. Reach more people who need help 🙏. Add a #ViralKindness postcard on @Village to give everyone within walking distance an additional way of reaching you ❤️. Here's how 👆
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RT @BritishRedCross: Whether you’re volunteering with a charity or lending a hand to a neighbour, our new step by step guide will tell you….
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RT @NHSVolResponder: Vulnerable or at risk people can now refer themselves for support from #NHSVolunteerResponsers to access help with:….
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