TRAIN FROM LONDON -> GENEVA 🧵 trying reduce my carbon footprint, and a key part of that is eliminating short-haul flights ✈️ So last week, I travelled from London to Geneva & back by train for the first time 🚆 TLDR: it was great! 🤩 Reflections in the thread below 👇
Every day we use location data for travelling, shopping, deliveries, emergency services decision making to name a few.
But how do we measure the value that location data can bring?📍
In our latest blog we look at that question:
https://t.co/ZZBZz27HO0
If you visit #COP26 'blue zone', then look out for the #ClimateCanopy, displaying an illuminated suspended version of the warming stripes.
The reality of climate change will hang above world leaders as they work to build a greener future.
Made by: @alisonsmith_art & @AtmosScience
“Perhaps I might go down to the river to see what was happening...
The river which usually ran, brown and peaceful, between high banks, was now only a few feet from the top, and fairly swirling and frothing and bubbling and seething and roaring along.” ~C.R.Milne #ClimateAction
This is a moment. The #ThamesBarrier closes today for the 200th time. That’s 200 different times it’s protected London from flooding. A massive thank you to the crew who operate, maintain & forecast there 24/7 - lockdown or no lockdown 🙏🏻 #TeamEA
Japan’s flight vending machine.
For around £32/$44 you get a heavily subsidised plane ticket to a random destination.
https://t.co/PQQswCDagL
https://t.co/ZrgLpnCJ8g
Excited to launch our virtual tour of #TheGardenofPrivatisedDelights. From the outset our ambition has been to widen access to the conversation, so it's brilliant that #BritishPavilion@la_Biennale can now be experienced from anywhere in the world for free!
Take the tour👇
Listen up girls:
No matter what they tell you;
No matter how often they question your abilities;
You are #GenerationEquality and
You've got the power to do anything you set your mind to
Happy #DayOfTheGirl!
The Net Zero, Passivhaus refurbishment of Marcel Breuer’s Pirelli Building in New Haven
Refurbishment rather than demolition and rebuild saved about 90% of the building materials
https://t.co/C7qg705wr8
Councils shouldn't be required to compete over multiple ringfenced pots of money.
Instead, govt should support towns to deliver their own #infrastructure strategies with five-year devolved budgets.
Read about our #Towns study:
https://t.co/5QwX4ysm0r
#townsinfrastructure
“The pandemic has been a great leveller for individuals with disabilities and organisations should do more to continue this positive change," says Damian Bridgeman.
➡️Read more here: https://t.co/2fXcgJxBJu
#Neurodiversity#Inclusion#MentalHealthAwareness
First evening back listening to @thisisgarethh#brass rehearsal. There’s something so warming about the soft blend of brass on a summer’s evening. I hadn’t realised how much I’d missed it.
If you use it right, Google is the most powerful tool in the world.
But the truth is most people suck at it.
Here are 8 Googling tips that you probably don't know👇