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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This week it’s the Wizz Air Sofia Marathon. And yes, every entrant gets a Wizz Air voucher worth €20! This blatant use of running to promote flying is sportswashing. At a time when we desperately need to be reducing emissions, we don’t need our sport propping up polluting businesses.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30

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How much has the UK actually spent on condoms in Pakistan?

Henry Riley is sceptical about Matt Goodwin's numbers so the reform politician calls himself to be fact-checked live on air.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just read the news about Lundy. Climate change could lead to the island being evacuated. Not in 10 years time but in the next few weeks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Puffin island Lundy on cusp of closure as it runs out of water

Lundy is in "real jeopardy" and could be evacuated if supplies run out, bosses say.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bowling Green Marsh is only fed with rain water & run-off, so it gives a good indication of just how dry the summer & autumn have been. Every time I share a photo I say I’ve never seen it so dry before. And today is no different. 1st pic today. 2nd pic Sep 2021 #ClimateEmergency

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Absolutely 💯 So many ways to take action, whether addressing national issues, joining local groups or adjusting our own individual behaviours. I’ve been taking steps against all three and am inspired by the film to keep going.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This was something we discussed.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Had a very positive conversation with one of our Councillors in the discussion section. Great to know there are people in local government who get it.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I attended the People’s Emergency Briefing in Topsham today. Find a showing of the film and attend if you can. Then call for a National Emergency Briefing. youtu.be/9tLUnWHkGG4?...

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The People's Emergency Briefing - Latest trailer

YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I stopped my run to listen to this wonderful bird. My first Wood Lark for a few years. Despite running around the hills, the Wood Larks have eluded me recently. I suspect there aren’t as many these days. A joy to hear 🤩

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My longest run for a while. I ran from home up into the Haldon foothills running along quiet lanes. I paid a visit to a trig & found some unexplored tracks through a wood. Cirl Buntings were singing, a Firecrest called, a Fallow Deer stag snoozed in the sun but best of all….. see next post 👇🏻

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 05/10/2026

Yes, it’s 5th October 🍂 No, it doesn’t exactly feel like it. Here’s how temperatures compare with the October average 👇

A map to show temperatures against the average with widely above for October in the UK

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Herring Gull bossing it in Exmouth.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Short walk around the Commons this morning. An unexpected Wheatear & four singing Dartford Warblers. There’s great view over much of my map from the viewpoint near the castle. The arrow points to the BT tower at Waddles Down on the horizon, where I ran to from home on Monday. #local #Devon

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How can you build your confidence off-grid and conquer the trails on your own terms? In our latest episode of TGR Storytime, ultra-runner Hannah Large shares her work with Making Tracks Bristol, helping women build navigation skills and embrace off-grid running. Links to the pod on our website 👇🏻

thegreenrunners.com

Hannah Large: Off-Grid Power - The Green Runners CIC

Laura chats with ultra-runner and charity consultant Hannah Large. Inspired by her mother to fall in love with off-road running Hannah shares her experiences from winning Race to the Stones to co-foun...

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Slowly putting together the square images of my map. This 8x8 grid represents the SE corner of my map & includes Dawlish Warren, Lympstone, Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton and the pebblebed commons. #local #Devon

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A morning run down to the sea before grabbing a coffee and heading home on the train. Beautiful, if somewhat warm, morning.

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wizz Air Ealing Half Marathon video race report. The team had one race target. It wasn’t about PB’s, it was all about highlighting the problems associated with adopting polluting sponsors. Watch the video to see how they got on. Then sign our petition. 🎥 to Talia & Liam @badvertising.bsky.social

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On yer bike! 🚲 Take a ferry from the South West or the Eurostar from London. Slow down and see more. Some beautiful routes to explore 🌎💚

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My run ended at Newton St Cyres. Waited for the train. Cancelled. Walked round to the bus stop. Buses cancelled. Thanks to Clive who gave me a lift back into Exeter, from where I walked home.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From Waddles Down, I headed across fields into Whitestone Wood. Off piste, it was slow going through the trees. Fallow Deer didn’t expect me to be there. At the wood edge I found a permissive path. Brilliant, another new route across my map. I didn’t look at the map, I let the path take the lead.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Y’day I ran from home up to Waddles Down, up in the NW corner of my map. The BT tower is visible from miles around. Once you leave the Exe, it is up, up, up the lanes. The views are fantastic across Exeter, down the coast, across to the moors. Surprised to find 4 Cirl Buntings nr the tower.

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who’s signed our petition. It’s not too late to join us, @badvertising.bsky.social & @flightfreeuk.bsky.social in telling Wizz Air race organisers to drop their big polluting sponsor. They’re taking the Whizz 🤬 ✍️ sign our petition today. 🛑 stop #sportswashing

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Sign the Petition

Drop Polluting Sponsors - Stop taking the Whizz

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Come along to our *free* event in Oxford! Our panel will be covering topics such as why we should fly less, how to get to Corsica without flying, and local activism going on in the area. Thurs 15th October, 6:30pm Join in person or online! Tickets: tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI #datacentre -- Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Start of the month compared to the end of the month at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham. The water level continues to fall. The puddle on the right in the top picture has now all but gone. Someone asked me yesterday what has happened to the marsh. I simply replied “climate change” 😢

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annacycles.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I ran Ealing half marathon today dressed as a plane to protest against the race being sponsored by Wizz Air. Airlines shouldn’t be sponsoring running events. They really are taking the wizz. (As opposed to these guys, who are taking a wizz)

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The size of *one* of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, versus Exeter cathedral 🤯 From this useful piece profiling the local campaigns against it: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A diagram comparing the size of one of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, with Exeter cathedral. Source: Guardian piece linked to in post.

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our runners have completed their short haul flight around Ealing. Time for a virtual wizz. Time for sportswashing to take flight. Let’s Wizz! Sign our petition ✍️ Let race organisers know how you feel 📣 Run for good 🏃‍♂️ 💚🌍 @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our green flight crew chatted to fellow runners & spectators along the Ealing HM course. Once over the 🏁, they delivered our letter to Will, CEO of race organisers Race Nation. We hope to continue our dialogue with them for a greener future. @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We are running the race on oil, just like Wizz Air Ealing HM. Green Runners need fuelling just like any other runner. The TGR crew are on hand to dispense oily refreshments along the route. End sportswashing. #ClimateCrisis @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We take issue with Ealing Half Marathon’s choice of sponsor - Wizz Air. The Green Runners crew are flying around the 13.1km route today calling out the use of polluting sponsors in running. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This afternoon I headed out to Cranbrook. There are plenty of streets through the new town that I’ve yet to run. I wasn’t expecting to get much from the run, but as ever there were a few surprises: a country road linking Cranbrook to Broadclyst Station, green lanes and green spaces. Enjoyed that.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stoke Woods is on the N edge of Exeter and within my map. Exploring the woods added plenty of red lines to my heatmap and took me into parts of the wood I’ve not seen before.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A slow 6k walk around Stoke Woods exploring most of the trails & paths. Decided green would be the focus of my photography today. 3 Marsh Tits, 6 Firecrests, 4 Treecreepers, 7 Nuthatch, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker. #Local

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wizz Air, lead sponsor of 9 road races, aren’t hiding their objective. 🥇 Winners get Wizz vouchers. 🏃‍♂️ Every Skopje Marathon entrant gets a voucher. ✈️ Run the most kms across all 9 races & win an annual fly all you can pass. Jasmin Paris explains why we must keep aviation out of running.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A fiery end to the day at the centre of my map. #Local

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was there too! Plenty to think about it. I need write up my thoughts.

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A ray of light from the UK PM! Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee. Read @carbonbrief.org’s great article. This is why we object to airlines sponsoring races. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

carbonbrief.org

CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief

Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We’ve signed the @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social Fossil Free Declaration. And encourage you to do the same. The Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes & fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships from high-carbon industries and phasing out existing deals.

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The Fossil Free Declaration — Cool Down

Launched by the Cool Down - Sport For Climate Action Network, the Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes, and fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships and c...

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week is Ealing Climate Week. And on Sunday a big polluter is using Ealing as a billboard! It’s the Wizz Air Ealing Half Marathon Running doesn’t go hand-in-hand with promoting flying. It’s a huge contradiction. We hope Ealing Council can help convince the Ealing Half Marathon to drop Wizz Air.

ealingclimateweek.org

Ealing Climate Week 2026 | 19–27 September | Ealing Council - Ealing Climate Week

Ealing Climate Week returns 19–27 September 2026. Browse events, discover hubs across Ealing's 7 towns, and find out how to get involved.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good: the Climate Change Committee has also said a third runway at Heathrow is incompatible with climate targets anyway. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... bsky.app/profile/pick...

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wiggly afternoon run - a run around the streets, alley ways & cut throughs, fitting a 10k run into a small space.

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Big polluters have no place in our sport. They’re taking the Whizz. 🤬 Here’s what: Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social Liam Killeen @badvertising.bsky.social Anna Hughes @flightfreeuk.bsky.social & Dan Tipney, Safe Landing have to say about Wizz Air sponsorship. Hint: They’re not impressed!

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is what travel is all about. Dent Head Viaduct - built through brutal weather & landslips, from local stone, still carrying trains across the Dales. No airport hassle, no flights guilt. Just climb on board, sit back and let the journey unfold. Even more stunning with the colours of Autumn.

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sportswashing is an oily stain on our sports. We campaign for all running events drop high-carbon sponsors. We’ve identified 41 races with high-carbon sponsors. 24 gas & oil, 14 airline & three car manufacturers. No doubt we’ve missed many more. @badvertising.bsky.social

thegreenrunners.com

Sportswashing: Drop polluting sponsors - The Green Runners CIC

The Green Runners say that taking sponsorship money from high-carbon industries to support a running event or fund local charities isn’t ethical. We’ve called

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The strongest El Niño is brewing - threatening harvests, homes and lives. 🔥💔 The article puts it plainly: the window for action is rapidly closing. Do your bit for the climate emergency, stay on the ground, cut emissions, every choice counts.

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