If government fails you, there is always the opportunity to act. Bike lane painting skills 💯 by @xtrevi

Pesticides persist in soils for decades, not months. A study of 100 fields shows even after 20 years of organic management, soils contain up to 16 different pesticide compounds—disrupting microbial communities and undermining productivity long after application stops... 🧵

Physical inactivity among adults contributes to 1 in 6 deaths in the UK and costs the NHS over £1 billion each year Build more bike lanes, end car dependency

This is the mainstream, liberal version of climate and ecological action. No wonder it has been so successful.

You shouldn't be mad at @JustinTrudeau for going to see Taylor Swift, what you should be mad about is that he continues to uphold an undemocratic electoral system he promised to end.

“We continue to invest in road capacity expansions as our go-to strategy to alleviate congestion or drive economic growth, despite proof that this strategy does not work.”

Watch this — it’s the just now newly appointed Minister of Infrastructure for British Columbia, Canada, a few years back EXPLAINING HOW ADDING CAR LANES WON’T SOLVE CONGESTION BECAUSE OF INDUCED DEMAND AKA THE LAW OF CONGESTION! @BowinnMa even quotes me.

#CO2 She did her best, but she couldn't run fast enough. Due to vast deforestation, Bolivia's per capita CO2 emissions are among the highest in the world - far exceeding the p.c CO2 emissions of the US. They trash forests to feed our insatiable demand for beef. But who cares?

This one is doing the rounds again, for (I presume) obvious reasons.

"The era of mass social media platforms is over" writes @gabyhinsliff in The @Guardian. It is the ruling class' strategy to disperse and disconnect us so that we can't organize collective action against their tyranny. https://t.co/dV8SZq96rj

Just in from COP29 climate summit. . .

"Without our bikes, we would not have been able to buy much-needed food and water supplies and then quickly deliver them to cut-off villages within half-an-hour.” Bicycles save lives: How bikes have been critical after Spain's Valencia floods.

The humble bicycle is a wonder drug that doesn't even require a prescription. 🚲Reduce heart disease, cancers, diabetes, stroke, dementia, and chronic illness. Bike more, live longer.

What does it take to move 1000 people? Better infrastructure supporting mobility choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money, etc). Graphic via @SeattleSubway based on a Sydney graphic I spread around years ago.

people mistakenly believe that growth in renewable energy will automatically result in a decline in the use of fossil fuel, when all we are doing is encouraging the practice of endless energy on demand. the most direct way of addressing climate is reduce your energy footprint.

Governments fall, fascists rise as the rage explodes. Ravenous crowds will vote for climate deniers as they look for sympathy to climate disasters. The unrest in 🇪🇸 Valencia is a snapshot of the future that awaits global society

Every “free” parking spot that’s created through zoning codes adds roughly 17% onto the average cost of rent for an apartment. @malcolmburnley

When nature gives you water, water bottle companies add plastic and charge $2.99

Thank you for including Proportional Representation in your platform, @LiberalPartyNS!! 👏🏽👏🏽