Sun setting on 2025 - the Thames at Greenwich

two kids biking on their street one is standing on the handlebars.

Youth Mobility + Youth Independence should be key metrics of a city's success.

💚💚 #art #gardening #environment

@gardeningwell.ie @sliondale.bsky.social @savevtg.bsky.social @katemidd.bsky.social @yorksfella59.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

🚶🏽‍♀️‍➡️ #pedestrians #roads #London 🚶‍♀️

Another day, another #KSI, this time in #Islington

@katemidd.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @sliondale.bsky.social @ianmgreenwood.bsky.social

Saturday RSPB Northward Hill, Kent-absolute joy for all the senses. Hawthorn, Gorse and last of the Bluebells, dozens of Peacock and Speckled wood butterflies, Cinnabar moths ..oh and clear close up views of Cuckoos - as for sounds - photo of brief burst of Merlin app. 10 yr old neighbour loved it

Fabulous day at ⁦‪@RSPBMinsmere‬⁩ - watched 3 Bittern close by on the wing for several minutes and dozens and dozens of sand martins…nightingales, Avocets etc etc

Fabulous marathon day - big crowds and plenty of music on Trafalgar rd East Greenwich

Goslings on the Thames today

Pure Weller just finishing soundcheck at @peltonarms Pelton Arms Greenwich to a round of applause - it’s going to be a great night ..band on at 9pm

My first Comma and first Brimstone of 2025, about 10 yards apart, at Vanbrugh Pits, Greenwich thurs lunchtime. Several years now the same bramble patch has yielded my first comma of the year @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

Apparently #mothfaceFriday is a thing. Well here's one (Elephant Hawk) from Greenwich last summer.

The fox down the Crown has been named - not by me - he is now JimThe Fox. YouTube video by Dusty Gedge

2nd video is hats off to gang of younger people in #pub who named the #fox down the 👑 - I have to say a bit not #glamarous but hey their choice. A bit fun #foxes again @katemidd.bsky.social @joebeale.bsky.social might enjoy.
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Woolwich upgrade project creating big problems near Elizabeth line station - Murky Depths A major project changing Woolwich town centre is seeing major problems are numerous pedestrian routes are reduced in size

Woolwich public realm project removing much pedestrian space around an extremely busy areas near the Elizabeth line station crossing creating numerous pinch points hindering those on foot.

Thousands more homes due too which'll increase footfall here www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/04/11/w...

🧵 In "celebration" of the opening of the Silvertown Tunnel today, we recently took it upon ourselves to attempt the cross the river in East London by bike in (almost) every way possible.

First up, Tower Bridge...

Who could have imagined that a government of rapists, racists, coup plotters, conmen, tax dodgers, conspiracy fantasists and bullshit artists might not work very well?

The U.S Government is now owned by the fossil fuel industry to the extent that they are no longer seeking to slow the transition to a low carbon world, but are using all means to reverse progress.

I cannot overstate the existential threat these people pose to your children.

Trump tells countries to ax talks on shipping carbon tax, or else The attack on the shipping deal is part of a wider U.S. rejection of policies to fight climate change.

www.politico.eu/article/dona...

A rainforest in Devon, today.

Labour is chucking cash at a carbon capture con – so we’re taking action | Good Law Project A fossil fuel project in Teesside has landed a £10bn subsidy for a fairytale technology. But the government’s carbon sums don’t add up.

A fossil fuel project in Teesside has landed a £10bn subsidy for a fairytale carbon capture technology -recent studies show the plant’s total emissions would far exceed any carbon stored under the sea

Read more about this second, new challenge to Net Zero Teesside
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Is Rachel Reeves constrained by the City? Is the City really stopping Rachel Reeves from doing what Labour wants, or is she just using it as a convenient excuse for her neoliberal austerity? This is the audio version: This is the transc...

A narrative is recited almost everywhere: that Rachel Reeves is being "forced" to cut benefits, and is faced with "hard choices" or "no choice". This story, a staple of neoliberal doctrine, is completely false, as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Manifesting Change, Measuring Impact 🌸🚲 Newsletter | Fresh Publications

A published collaborative #manifesto, an annual report teeming with #impact, an action-packed year of #events and #stories from readers that inspire and shape our efforts- this month's newsletter is a special one ✨ 🤩

Read on our #Substack and join us 🥳

Charlton lido this lunchtime - stunning in the sun . Water a little chilly but great when you are in - proper hot showers afterwards ..that’s what the people need

4.5 million children in poverty demand action There are going to be 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK soon, with Labour's policies increasing that number by at least 250,000. I continue to be shocked by these statistics. In a coun...

We should be shocked, humiliated and ashamed that 4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK and that Labour is planning to increase this number by conscious choice. Radical action is needed. No child deserves this. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

I keep seeing the same common theme: the impossible standards placed on anyone advocating changes to our transport system. Question car dependency and you're expected to address every inequality and injustice at the same time; but support car dependency and you'll never be challenged on these issues

High pollution alert issued for London Londoners are asked to switch off vehicle engines when idling and to refrain from burning garden waste.

City Hall has issued a high pollution alert for London due to air pollution from mainland Europe.

I urge Londoners to look after themselves and protect those with conditions such as asthma. This includes refraining from engine idling and burning wood or garden waste.

What does 'net zero emissions' mean? An ambitious target to reduce emissions, but can it slow global warming?

This week, someone said of the UK's net zero target: "Why is it 2050 in the first place? No-one knows."

It feels like a good time to be resharing this @newscientist.com primer, on what net zero actually means. Few years old but the basics stand👇
www.newscientist.com/question/net...

Government ‘absolutely up for the fight’ over net zero, Ed Miliband says Exclusive: energy secretary says 2050 target is imperative, and accuses opposition of betraying of future generations The government is “absolutely up for the fight” over net zero, Ed Miliband has said, as he accused the Conservatives and Reform of “a total desertion and betrayal” of future generations by failing to tackle the climate crisis. After a turbulent week for Labour in which it has been charged with abandoning its values by slashing disability benefits, the energy secretary sought to focus attention on the party’s plans for the green energy transition. Continue reading...

Exclusive: energy secretary says 2050 target is imperative, and accuses opposition of betraying of future generations

The government is “absolutely up for the fight” over net zero, Ed Miliband has said, as he accused the Conservatives and Reform of “a total desertion and betrayal” of future…

Is this Chester station? …i live in East Greenwich