Ian McBurney

Sustainability educator, speaker, MC, facilitator, author & entrepreneur. Bendigo Sustainability Group, Synergize coworking Hub & bHive Cooperative cofounder.

[Ian McBurney @LiveEcological]

Live Ecological enews: 2019 is the tipping point - it's time to act - https://t.co/I1L6OOBtdW

[Keith Sutherland @PointyEnd_Bgo]

When #PaulKeating talks you should always take notice as he was easily Australia's greatest politician and was the person who us into a prosperous future and opened our financial system to the world

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

“Australia is not transitioning away from fossil fuels we are doubling down.”

“There is no transition taking place in Australia. We plan to export more fossil fuels.”

- @RDNS_TAI at the #ClimateIntegrity Summit

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

"The Trump administration is now an active and direct threat to Australia and the world."

"The America we thought we knew is gone and it is not coming back."

@EmmaShortis, Director of International & Security Affairs @TheAusInstitute, at the #ClimateIntegrity Summit.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

The way cities are is never inevitable. They are a result of choices.

What kind of city would you rather have?

Paris wasn’t always the way it is today. Until very recently, it was choosing cars. Recently it started choosing people. Via @EmmanuelSPV

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

🌳 Paris is voting on turning more of its streets into green, people-friendly spaces—cooling cities, cleaning air, and fostering community.

Democratizing urban planning can inspire innovation and inclusivity. More info: https://t.co/Gu5l9oXjHK

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

If you’re interested in cities and how to make them better and you’re in the “other place,” scroll to my 4 “Starter Packs” there:

- Urbanism & City-Building
- Better Transportation & Mobility
- Canadian Urbanism
- Smart Cities & Climate Action

Please help share them there/here.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. There have been plenty of debates about whether or not Trump and his circle are fascists. In this column, I argue that the debate solves nothing. We’re seeing a reversion to the default state of politics in centralised societies: autocratic tyranny. https://t.co/Lhov0g3wxs 🧵

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

The recent Paris transformation of key streets to add bike infrastructure is intensely pragmatic — more mobility choice and more trips using a lot less space, lower public cost, lower emissions, less pollution, better public health, etc! Via @EmmanuelSPV

[volansjohn @volansjohn]

Some Thoughts On What 2025 Might Bring: https://t.co/qMbO11LJr7 @VolansHQ

[Renew Economy @renew_economy]

A “tidal wave” of big batteries and record amounts of new solar and wind are driving down prices and will help deliver 82 pct #renewables by 2030, but only if momentum can be maintained https://t.co/hWK7rvyvkr

[Philip Thalis @PhilipThalis]

Crucial to design, or redesign, our cities to promote walking🚶‍♀️
-have small blocks(less than 1ha), plenty of alternative routes
-provide shade
-need mix of destinations, esp public transport, parks, shops, schools, daycare
-bin traffic codes,🚶‍♀️priorities!
https://t.co/X5EJjIaU3T

[Joelle Gergis @joellegergis]

Attended a very informative seminar about the BoM–CSIRO State of the Climate 2024 report. A finding that hit me hard was that the extreme year of 2019, Australia's hottest and driest on record, will become an average year between 2021-2040. As a reminder, 2019 looked like this...

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

It’s quite extraordinary that Newscorp papers are publishing front page stories, pushing gas, which are being sponsored by Santos, Tamboran, Jemena, and Australia Energy Producers, without attribution.

The Newscorp media are utterly compromised.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic generated by normal driving account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.

Heavy SUVs/Trucks/EVs especially. https://t.co/Q4GJXI8wuR

[Nina Killham @ninakillham]

70% of regional Australians in renewable energy zones support the development of renewable energy projects on local farmland. The “silent majority” of farmers support renewable transition, despite loud campaign by anti-renewable voices. #savethefarmers
https://t.co/Q2XssO6Zx8

[Kevin Frey @KevinJFrey]

Rep. @AOC on Rep. Mace's transgender bathroom measure:

"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."

[TODERIAN UrbanWORKS (TUW) @TODUrbanWORKS]

“It’s not about bikes or cars — it’s about better cities!” @BrentToderian wrote this 12 years ago about bad people trying to falsely pit people on bikes against people in cars in Toronto in a made-up culture war.

Still seems pretty relevant. @Spacing https://t.co/wqCa3BBufg

[RMI @RockyMtnInst]

"Energy efficiency is the most important lever not being pulled right now," RMI CEO @Jon_Creyts told @business. "It will make the entire energy transition cheaper, faster, fairer, and more secure." https://t.co/edei9Dc7Uk

[TODERIAN UrbanWORKS (TUW) @TODUrbanWORKS]

“They weren’t lazy about it—they didn’t just throw up barriers and ban cars,” @BrentToderian said. He also marvelled at how much was done with comparatively little funds—a little over C$1 million.

“It might be the best bargain I’ve ever heard.” #Montreal https://t.co/jWyKtTTOqi

[Streetfilms (Now 1,145+ films!) @Streetfilms]

NEW pod of some of the best @Streetfilms showing the ways to make streets around schools safer for children (or the journey there). You'll hear from Paris, Ghent, NYC, Portland, Barcelona, London & more! Including our latest from @OpenPlans

CLICK HERE: https://t.co/LPbtNo9LIJ