Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻♀️💚🚲🍃
@kirstendevos.bsky.social
Birmingham Spokesperson for Mums for Lungs 💚
Mum of 3 👩👧👦 | Clean air & safe streets advocate
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org 🌱
#ActiveTravel 🚶♀️🚲 | #SafeStreets
📍 Birmingham
Mum of 3 👩👧👦 | Clean air & safe streets advocate
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org 🌱
#ActiveTravel 🚶♀️🚲 | #SafeStreets
📍 Birmingham
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Great to see people casting their sweetie wrapper to show support for sustainability at the Moseley CDT stall at the Arts Market this morning! 🌱🍬
#CarFreeStreets #ActiveTravel #Retrofit #GreenEnergy
#CarFreeStreets #ActiveTravel #Retrofit #GreenEnergy
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Great to see people casting their sweetie wrapper to show support for sustainability at the Moseley CDT stall at the Arts Market this morning! 🌱🍬
#CarFreeStreets #ActiveTravel #Retrofit #GreenEnergy
#CarFreeStreets #ActiveTravel #Retrofit #GreenEnergy
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Very interesting!
@activetraveltt.bsky.social's skircle
Inner Circle:
@americanfietser.bsky.social
@sundance.bikesky.social
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
@tomflood.bsky.social
@alexavee.bsky.social
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
@katjadiehl.bsky.social
@tinybeaches.bsky.social
@activetraveltt.bsky.social's skircle
Inner Circle:
@americanfietser.bsky.social
@sundance.bikesky.social
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
@tomflood.bsky.social
@alexavee.bsky.social
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
@katjadiehl.bsky.social
@tinybeaches.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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"They're like two feet tall ..."
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"They're like two feet tall ..."
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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"Let Starmer know how worried we are about Labour's dismissal of environmental protections
Yesterday we gathered in Westminster Hall for the 1st ever National Emergency Briefing with MPs & peers
Sign the open letter to Keir Starmer nebriefing.org
Full speech at youtu.be/QddkB1jK4sU
via Chris Packham
Yesterday we gathered in Westminster Hall for the 1st ever National Emergency Briefing with MPs & peers
Sign the open letter to Keir Starmer nebriefing.org
Full speech at youtu.be/QddkB1jK4sU
via Chris Packham
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
nebriefing.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"Let Starmer know how worried we are about Labour's dismissal of environmental protections
Yesterday we gathered in Westminster Hall for the 1st ever National Emergency Briefing with MPs & peers
Sign the open letter to Keir Starmer nebriefing.org
Full speech at youtu.be/QddkB1jK4sU
via Chris Packham
Yesterday we gathered in Westminster Hall for the 1st ever National Emergency Briefing with MPs & peers
Sign the open letter to Keir Starmer nebriefing.org
Full speech at youtu.be/QddkB1jK4sU
via Chris Packham
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A significant swathe of Birmingham was under water 2 weeks ago, after heavy rain, because the infrastructure can't cope with climate change, and the city council can't even unblock the drains because of austerity. Still wild to me that that's now somehow entirely routine.
More than 700,000 homes across the ten English councils now governed by Reform UK are projected to face medium or higher flood risk by the middle of the century, exclusive analysis of national modelling by Byline Times and Bylines Network shows.
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A significant swathe of Birmingham was under water 2 weeks ago, after heavy rain, because the infrastructure can't cope with climate change, and the city council can't even unblock the drains because of austerity. Still wild to me that that's now somehow entirely routine.
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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🚸 We are calling on all those preparing to stand for election in Birmingham next year to back practical steps for safer streets.
Ask 8: Make residential streets greener and calmer.
👉Read the ten asks and co-sign: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Ask 8: Make residential streets greener and calmer.
👉Read the ten asks and co-sign: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you make Birmingham's roads safer?
Better Streets joins with 15 organisations to make ten asks of tomorrow's politicians to address road safety.
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🚸 We are calling on all those preparing to stand for election in Birmingham next year to back practical steps for safer streets.
Ask 8: Make residential streets greener and calmer.
👉Read the ten asks and co-sign: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Ask 8: Make residential streets greener and calmer.
👉Read the ten asks and co-sign: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
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🚨 Today
🚨 CALLING ALL ANTI-RACISTS 🚨
The far right is trying to march through our multicultural city, using women’s safety as a cover for racism. It’s disrespectful to survivors and dangerous for our communities.
✊🏻✊️✊🏾 We need you. Stand with us.
Saturday 29th November, 12pm, By the Bull
The far right is trying to march through our multicultural city, using women’s safety as a cover for racism. It’s disrespectful to survivors and dangerous for our communities.
✊🏻✊️✊🏾 We need you. Stand with us.
Saturday 29th November, 12pm, By the Bull
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🚨 Today
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8,000 illegal waste sites
13 million tons of rubbish
No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains
Burning of waste
Little or no policing
How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics'
Our latest article, out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
13 million tons of rubbish
No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains
Burning of waste
Little or no policing
How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics'
Our latest article, out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests
Exclusive: Concerns over impact on health and environment, as well as £1.63bn in avoided landfill tax
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
8,000 illegal waste sites
13 million tons of rubbish
No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains
Burning of waste
Little or no policing
How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics'
Our latest article, out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
13 million tons of rubbish
No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains
Burning of waste
Little or no policing
How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics'
Our latest article, out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests
Fantastic from @leanahosea.bsky.social
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Fantastic from @leanahosea.bsky.social
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At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests
Exclusive: Concerns over impact on health and environment, as well as £1.63bn in avoided landfill tax
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November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests
Fantastic from @leanahosea.bsky.social
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Fantastic from @leanahosea.bsky.social
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I’m determined to consign air pollution to the history books.
I want London to be the best place in the world to grow up. That’s why I gathered environment and health leaders with government to build on the progress since my first Clean Air & Health Summit in 2022.
I want London to be the best place in the world to grow up. That’s why I gathered environment and health leaders with government to build on the progress since my first Clean Air & Health Summit in 2022.
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I’m determined to consign air pollution to the history books.
I want London to be the best place in the world to grow up. That’s why I gathered environment and health leaders with government to build on the progress since my first Clean Air & Health Summit in 2022.
I want London to be the best place in the world to grow up. That’s why I gathered environment and health leaders with government to build on the progress since my first Clean Air & Health Summit in 2022.
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Pollution levels in Paris after they introduced bike lanes and car restrictions
Red = EU limits for Nitrogen Dioxide pollution
Original graphics by Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme
www.apur.org
Red = EU limits for Nitrogen Dioxide pollution
Original graphics by Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme
www.apur.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Pollution levels in Paris after they introduced bike lanes and car restrictions
Red = EU limits for Nitrogen Dioxide pollution
Original graphics by Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme
www.apur.org
Red = EU limits for Nitrogen Dioxide pollution
Original graphics by Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme
www.apur.org
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
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“What’s your relationship with cycling?”
“It’s … I don’t walk anymore. I’m like a human with wheels.”
“It’s … I don’t walk anymore. I’m like a human with wheels.”
The French artist who turned himself into a bicycle
Jeremy Barzic's striking rideable sculpture of himself highlights the humanity of cyclists.
escapecollective.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“What’s your relationship with cycling?”
“It’s … I don’t walk anymore. I’m like a human with wheels.”
“It’s … I don’t walk anymore. I’m like a human with wheels.”
This is brilliant!
Also, I know we complain about the increasing amount of oversized SUVs on the road, but I’m not sure it reflects real life to have a convoy of 5 identical black Defenders. Perhaps except when they’re driving the King to the start of his favourite walk.
youtu.be/QABiQFWwXHg?...
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We Bumped Into King Charles On This Bike Ride!
YouTube video by McTrail Rider
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is brilliant!
Disappointed with the BBC’s reply on The Celebrity Traitors and the rise in interest in the large SUVs it features. They say it’s not advertising because no money changed hands. But these vehicles are dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists and children and repeated screen time inevitably drives demand.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Disappointed with the BBC’s reply on The Celebrity Traitors and the rise in interest in the large SUVs it features. They say it’s not advertising because no money changed hands. But these vehicles are dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists and children and repeated screen time inevitably drives demand.
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Professor Kevin Anderson delivers some granite hard truths @kevinclimate.bsky.social
"We need profound shifts in our social norms.
It is too late for non-radical solutions.
The UK is emitting far more than its fair share of greenhouse gases.
We need deep cuts in energy use."
"We need profound shifts in our social norms.
It is too late for non-radical solutions.
The UK is emitting far more than its fair share of greenhouse gases.
We need deep cuts in energy use."
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Professor Kevin Anderson delivers some granite hard truths @kevinclimate.bsky.social
"We need profound shifts in our social norms.
It is too late for non-radical solutions.
The UK is emitting far more than its fair share of greenhouse gases.
We need deep cuts in energy use."
"We need profound shifts in our social norms.
It is too late for non-radical solutions.
The UK is emitting far more than its fair share of greenhouse gases.
We need deep cuts in energy use."
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Key point from the brilliant Prof @kevinclimate.bsky.social at the National Emergency Briefing, the UK's climate plans are based on the wildly untenable assumption that the country can have 3x its equitable share of the remaining global carbon budget for meeting the 1.5C guardrail.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Key point from the brilliant Prof @kevinclimate.bsky.social at the National Emergency Briefing, the UK's climate plans are based on the wildly untenable assumption that the country can have 3x its equitable share of the remaining global carbon budget for meeting the 1.5C guardrail.
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Question from @fionaharvey.bsky.social about rise of populist politics.
@angelaisfranc.bsky.social says we need to force responses on climate from them.
@kevinclimate.bsky.social says there is no cost of living crisis, there is an equity crisis from locked up wealth.
@angelaisfranc.bsky.social says we need to force responses on climate from them.
@kevinclimate.bsky.social says there is no cost of living crisis, there is an equity crisis from locked up wealth.
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Question from @fionaharvey.bsky.social about rise of populist politics.
@angelaisfranc.bsky.social says we need to force responses on climate from them.
@kevinclimate.bsky.social says there is no cost of living crisis, there is an equity crisis from locked up wealth.
@angelaisfranc.bsky.social says we need to force responses on climate from them.
@kevinclimate.bsky.social says there is no cost of living crisis, there is an equity crisis from locked up wealth.
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“Every bicycle is one less car on the road, meaning that there’s less congestion. . . The more cars we can get off the road, the more room there will be for the people who have to drive.” @davidwtrueman.bsky.social on why investing in protected bicycle infrastructure is good for everyone #BikeHFX
Halifax's temporary green bike lane posts draw criticism from cycling advocates
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax's green bike lane posts draw criticism from cycling advocates
Cyclists say the green posts make bike lanes like Bell Road too narrow. HRM says the posts are temporary while permanent fix is planned.
www.saltwire.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Every bicycle is one less car on the road, meaning that there’s less congestion. . . The more cars we can get off the road, the more room there will be for the people who have to drive.” @davidwtrueman.bsky.social on why investing in protected bicycle infrastructure is good for everyone #BikeHFX
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Private jets should be banned but this is something I guess.
Private jet passengers flying from UK face fourfold increase in tax on.ft.com/3Xnvtzk
Private jet passengers flying from UK face fourfold increase in tax
More than 500,000 trips will be subject to higher levies
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Private jets should be banned but this is something I guess.
Help make cycling and walking the fun and easy options! @transportaction.bsky.social
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Help make cycling and walking the fun and easy options!
In June, Transport Action Network won a historic victory in the Court of Appeal, the most significant case for active travel in English legal history. Following this, the government is consulting on a...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Help make cycling and walking the fun and easy options! @transportaction.bsky.social
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