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@greenschoolruns.bsky.social
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We are a group of parents that encourages active transport options for the school run. #GreenSchoolRuns #ActiveSchoolRunNW3

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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 4h
🚗 HOW DO YOU CROSS SAFELY WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE? Bigger vehicles can block sightlines and make it harder for people - especially children - to see and be seen when crossing. Support @cleancitiescampaign.org #Carspreading campaign cleancitiescampaign.org/join-the-mov... #SafeStreets
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🎉 What a year for Cakes & Cargo Bikes! We’ve delivered 6 events across Camden, bringing people together to discover cargo bikes and explore more sustainable ways to get around. 🍰🚲 Best of all, we’ve seen families go from curious to making concrete plans to use cargo bikes! 💚 A few highlights 🧵👇
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🍻 Happy Streets Social is back! 🚗 This time we'll talk about how bigger cars are changing our streets and what it means for our children and communities. 📅 Tue 17 Nov, 8pm 📍 The Freemasons Arms, NW3 Come along for a drink and a chat! 💚
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 07/10/2026
Cyclists in the Netherlands take 300 million day trips and 5.85 million overnight trips per year, generating €3.6 billion for the economy and supporting 39,000 full-time jobs. Across Europe, cycle tourism accounted for 28% of the bike industry’s total economic and employment impact. bit.ly/47Gy7VU
A series of photos of beautifully designed cycling bridges in the Netherlands.A series of photos of beautifully designed cycling bridges in the Netherlands.A series of photos of beautifully designed cycling bridges in the Netherlands.A series of photos of beautifully designed cycling bridges in the Netherlands.
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚗 How big is too big? We’ve joined @cleancitiescampaign.org #Carspreading campaign to call for action 🚙 Fairer parking charges based on vehicle size 📢 No SUV advertising in public spaces 👀 Child-visibility tests for vehicles 👉 Sign the petition: cleancitiescampaign.org/join-the-mov...
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚲🍰 Our LAST Cakes & Cargo Bikes event of 2026 in Camden! 📅 Fri 2 Oct, 3–5pm 📍 WAC Centre, Haverstock Hill, NW3 Come try cargo bikes, ask questions, bring friends and eat cake! ❤️🚲 Everyone welcome!
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚲🍰 Another fantastic Cakes & Cargo Bikes event! Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers and all the families who came along, tried bikes and spent some time with us! 🌱 Join us for our LAST 2026 event in Camden: 📅 Fri 2 Oct, 3–5pm 📍 WAC Centre, Haverstock Hill Cake, cargo bikes & friendly advice! ❤️🚲
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚲 A quick reminder that we’ll be at Haverstock School this Saturday morning, with lots of different cargo bikes ready for you to try out in a super-safe, traffic-free space! Come along, have a go, compare different models and see what could work for your family. And, of course, there’ll be cake! 🍰😊
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another shout out to In the Square Belsize, for this great article exploring how families can ditch the school-run stress and make the journey healthier, happier and more enjoyable. Now updated with the details of our next Cargo Bikes event Saturday 26 Sept, 10am-12pm, at Haverstock School. 😊
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚲 We’re really pleased to see the Cargo Collective featured on Camden’s Healthy Travel Choices website! 🎉 It’s one of many great options for healthier, more sustainable travel - from cycle training to “try before you buy” schemes. 👉 Explore what’s available: healthytravelchoices.commonplace.is
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Camden's Healthy Travel Choices
Take advantage of a range of free and low-cost options available to all Camden residents and businesses to help you try a new way of getting around.
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚲🍰 Fancy trying a cargo bike? Our next Cakes & Cargo Bikes is on Saturday 26 September, 10am–12pm at Haverstock School, Chalk Farm. A safe, traffic-free space to discover whether a cargo bike could make family journeys easier, healthier & more fun! 🚴‍♀️ 🌐 www.joinourcargocollective.org
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🚲👶 How young is too young for a cargo bike? Thinking of cycling with your little one? The latest Cargo Collective blog looks at when children can start travelling by cargo bike and what to consider at different ages. Read more 👇 www.cargorevolution.org/cargo-collec...
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How Young Is Too Young for a Cargo Bike? — Cargo Revolution
At the Cargo Collective, one of the questions we are asked most often is: When can we start? To answer this question, we spoke to Hannah Spink, paediatric physiotherapist at Bumble Bee Physio and a...
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Quick reminder of tomorrow's Cargo bike event! 👇😀 📅 Saturday 5 September, 12:00–4:00pm� 📍 York Rise Street Party, York Rise & Dartmouth Park Road, NW5� 🗺️ Map: maps.app.goo.gl/aigZW96bvTVQ... Looking forward to seeing many of you there! See less
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎒 Back to school, back to the school-run stress? We were delighted to be featured in In the Square Belsize in this great piece about ways to make school journeys healthier, happier and less stressful. 🚶‍♀️🚲🌿 inthesquarebelsize.co.uk/ditch-the-sc...
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Ditch The School Run Stress | In The Square
Have you seen a group of about 30-50 children, accompanied by some parents, cycling through Belsize Village on a Thursday morning at about 8am? This is a scheme organised by Charlotte Claydon to get c...
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The hardest part of the school run? Letting go. 💚 Our latest newsletter explores why independent travel matters and why we need streets that make this independence possible. 🚶‍♀️🚲 tinyurl.com/yravcn7v
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🚲☀️ Cakes & Cargo Bikes is back in Camden! Join us Saturday 5 September, 12–4pm at the York Rise Street Party, NW5. Meet local cargo bike families, see different bikes, ask questions and have a go (and cake! 🍰). 🌟 www.joinourcargocollective.org
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Solve the School Run @solveschoolrun.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh to be able to let them muck about on the street outside your house with intermittent supervision... 🥲 What used to be normal is now impossible. 🛻 Cities are designed for cars, not for kids playing erratically by a road. 📱Feels safer to know where they are, even if that's glued to a screen.
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚲 Thanks to everyone who stopped by our Cargo Collective stall at the Jester Festival! We had a great afternoon chatting with local families about cargo bikes and what's helping or stopping them from making the switch 💛 We'll be back on 5 Sept at the York Rise Fair 🌐 www.joinourcargocollective.org
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Clean Cities @cleancitiescampaign.org · 07/07/2026
New research highlights the huge health and economic value of cleaner air as a result of the UK’s planned net zero policies. In London, this could mean over 9 million working days gained and more than 44,000 avoided premature deaths. bit.ly/4gRIQ5A @cleanairfund.bsky.social
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Net zero measures will deliver cleaner air that could provide £7.7 billion boost to UK economy by 2050 - Clean Air Fund
Decarbonisation across transport, buildings, industry and power generation will bring air quality gains and an economic boost to the UK.
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
💨 What's in the air we breathe? Our new NW3 air quality sensors are already revealing concerning levels of traffic pollution. Come and see the live data, learn how the sensors work, and chat about cleaner, healthier streets. 📅 Sun 5 July, 1–3pm 📍 Hampstead Summer Festival (Big Fair), Heath Street
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Great idea for the summer! 🙌
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚲 Just a quick reminder that we'll be at the Fortune Green Jester Festival this Saturday, 12–2pm! 🎉 Thinking about a cargo bike? Or just curious? Come and chat to local families, see different bikes up close, and ask all your questions while the kids enjoy the festival. 🚴‍♀️💬 See you there! 😊
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🚲 Curious about cargo bikes? Come and chat to local parents, see different bikes, and discover how families are using them for school runs and everyday life. 📅 Sat 4 July, 12–2pm 📍 Fortune Green Jester Festival, NW6 🌟 www.joinourcargocollective.org
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🚲☀️ Due to the extreme heat warning, we've taken the decision to cancel this Friday's Cakes & Cargo Bikes event at Swiss Cottage. Safety comes first. 💛 Join us instead at the Fortune Green Jester Festival on 4 July, 12–2pm, for cargo bikes, chats and (hopefully!) cooler weather. #CargoBikes #NW3
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
📚🚶‍♀️🚲 We've contacted every school in NW3 to share resources that help families walk, cycle and scoot to school. We're grateful to the schools supporting active travel and look forward to working with more schools this year. Here's to healthier school journeys this autumn! 🌿 #ActiveTravel #NW3
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🌍 #CleanAirDay New air quality sensors in NW3 are revealing concerns. The Nutley Terrace sensor, near several local schools, recorded NO₂ levels above WHO guidelines throughout Feb–June 2026. Explore the data with us at Hampstead Summer Festival on 5 July (1–3pm), Heath Street (by Upper Terrace)
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🚲 Our latest newsletter is all about the Cargo Collective! Find out about upcoming Cakes & Cargo events, cargo bike test rides, storage tips, and how cargo bikes can make family journeys easier. 🍰🚲👇 eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🚲 Curious about cargo bikes? Join us for a relaxed after-school Cakes & Cargo event in Swiss Cottage. Meet local families, test ride cargo bikes, get practical advice, and enjoy some free cake! 🍰 📅 26 June, 3:30–5:30pm 📍 Swiss Cottage Farmers' Market 🌟 www.joinourcargocollective.org
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚲🌱 Safer streets, cleaner air, happier school runs. Sign up to the Green School Runs newsletter for tips, updates, and ways to get involved 💛 👉 greenschoolruns.eo.page/3dgtw The June newsletter is coming soon! 😉 #GreenSchoolRuns #ActiveTravel #CleanAir
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What a wonderful change this makes!! 🙌
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
📰 Delighted to be featured in this week's @newjournal.bsky.social Our vision is simple: streets where every child can walk to school, cycle to the park, and visit friends independently. 🚶‍♀️🚲🌳 edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader...
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Camden New Journal
Camden New Journal - 04/06/2026
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
For our next Happy Streets Social, we're revisiting Children and Our Neighbourhoods. For inspiration, we recommend Tim Gill & Alice Ferguson's new report on applying a "child lens" to transport policy: playingout.net/take-action/...
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🍻 Join us for our next Happy Streets Social A relaxed space to chat about our streets and shared spaces and how we can make them better for everyone. 📍 The Freemasons Arms, 32 Downshire Hill, NW3 1NT
 📅 Tuesday 9 June, 8 PM 
#HappyStreetsSocial #ActiveTravel #CleanAir
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Knowing where to safely park your bike really affects people’s ability to cycle. So these new hangars are great. Now we need a similar solution for cargo bikes! 💪
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🚲🍰 Cakes & Cargo Bikes is back this Thursday! Try cargo bikes, chat to local families & enjoy free cake 💛 📅 Thu 21 May, 3:30–5:30pm 📍 Chalk Farm Bridge, NW1 8BD
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Our Mental Health Awareness Week research finds that parents are missing out on the mental health benefits of walking. A tenth of parents walk for pleasure less than once a month despite reporting that their fitness and mental health are better afterwards. Find out more: bit.ly/4dvqjJh
A woman pushing a double pram and her small son walk along a high street in London.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social
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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
✨ We’re back at it again! 🚲🍰 Cakes & Cargo Bikes 📅 Thu 21 May, 3:30–5:30pm 📍 Chalk Farm Bridge Try cargo bikes, chat to local families & enjoy free cake 💛 Just drop by 😊
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🚲🍰 Huge thanks to everyone who came to Cakes & Cargo Bikes on Hampstead Heath! So many great conversations, test rides, smiles and slices of cake 💛 And massive thanks to all the brilliant volunteer riders who made it happen 🙌 More events coming soon 👀
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🚲🍰 Cakes & Cargo Bikes is happening tomorrow! Come try cargo bikes, chat to local families & enjoy free cake with the kids 💛 📅 Sat 9th May, 10am–12pm 📍 Hampstead Heath, near the bandstand Just turn up 😊 🔗 www.joinourcargocollective.org
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🗳️ It’s election day! Good luck to all the candidates who spoke with us as part of #StreetsForKids campaign. From tomorrow, we'll keep working with those elected for safer, greener streets for children 💛🌱
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🚲🍰 Just a quick reminder about our Cakes & Cargo Bikes event this Saturday! 📅 9th May, 10am–12pm 📍 Hampstead Heath (near the bandstand) ✨ Test ride bikes 💬 Ask all your questions 🍰 Enjoy some free cake with the kids No need to book - just drop by! 🔗 www.joinourcargocollective.org
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🌱 Our April newsletter is out! What’s inside this issue: - The latest from our Streets for Kids campaign - Updates on local air quality projects - Upcoming cargo bike events - Stories and ways to take action 👉 bit.ly/4uvdtS9
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Green School Runs Newsletter -
Where Did All the Children Go?
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Clean Cities @cleancitiescampaign.org · 27/04/2026
We’ve written jointly to the Mayor, urging action 👇 💷 Oversized vehicle levy in road pricing 🚫📢 No more SUV ads on TfL 🅿️ Parking charges that reflect vehicle size ⚡🚲 Investment in car clubs & cargo bikes ⚖️ Vehicle size limits + weight-based tax Let’s make London’s streets safer for everyone 💪
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Clean Cities @cleancitiescampaign.org · 27/04/2026
London has committed to eliminating all road deaths and serious injuries by 2041 - but #carspreading is putting that at risk 🚗 ⬆️ Around a third of cars on London’s roads are now larger SUVs, making streets more dangerous, especially for children.
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Cakes & Cargo Bikes 🍰🚲 📅 Sat 9 May, 10–12 📍 Hampstead Heath (near the bandstand) 🗺️ maps.app.goo.gl/qeEpkQvtt6vc... Fed up with school run traffic? 🚗😩 Cargo bikes could be a game-changer 🚲✨ Chat to local parents, test ride bikes, ask questions & enjoy free cake 🍰 🔗 www.joinourcargocollective.org
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The school run shouldn’t harm the planet 🌍 or our children’s health 💛 This #EarthDay 🌱, let’s create streets where kids can walk 🚶‍♀️, cycle 🚲 & breathe clean air 🌿 🌍 Let’s make it happen together 🤝 #CleanAirForKids
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Great to see our latest Happy Streets Social discussion featured in the Ham & High! 💛 Thinking about our neighbourhood through children’s eyes sparked some great conversations! Join us next time - and share your thoughts below 👇 www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2600150...
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The north London town trying to make its streets better for children
Hampstead Neighbourhood Forum chair Stephen Taylor reflects on why the area must redesign its streets around children’s needs, restoring safer,…
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Green School Runs @greenschoolruns.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
One of the highlights of @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social was getting to ride one of the fantastic cargo bikes from OurBike 🚲💛 If you’re thinking about buying a cargo bike, renting one is a brilliant way to see if it works for you before taking the plunge. 👉 www.ourbike.co.uk/
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