I’m increasingly stressed that people I consider intelligent and aware of social/environmental issues are still flying for sunny holidays abroad as a given.
@GilesRocholl
Ooh thank you for that. Next I’d love to hear your thoughts on those crazy ideas that vaccinations save lives and that the world is round.
@M_Heffernan
@Shell
Game changing. Many
@Shell
workers won't be able to just quit and walk into another job/ weather the financial implications of quitting but for those who can, examine your consciences.
So many
#teachers
are passionate about
#climateeducation
but aren’t taking action in schools. So many climate education orgs are finding it impossible to engage schools. Why? Would love to find out what - except curriculum time - are the barriers so we can help. Pls RT &discuss
@raechel_kelly
The argument that other people are worse is a very poor one. We all live on this planet. We all contribute emissions. We can choose high or low emissions - the fact that anyone aware of this issue would knowing choose the highest possible emission choice is what stresses me.
@HazelDarEd
@steviedubyu
@FlightFreeUK
Yep. Your holiday isnt worth planetary collapse, mate. I wish we could all just be a bit braver to the people around us and making flying unnecessarily as socially repugnant as smoking inside is.
@cmdkenyon
Wow - the hostile replies to this. It’s a shame so many people take this so personally and go on the attack rather than seeing this as a valid example of the need for safer and healthier spaces for all.
@PolleyMatt
@AnimalRising
So you're just trolling then. Bc any sport resulting in 170 fatalities/yr wld cause huge concern.
For vv rough comparison - this study looks at sudden death in sport in Australia from 2006 - 2015. 201 sports related adults deaths. In 10 years.
Sooner or later
#climateeducation
will be compulsory in schools.
I can help your school make a start on this. Incorporating climate & SDGs in curriculum, pupil empowerment, eco schools guidance, community engagement, school carbon footprinting and more. DM me for more info.
I had such a lovely chat with Jen
@sustainableish
for this podcast episode. ☺️
If you’ve got an interest in school sustainability give it a listen.
If you’ve an interest in sustainability or great podcasts give the other 129 episodes a listen too. 🥰
@ProtectTheWild_
@thenewtsomerset
I live in Bath and occasionally the Newt is mentioned on FB groups as a great place for lunch, dinner, afternoon whatever. I’ll be adding this information whenever I see anyone recommend the place. Nobody wants to support animal cruelty.
I am so lucky to surround myself physically and virtually with some absolutely awesome people that are working with me to tackle the
#climateemergency
in schools and communities around the UK.
You, yes you, are probably one of them.
Thank you. 💚💚💚
Another day another cycle, another (several) near passes.
@bathnes
@ccbathnes
I'm really not feeling safe as a cyclist on Bath roads.
Apart from consultations on infrastructure changes what is being done to help cyclists like me feel safer???
@RickTheV1
Honestly it's the cognitive dissonance behind that justification that fazes me. I'd love to go to the other ends of the earth just for fun but I'm aware that my carbon choices have a real impact.
&the idea that people work hard so can justify high emissions? Sorry - just no.
Irish schools will have Climate Action and Sustainable Development as a subject soon. Wales and Scotland have sustainability as a thread through their whole curricula. Why is it so hard for England?
An eye opening quiz based on
@ProjectDrawdown
findings. I thought I know lots about this but my score was embarrassingly low. Lots to learn!!
See how much you know about curbing climate change.
A first for me today. Going to my
#energysparks
workshop by train AND bike 😱. I’ve never taken my bike on the train before!!! Here’s hoping it goes smoothly. I’ve got 100 minutes for what should be a 40 min journey.
Time for a coffee
@PenAHay
Ed Miliband just announced unequivocal support for compulsory climate education & sustainability in schools at the Festival of Wellbeing and is working on it with shadow secretary of ed 🌎
How are other papers covering this?
I was in Morrisons a few hours ago and a casual glance at the news had Kate and the kids on a tree pic.
So 'not at all' would be the answer to my question then???
Are you a teacher who wants to know more about the
#climateemergency
and how to embed it throughout your lessons? DM me. No cost. No angle. I just want to help you do it.
@SyedMAbubakar
@CatrinNye
@ExtinctionR
But what if the message isn’t getting through..? It sounds like she’s done with having her knowledge and expertise ignored. Well done to her. Fantastic dedication, passion and bravery.
I recently spoke to a room of 1200+ people on the role of activism.
This speech took me in a direction I didn't expect. It felt nerve-wracking yet important to expose what I consider to be the biggest climate cover-up in history...
1/7
@deathbybadger
As someone who makes elderflower cordial every year, saves it for a special occasion, and then it goes rancid. Yes. Let’s make every day special.
@JamieBGall
I repeatedly asked Scottish Power to refund the £££ I’d overpaid. In the end I just cancelled my direct debit and am just watching my credit pay the bills.
So upset with
@FirstBusnews
driver this morning. I’ve been doing the school run for months on the Bath 7 with my 6yo and her bike and our dog. Drivers have always been friendly and welcoming. Today the driver flat out refused to let us on the empty bus because of her bike.
Had a super online session with 25 pupils earlier about pupil powered change and planning campaigns to make the world a better place; now have 14 eco coordinators waiting to join my
#energysparks
info session on tackling energy. Little by little we can make a difference.💚💪
We can make some space in the curriculum - climate change education needs to and can feature in all curriculum areas. That’s what I’m trying to assist teachers with in my free schools pilot with
@CEYAconsultancy
. Also see
@WickedWeather1
@MinistryEco
Finally.
I was massively underwhelmed by
#WildIsles
6. Keep eating beef, keep eating shellfish, don’t worry about the climate crisis- these people are fixing it for us.
What a missed opportunity 😡
@DaveGoulson
Well this is almost viral for me. Come for the train price grumbles, follow me for .. um climate change grumbles. Ok - doesn’t sound that appealing but I retweet some decent ppl.
Thanks for all those who today have suggested cheaper ways to move around the country 🙏🏻
I’m full of loneliness and self-pity this Christmas Eve as I haven’t seen my girl since the 17th & won’t see her til tomorrow night. At least she’s home then. I’m sending love your way if you can’t be with your loved ones or are feeling
#lonely
too.
@GillianKeegan
@educationgovuk
@GillianKeegan
Talking about bright futures for our children, I'd love to hear more about how you'll be enabling teachers throughout our education system to teach a
#climatecurriculum
so that our young people can adapt to &thrive in what's looking like a very bleak global future
‘We’re in danger of implying that climate change is something that only geographers and scientists need to worry about. Teachers can’t avoid the subject anymore – this is what young people are actually concerned about,’ explain
@_TeachtheFuture
@MartinSLewis
@bbc5live
My daughter loves poor pizza: sliced white bread spread with tomato paste with some Italian herbs sprinkled on.😂
Okay maybe that's not so much of a recipe...
@RobDelius
Oh I was merely exploring options.
Railcards save a tonne but there’s no railcard for single woman in her 40s going for a nice wee trip to get out of a rut.
Our youngest pupils will just have left school when our world hits 1.5 degrees warming.
#ipcc
We MUST act NOW.
Your school can:
Slash your energy usage
Install renewables
Educate about the climate crisis
Reduce meat consumption
Stop flying on trips
Bank green
I’m Scottish, hardly minority, but don’t feel particularly represented by our Council. I’m mother of a 4yo &determined that
@bathnes
does everything it can to ensure she grows up in a safe, clean, vibrant city and a functioning planet.
@BigIndependents
Our first School Street opened today. Enford Street, now has a pedestrian and cycle zone thanks to timed closures Mon to Fri, mornings and afternoons during term time. This enhances
#school
#roadsafety
and helps create a more pleasant
#environment
.
@ryanhorsey
@SaskiaHeijltjes
It's not so much 'hogging' as reducing the width of the road between you and the oncoming lane so that the driver cannot overtake.
Drivers should be moving into the oncoming traffic lane to safely pass cyclists. If they can't then they shouldn't be overtaking.
I am a single mum of one, on UC and a primary school teacher. The highlight of my weekend has been karaoke with friends.
I am also a climate activist.
Activists are people like you that care. And act. And we need a LOT more people to get involved.
#NormalPeople
I want to live in a place where PEOPLE have the priority of movement, not cars.
- where leaders take action on the
#climateemergency
even if it means making difficult decisions
- where the health of our most vulnerable is worth more than our house prices
#kidicalmass
@bathnes
And there - dropped my girl off at her dad’s and I won’t see her again til the 5th. 3 years of this and the pain still cuts so deep. That’s my Christmas over.
Massive thank you to Glasgow Youth Hostel
@hostellingscot
for putting us up these past 4 days for
#COP26
🙏🏠
The most friendly and supportive staff in a beautiful building in perfect location 😁
Wish we could have stayed longer!
We 💚
#Glasgow
#UKSchoolsCOP26
#youthvoice
What if each of us were to join 5 social media groups that were out of our eco bubbles and to start to just drop climate change into the conversations there...?
@SallyCopley
I experienced similar &it's terrifying. A 'slip' of their accelerator and you're on their bonnet. I did take the license plate and report it to the police but they did nothing. So don't regret not doing that. You kept yourself safe which is the. most. important. thing.
@SaskiaHeijltjes
I'm tending to agree. In general, the electric cargo bike is a choice only for the well-off middle classes. That's why we need more free trials and loans of e-bikes to get a wider demographic using them and seeing how they're a great alternative to cars.
Despite spending most of my time thinking about
#ClimateEmergency
, I manage to avoid sinking into despair - because I have the opportunity to contribute to events like this - exciting, inspiring, empowering, world-changing
Click the link, get involved
@geologiser
@Judeemma
Definitely report it, at least write down all details today. The police won’t do anything cos it’s her word against yours (been there) but it’ll be on her record.
What a witch.