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Tesco and Aer Lingus have launched a scheme that turns everyday shopping into “unforgettable travel.” Doing this in the middle of a climate crisis is absolute madness!

It’s time to ban fossil-fuel companies, including airlines, from advertising and shaping our choices in this way.
#BanFossilAds

Most Irish politicians ignore the massive costs of our car-centric transport system, doubling down on cars as a 'win' for society. We all pay for this.

Meanwhile, investment in active travel keeps shrinking, and the rollout of the little infrastructure we do get crawls along at a snail’s pace.

Photo of a bike path with two people cycling on it. A canal runs along the right side of the path. A wide green strip runs along the left side of the path, and beyond that is a vacant lot where houses will be built.

Investing in cycling to address the housing crisis? That's exactly what the Dutch government is going to do!

€2.5 billion is being invested to make housing projects accessible. A large portion of this will go towards cycling infrastructure, such as continuous cycle routes. 👌

nos.nl/artikel/2589...

4 people on stage with a large graphic behind Prirotizing youth mobility is prioritizing adult relaxing

Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.

As part of the CHA, we recently launched our report “Active Travel: The Magic Pill.”

It shows that embedding active travel into daily life brings major health and environmental benefits for everyone.

And yet, @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social continues to build active-travel 'infrastructure' like this.

Freshly laid tarmac, freshly painted death lane.

How is this an acceptable standard in 2025 @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social? Paint ≠ infrastructure.

We deserve wide, fully protected cycle lanes that support a healthier, safer, more sustainable city.

This simply isn’t good enough.
#ReimagineDublin

Trigger warning.

“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”

Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.

You can play around with the data here Lynn :)

Reference:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interesting look at mode share across 800 cities worldwide. City size and income tell you a lot about how people get around. And, well… Dublin doesn’t come out looking great. Not exactly a stronghold of public or active transport.
#ReimagineDublin

Thank you, @thinkorswim.bsky.social and @whittledaway.bsky.social for always bringing reason and much-needed urgency to the conversations around the climate and nature crisis.

It was a genuinely inspiring discussion this afternoon between two people who continue to push things forward.

Keep at it!

Brilliant conversation in Books Upstairs this afternoon between the always-inspirational @thinkorswim.bsky.social and @whittledaway.bsky.social on John's new book The Lie of the Land.

It was packed with stark facts, sobering analysis, and even a bit of hope!

Yesterday, we marched alongside inspiring organisations and individuals at the National Climate March, urging the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and phase out fossil-fuel power.

Showing up. Speaking up. It matters.

Let’s keep going!

Climate action = health action!

Inspiring day at the National Climate March organised by
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.

Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.

Let’s keep at it!

Where will the SUVs park?

Looks like Simon Harris’s ongoing meltdown is accelerating. This latest nonsense actually manages the tough task of insulting & infantilising the very farmers he claims to be “standing up for”, who he clearly thinks are eejits.

Brilliant!

A sign at today’s march that sums it up.

Dublin Bus contactless payments may not arrive until 2028 Keep your coins at the ready...

Anything to be said for a fully integrated transport app?

Let’s bring a public Lido to George’s Dock that’s affordable, inclusive and respectful of this iconic site’s heritage 🌊.

The Council is finally asking what the public wants — and this is our chance to be heard!

Please complete the survey today:

➤ Choose “Recreation”
➤ Then select “Swimming Pool”

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

In the midst of climate breakdown, fossil fuel lobbyists continue to pull the strings of the puppet show that COP has become.

Yea, it is a really unpleasant experience.

A taxi driver tried to run me off the road this morning while I was in the bus/cycle lane (nowhere does it say taxi lane). The car behind the taxi was a Garda car... They didn’t even bat an eyelid.

Prove me wrong.

The quays along the Liffey (Northside and Southside) are the perfect example of what not to do for active transport.

It's a hostile, dangerous mess.

This is symptomatic of Dublin City Council’s approach to active travel infrastructure.

No understanding. No respect for cyclists.

Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.

"Upgrading" a cycle path should NOT mean endangering cyclists.

Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?

If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.

This is bad even by your standards.

The state of Dublin... The mismanagement, the mess, combined with the complete lack of leadership and accountability.

You despair.

#120 Climate Action in Healthcare

Delighted to join the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast to talk about climate action in healthcare - why it matters, what’s already happening, and how we turn ambition into real change for patients, staff and the wider Irish community.

True!

Over-engineered, unnecessarily complicated, and somehow still too narrow + plenty of built-in conflict between cyclists and pedestrians.

And the best part?

It doesn’t actually connect to anything… so it’s basically a decorative bike path.

But hey, I’m sure someone got to tick a box somewhere ✅

For those interested, this is the new cycle-lane being built along by Dodder Park.
@irishcycle.com @olaln.bsky.social