Jon Burke🌍
@jonburkeuk.bsky.social
Energy ⚡️ Waste ♻️ Transport 🚲 Public Realm 🌳
Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal.
Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board.
Enquiries - [email protected]
www.jonburkeuk.com
Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal.
Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board.
Enquiries - [email protected]
www.jonburkeuk.com
I live with a small tiger who thinks she’s a toddler.
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I live with a small tiger who thinks she’s a toddler.
The U.K’s guilty men want you to forget that the 2008 bankers’ crisis, 14 years of austerity, Brexit, and Covid failures are the cause of our woes.
Instead, they want you to think renewable energy, which costs your household 47p a day, is the problem.
They think you’re idiots.
Instead, they want you to think renewable energy, which costs your household 47p a day, is the problem.
They think you’re idiots.
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The U.K’s guilty men want you to forget that the 2008 bankers’ crisis, 14 years of austerity, Brexit, and Covid failures are the cause of our woes.
Instead, they want you to think renewable energy, which costs your household 47p a day, is the problem.
They think you’re idiots.
Instead, they want you to think renewable energy, which costs your household 47p a day, is the problem.
They think you’re idiots.
Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
Global warming deniers and fossil fuel shills in the West spent decades supporting Big Oil’s attempts to kill the electric car.
Now, they blame ‘gender neutral corporate speech’ for the industrial decline they caused.
If you fall for their lies, you’ll fall for anything.
Now, they blame ‘gender neutral corporate speech’ for the industrial decline they caused.
If you fall for their lies, you’ll fall for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Global warming deniers and fossil fuel shills in the West spent decades supporting Big Oil’s attempts to kill the electric car.
Now, they blame ‘gender neutral corporate speech’ for the industrial decline they caused.
If you fall for their lies, you’ll fall for anything.
Now, they blame ‘gender neutral corporate speech’ for the industrial decline they caused.
If you fall for their lies, you’ll fall for anything.
For the Right, the ideal public service broadcaster is one that deletes stories about the White House being inhabited by a Russian asset.
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For the Right, the ideal public service broadcaster is one that deletes stories about the White House being inhabited by a Russian asset.
Baking bread is very satisfying.
If you haven’t had a go, you should try it.
If you haven’t had a go, you should try it.
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Baking bread is very satisfying.
If you haven’t had a go, you should try it.
If you haven’t had a go, you should try it.
I'm reading Ernest Shackleton's South: The Endurance Expedition.
So, for fans of seafaring, remarkable stoicism, pipes, knitwear, and sled puppies, may I present Second Officer, Tom Crean.
So, for fans of seafaring, remarkable stoicism, pipes, knitwear, and sled puppies, may I present Second Officer, Tom Crean.
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I'm reading Ernest Shackleton's South: The Endurance Expedition.
So, for fans of seafaring, remarkable stoicism, pipes, knitwear, and sled puppies, may I present Second Officer, Tom Crean.
So, for fans of seafaring, remarkable stoicism, pipes, knitwear, and sled puppies, may I present Second Officer, Tom Crean.
🚨 SOME PERSONAL MEWS 🚨
I *still* have the cutest cat.
I *still* have the cutest cat.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🚨 SOME PERSONAL MEWS 🚨
I *still* have the cutest cat.
I *still* have the cutest cat.
Every day, I wake up at 06:45, brew coffee, then make bread dough, which I bake in the evening.
If you start your day by achieving something - however small - the rest will follow.
If you start your day by achieving something - however small - the rest will follow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Every day, I wake up at 06:45, brew coffee, then make bread dough, which I bake in the evening.
If you start your day by achieving something - however small - the rest will follow.
If you start your day by achieving something - however small - the rest will follow.
Nothing typifies the unwarranted hysteria of the ‘energy debate’ in the U.K more than the @theguardian.com using a stock photograph of someone in a blanket clinging to a radiator in their report on a 28 PENCE ($0.37) A MONTH increase in energy bills.
We’re just not a serious country.
We’re just not a serious country.
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Nothing typifies the unwarranted hysteria of the ‘energy debate’ in the U.K more than the @theguardian.com using a stock photograph of someone in a blanket clinging to a radiator in their report on a 28 PENCE ($0.37) A MONTH increase in energy bills.
We’re just not a serious country.
We’re just not a serious country.
Great front page by the The Economist.
Poverty, civil unrest, and international weakness always follow a collapse in the rule of law.
Remember Americans, this was the kind of United States for which you voted.
Poverty, civil unrest, and international weakness always follow a collapse in the rule of law.
Remember Americans, this was the kind of United States for which you voted.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Great front page by the The Economist.
Poverty, civil unrest, and international weakness always follow a collapse in the rule of law.
Remember Americans, this was the kind of United States for which you voted.
Poverty, civil unrest, and international weakness always follow a collapse in the rule of law.
Remember Americans, this was the kind of United States for which you voted.
Let it be known that I was a very early fan of the Heatherwick Studio design for Birmingham City’s new stadium.
The brick chimneys reflecting Birmingham’s history as an industrial powerhouse look fantastic.
It’s going to be one of the most iconic grounds in the country. Guaranteed.
The brick chimneys reflecting Birmingham’s history as an industrial powerhouse look fantastic.
It’s going to be one of the most iconic grounds in the country. Guaranteed.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Let it be known that I was a very early fan of the Heatherwick Studio design for Birmingham City’s new stadium.
The brick chimneys reflecting Birmingham’s history as an industrial powerhouse look fantastic.
It’s going to be one of the most iconic grounds in the country. Guaranteed.
The brick chimneys reflecting Birmingham’s history as an industrial powerhouse look fantastic.
It’s going to be one of the most iconic grounds in the country. Guaranteed.
Aww, what a sweetie! Here’s Saoirse when she was six weeks old…
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Aww, what a sweetie! Here’s Saoirse when she was six weeks old…
There’s a Russian spy ship off Scotland shining lasers at RAF pilots patrolling our skies and the Kremlin is sending drones into NATO airspace while Trump has betrayed us with a ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine that amounts to surrender.
Where are the outraged ‘British patriots’?
Where are the outraged ‘British patriots’?
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
There’s a Russian spy ship off Scotland shining lasers at RAF pilots patrolling our skies and the Kremlin is sending drones into NATO airspace while Trump has betrayed us with a ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine that amounts to surrender.
Where are the outraged ‘British patriots’?
Where are the outraged ‘British patriots’?
Hundred year-old cobbles resist ice formation via curved surfaces and deep mortar joints.
They also last forever; only requiring re-setting every few decades.
Concrete & asphalt surfaces, however, allow water to pond, which then becomes treacherous ice in sub zero temperatures.
They also last forever; only requiring re-setting every few decades.
Concrete & asphalt surfaces, however, allow water to pond, which then becomes treacherous ice in sub zero temperatures.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Hundred year-old cobbles resist ice formation via curved surfaces and deep mortar joints.
They also last forever; only requiring re-setting every few decades.
Concrete & asphalt surfaces, however, allow water to pond, which then becomes treacherous ice in sub zero temperatures.
They also last forever; only requiring re-setting every few decades.
Concrete & asphalt surfaces, however, allow water to pond, which then becomes treacherous ice in sub zero temperatures.
No, *I* have the cutest cat.
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
No, *I* have the cutest cat.
Royal Mail is replacing 52 vans with 104 Micro Electric Vehicles (MEVs) to save 242 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.
The MEVs will also improve air quality & road safety, occupy less space, & speed up deliveries.
The company operates 7,000 electric vehicles and plans to add 1,800 more in 2026!
The MEVs will also improve air quality & road safety, occupy less space, & speed up deliveries.
The company operates 7,000 electric vehicles and plans to add 1,800 more in 2026!
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Royal Mail is replacing 52 vans with 104 Micro Electric Vehicles (MEVs) to save 242 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.
The MEVs will also improve air quality & road safety, occupy less space, & speed up deliveries.
The company operates 7,000 electric vehicles and plans to add 1,800 more in 2026!
The MEVs will also improve air quality & road safety, occupy less space, & speed up deliveries.
The company operates 7,000 electric vehicles and plans to add 1,800 more in 2026!
Mate of mine sent me this from the Scotland game last night.
North Americans of Bluesky, the Tartan Army is on the way to the World Cup…😍
North Americans of Bluesky, the Tartan Army is on the way to the World Cup…😍
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Mate of mine sent me this from the Scotland game last night.
North Americans of Bluesky, the Tartan Army is on the way to the World Cup…😍
North Americans of Bluesky, the Tartan Army is on the way to the World Cup…😍
As winter flooding looms, it's worth noting that a young street tree in an asphalt surface can prevent 60% of the rain that falls on it from reaching the ground, even when not in leaf.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As winter flooding looms, it's worth noting that a young street tree in an asphalt surface can prevent 60% of the rain that falls on it from reaching the ground, even when not in leaf.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
Blue tick X accounts who achieved nothing in life until Musk started paying them to lie about net zero and beg for donations from their mum’s spare bedroom will be the death of the West.
The world is getting on with it while we cling to an imagined past because of these grifters.
The world is getting on with it while we cling to an imagined past because of these grifters.
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Blue tick X accounts who achieved nothing in life until Musk started paying them to lie about net zero and beg for donations from their mum’s spare bedroom will be the death of the West.
The world is getting on with it while we cling to an imagined past because of these grifters.
The world is getting on with it while we cling to an imagined past because of these grifters.
Two weeks ago, it took the NHS 75 minutes to examine, x-ray, and refer me.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Two weeks ago, it took the NHS 75 minutes to examine, x-ray, and refer me.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
Australia receives the world's highest average solar radiation 👉 58 million petajoules a year.
That’s 10,000 times its electricity use and 2,500 times its energy consumption.
It doesn’t need coal, gas, or nuclear.
These people are serving someone, but it’s not Australians.
That’s 10,000 times its electricity use and 2,500 times its energy consumption.
It doesn’t need coal, gas, or nuclear.
These people are serving someone, but it’s not Australians.
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Australia receives the world's highest average solar radiation 👉 58 million petajoules a year.
That’s 10,000 times its electricity use and 2,500 times its energy consumption.
It doesn’t need coal, gas, or nuclear.
These people are serving someone, but it’s not Australians.
That’s 10,000 times its electricity use and 2,500 times its energy consumption.
It doesn’t need coal, gas, or nuclear.
These people are serving someone, but it’s not Australians.
As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.
As well as you’d expect, but it has its moments.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
As well as you’d expect, but it has its moments.