Sandra Leigh Lester

Climate activist. Mum. Certified Passive House Designer and Sustainable Building Advisor. Mars sucks. #followbackclimate Founder, @affectingchange

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

We all know climate anxiety isn't a disorder but a normal, rational reaction to a devastating threat

By extension, surely not being anxious about the threat is the mental health issue to be concerned about?

I worry about those who aren't worried

[Sandra Leigh Lester @SandraLLester]

@alexbozikovic I’m tired of tower and podium crap. This plan does not optimize passive design. Why can’t we have blocks with continuous mid rise?

[Sandra Leigh Lester @SandraLLester]

Synergistic effects of more solar absorption and less solar shading are really accelerating climate change due to less sea ice and less air pollutants from shipping. It’s getting hot in here!

[Leon Simons 🌍 @LeonSimons8]

☀️📈BREAKING @NASA CERES🌡️📈

Why was 2023 so extreme? The data is finally in!

The world absorbed a lot more sunlight, as less was reflected.

While greenhouse gases kept most of the additional heat in.

Add El Niño and all temperature records shattered!

More 👇🧵

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

No Stable Climate, No Food.

[Sandra Leigh Lester @SandraLLester]

@Earthbasedsoul I did that in ‘93. It’s a distraction.

[Sandra Leigh Lester @SandraLLester]

Respect the wishes of the majority of Ontarians and immediately secure a new location for this planned MegaSpa in #Toronto

Building a MegaSpa on top of Ontario Place park will be a devastating investment mistake for Therme Group!

#BoycottTherme

[Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 @ProfMarkMaslin]

The Seven Stages of climate denial:

1. It's not real
2. It's not us
3. It's not that bad
4. Do you want us to live in caves!
5. It's too expensive to fix
6. Here's a fake solution
7. It's too late: why didn't you tell us?

@COP28 denies reality of #ClimateChange

[Sandra Leigh Lester @SandraLLester]

@CRENUK Go straight to the heat pump

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

what billionaires and the very rich are doing in essence is stealing life force that was not meant for them from other humans, and other species, from the past, present, and future.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. This is the only radiator in our house. We haven't turned it on yet, or used any other heating source. Yet we are always warm. Why? Because this house (which we rent) was built almost to passive house standards. Our bodies/cooking/appliances are sufficient to heat it. 🧵

[Sandra Leigh Lester @SandraLLester]

@RussDiabo What’s are the impacts of these initiatives on our First Nations communities and people?

[Sandra Leigh Lester @SandraLLester]

In the name of what God is this justified? This is a war crime and these criminals need to be brought to justice.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

The first videos from Gaza after Israel’s blackout shows Palestinians forced to drink seawater and using phones to find thousands trapped under rubble.

Relentless strikes have killed over 8,000 people.

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

We know why: it's because data and models all look backwards, at the way things have been. They're consistently failing to account for how an extra 10 zetajoules of heat per year are powering stronger + more dangerous storms that intensify faster. https://t.co/bNLYRYcLXr

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

Listen up. Gaza is a blueprint for all of us this century. This is what the first real signal of this new century looks like, out in the open, clear for all to see.
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[Neel Bhatt @_Neelsreeldeel]

Matthew Perry portrayed one of the most well-known characters of all time but also helped others. He used his celebrity status to lobby Congress for more drug court funding and opened a rehab centre at his former mansion. What a remarkable legacy to leave behind. #MatthewPerry

[Mira Sorvino @MiraSorvino]

I want to leave Matthew Perry’s own words here as the way we remember him. There will never be another like him- he lit up so many hearts in so many ways. Godspeed to Paradise!

[Sandra Leigh Lester @SandraLLester]

@youderian Never heard of them. Let me know how it works out.

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

We need to stop regarding the climate emergency as a stand-alone environmental problem. Global heating, although ruinous, is not the sole symptom of our present struggling on Earth. See our climate emergency paper. Think overshoot. https://t.co/E8p3tFbzed… cartoon- P. A.Jansen

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

@alexbozikovic Becoming Paris would mean taking an area like this and having pretty much ALL of it become 6-8 storey apartment blocks.

We have single detached houses with front and backyards within a 15-minute walk of King and Bay…