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Aoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

If other news was reported like climate change:

A picture of a couple driving and laughing with the text "road fatalities highest in ten years"

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Geraldine Herbert @gerherbert.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Micheál Martin says he's "leaning towards" banning e-scooters because of rising injuries and the misuse of e-scooters and scramblers by criminal gangs. But those are two completely different problems. One is public health. The other is criminality.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/11/2025

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

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Strong Towns @strongtowns.org · 26/10/2025

How much do you bench? 💪 So many groups have been taking the initiative and building benches so that folks waiting for transit have places to wait. These photos came to us from Strong Towns Baton Rouge!

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I can't help wondering what proportion of the spoils/ Gavin votes were just men wanting to have a man to vote for? Is that what they mean when they said there was no one there to represent them? #Áras2025

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Emmet Ó Briain @emmet.quiddity.ie · 24/10/2025

From a research interview.... "Somebody said to me, road engineers...if they were to build a house, it would be all corridors." It's a good line, and also probably quite relevant to what we currently prioritise in developing environments to support walking & cycling in urban areas.

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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

This morning I delivered training for SU Sustainability Officers. The resource that gif the best reaction was this @seai-ie.bsky.social tool that records Public Bodies progress in implementing the Climate Action Mandate. Just search for the Uni/public body in the search box! (Better on laptop) 1/2

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Climate Action Mandate

View the most recent annual report on how public bodies are performing in relation to the Climate Action Mandate.

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The Climate Alarm Clock @climatealarmclock.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Now that Oasis have played Croke Park, the nation's attention will turn to the exciting news that The Climate Alarm Clock team will host our first ever live podcast show! Find us at the @immaireland.bsky.social on Sunday, September 14th at 2.30pm at Earth Rising Festival. More details to come 👀

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TU Dublin Sustainability / OT Baile Átha Cliath Inbhuanaitheacht @tudublinsustain.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🌱 Double Green! 💚 #TUDublinSustainability is thrilled that both the Radiation & Environmental Science Centre and the NanoLab Research Centre have achieved Green #MyGreenLab certification www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou... Congrats Dr Furong Tian, Prof Fiona Lyng & My Green Lab Coordinator Sarah Maher.

two girls with medical masks working in a university lab

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Join us on 15 July at 18:30 in the Patagonia Store in Dublin for an intro to Planetary Health — exploring how climate, social, and political issues impact human health. Open to all: healthcare workers, students and the public. #PlanetaryHealth 🌍

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This great video also reminded me of an interesting facet of motonormativity: people can lose 100 hours a year in traffic and never notice; but they have one late train and it's all "Never again - you can't rely on them"

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

As a parent I love walkable neighbourhoods cause the kids can get places themselves. No big conspiracy, I’m just tired.

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Ali Sheridan @alisheridan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This year’s St. Patrick’s Day takes place during a challenging time for those working for a greener future. But as Mary Heglar reminds us, “This planet is the only home we'll ever have. There's no place like it. And home is always, always, always worth it.” Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh go léir!

On August 7, 2003, the NASA Aqua MODIS instrument acquired this image of Ireland on the first day this summer that most of the island hasn´t been completely obscured by cloud cover.

Credit Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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Alice Ferguson @aliceferguson.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

He then added, “I grew up in poverty. The wonderful thing about playing outside is that it’s free”. Hear hear! @tomhayesmp.bsky.social

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A mobile bicycle-trailer pop-up library ... with hammocks. Genius.

A group of people are lounging in colorful hammocks arranged around a central structure that holds books. They are engaged in reading while sitting in a public space. The setting appears to be a lively urban environment.

A yellow tricycle with a large blue cart in the shape of a small building structure is parked on a cobblestone street. Trees provide shade in the background, and a café can be seen with patrons seated

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

After I got my driver's license, the bike was dead to me. Fast forward a few decades, add a few trips to the Netherlands, and I returned to two wheels for my physical and mental health. Bikes don’t fix everything, but active transportation is a medicine that pays dividends in multiple ways.

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Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 08/02/2025

Rest in peace, Professor Shoup (1938-2025) We will keep up the good work. Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup

Donald Shoup on a bicycle in two photos decades a apart. He is near a parking sign in both and wearing a crocheted sweater.

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Leo McConnell @leomcconnell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Spark Skills is back again! Click this link to learn more about class times and to sign up! doodle.com/sign-up-shee...

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Clean Air Dulwich @cleanairdulwich.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

“If you invite more cars, you get more cars. If you make more streets better for cars you get more traffic...If you invite people to walk more and use public spaces more, you get more life in the city. You get what you invite.” - Jan Gehl #StreetsForPeople #DulwichModalShift

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Emmet Ó Briain @emmet.quiddity.ie · 13/01/2025

What is it about active travel infrastructure that emboldens some of our worst citizens?

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Love learning nuggets like this. Each of our streets is so unique with it's own stories of how they were shaped

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

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Dr Rachel Murphy @rachelmurphy.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Winter Solstice at Newgrange - watch from 0840 UTC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=776c... A time to reflect on the past year, and a reminder that after darkness comes light. Hoping for a peaceful year ahead. #WinterSolstice

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Winter Solstice Live Streaming - 21 December 2024

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Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 16/12/2024

Thanks Cork's 96FM for reporting progress on the "Take a Seat" initiative — to facilitate (particularly) older visitors to the city to use outdoor seating, toilet facilities and a glass of water without the expectation of having to make a purchase.

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Schemes will allow older visitors to rest and use toilets in participating city premises

Plans will progress early next year

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TU Dublin Sustainability / OT Baile Átha Cliath Inbhuanaitheacht @tudublinsustain.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

TU Dublin’s whole-of-institution approach to sustainability aims to reduce its environmental impact, develop solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change, and increase knowledge and skills for a greener future. #HEAStoriesofImpact #TUDublinSustainability youtu.be/DrMdnP9teRU

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HEA Stories of Impact- Technological University Dublin

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Happy to wait for 2mins on my bus in Nassau St #Dublin as we run ahead of schedule @dublinbusnews.bsky.social Dublin Transport Plan in action! Gamechanger for crossing the city by bus

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A Playful City @aplayfulcity.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

" the city of the future increasingly resembles the city of the past – which is to say, the past before motorcars & monolithic modernism took over. Except now we can have clean transport, safe streets & cosy, triple-glazed apartments, but people still make eye contact with their neighbours."

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Congratulations on your #ClimateJustice Universities book launch @jenniecstephens.bsky.social Fabulous evening with a call for action full of hope 💚

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Good public transport is one of the greatest social equity measures there is. Jeopardising or delaying it further embeds car dependency, social isolation, and poverty traps.

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

This is my mantra as we finish out 2024 and look towards 2025. So many big things going on, so I'm focusing on the wonderful little things and what's within my sphere of influence 💚💕💕💕 (so only going to be found here!)

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

After a lovely evening at gifted at the RDS. It has become part of my Christmas traditions. I love supporting small independent businesses & makers & it was particularly nice that there was a clear emphasis on Sustainability 💚 highly recommend #SpéirGorm

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Yes please for Ireland too. Bigger cars are really impacting on visibility and design standards need to reviewed to reflect this

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Wasn't on campus today to see it myself but delire to see this pop-up Weds Market at Broadstone luas stop @tudublin.bsky.social Vibrancy to spaces brings safety to stops!

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Brenda Gough @brendagough.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The #FloridaDavid situation is stepping into legend territory of #MattyBán 2021, when Matt Le Blanc was adopted as the nations newest uncle.

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This has been such a wholesome giggle in the midst of #GE24. Ireland at its best. Having the craic & making new friends. #FloridaDave 's acceptance of the challenge to embrace the craic and make new friends has made him a star 🌟

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Lorraine D'Arcy @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I'm appreciating this observational work. Always space to learn

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Caitríona Shanahan @caitrionas.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Some lovely soul has created a *CUSTOM FEED* for the election count - a tab on your homepage that will have all the #GE24 content - you need to *click here & then “pin feed”* bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Instead of forcing kids to rely on their parents for every trip, cities can provide safe, connected mobility for all ages. This fosters early freedom and responsibility, shaping more independent, capable kids than those confined to car dependency.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

As you head out to vote today in #GE24, bear in mind that the global #climate system is breaking down, right before our eyes. Please, please only vote for candidates who are truly committed to doing what they can to tackle this unfolding tragedy. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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South-west France swelters in ‘staggering’ 26.9C November night heat

Temperatures of this week would be exceptional for summer, says climatologist, never mind late November

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