Nick SpencerC🌿

Delights in cities, cycling and bike-friendly places. Prisoner of hope for life on earth and more open & equal society. Oh for time to enjoy and share all this.

[Nick SpencerC🌿 @spencertree]

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A collection of posts and lists related to cities and sustainability - part of a module run by Oxford Brookes Uni https://t.co/OOHhakToo0

[Nick SpencerC🌿 @spencertree]

Help yourself and others. Don't be a panic queuer. How long could you last when your food chain breaks? Precarious - the normal to be >'' The Urban Prepper'' https://t.co/OwRHTa3Twi

[Nick SpencerC🌿 @spencertree]

We're pushing the world it chaos. Climate disruption is only part of it.. check the planetary boundaries we've broken through.. 🤔 🏜️

[Johan Rockström @jrockstrom]

Today, we launched the Planetary Health Check 2026. Seven of nine Planetary Boundaries are transgressed, and pressure on all seven is at its highest recorded level.
Yet, we still have a window to change course. But we need to move fast.
https://t.co/QQM6PKOQSf

[Nick SpencerC🌿 @spencertree]

@RogerHallamCS21 4 billion dead is at the 'extreme' end of a sample set of risk scenarios. It's given Itan 'example' probability of I%. The sample are not predictions! Use your 'data' more carefully or risk undermining your credibility AND our goals of starting emergency action re. climate chaos

[Nick SpencerC🌿 @spencertree]

@nexta_tv How is the steam produced. That's the important bit! But a steam engine outputting such power is impressive.

[Mobility Behaviour 👨‍🎓 @davidlois_uned]

Las ciudades caminables presentan tasas más bajas de diabetes y obesidad, revisión de 170 estudios. https://t.co/gD7bqDGqNs

[Nick SpencerC🌿 @spencertree]

Please get a bridge between Rose Hill and Littlemore sorted and make diversion routes safe https://t.co/UCYwzSh2fs via @UKChange

[Nick SpencerC🌿 @spencertree]

I hate to see rocks set in motion for a cheap 'thrill'. My climber father taught us never to do this; tragically, my cousin's 4 year old granddaughter was killed by such a rock 'released' from up a hillside above.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Sometimes securing the geology of a slope may go slightly wrong.

Watch the kinetic energy acquired by this rock and how it literally breaks a tree in two parts.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Sometimes securing the geology of a slope may go slightly wrong.

Watch the kinetic energy acquired by this rock and how it literally breaks a tree in two parts.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

As the UK hits 35C it is hitting 55C in India, just a few Centigrade from causing instant death.

This is the most heavily populated country on the planet with 1.47 billion people.

More than all of North America and Europe combined.

Imagine if they all have to leave.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Luxembourg has become the first country in the world to make all standard public transport completely free, covering buses, trams, and trains nationwide.

Funded through taxes instead of fares, the policy aims to ease heavy traffic and cut emissions by encouraging people to leave their cars behind. By removing ticket costs and barriers, public transport is treated more like an essential public service, simple, accessible, and open to everyone, including visitors and cross-border commuters.

The results have been noticeable: more people are using public transport, roads are less congested, and urban air quality has improved. While premium first-class rail still requires payment, everyday travel is now seamless, just get on and go.

This bold approach has positioned Luxembourg as a global example of how making transport free can help shift habits toward greener, more sustainable travel.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Barbara Hepworth garden, St.Ives, Cornwall, UK #WomensArt

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Atlantic currents aren’t some distant risk. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is already weakening, and if it tips, the consequences are real: a colder Europe, disrupted food systems, frozen ports, energy shortages. This isn’t a 2100 problem. It’s happening now. Source: https://t.co/gUn4prgJ3z

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

this is a good model for a neighborhood street

buildings are ~50 ft, 6 stories tall, mixed use, with a wide range of units that accommodate diverse households across the lifecycle

(this is Berlin, a courtyard block city)

[USA NEWS 🇺🇸 @usanewshq]

The worst disaster ever captured on camera

[𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 @Old_But_Gold50s]

Nobody expected this voice from a 9 years old girl 🤯

[The Rest Is Politics @RestIsPolitics]

What the far-right gets wrong about migration.

[The Rest Is Politics @RestIsPolitics]

No sleep. Just tweets.

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion

✏️ Alastair Campbell | @campbellclaret

https://t.co/1YyXEqBltg

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Rotherham, England replaced 8 miles of mowed grass with wildflowers.

They saved £25,000 in mowing costs a year and bees, butterflies, and birds showed up almost immediately.

You don’t need to wait for your city to act. Start small in your own patch:

🏡 Let your front verge or sidewalk strip go wild this spring

🌻 Toss a few native wildflower seed balls into neglected spots

🌱 Stop mowing one strip and see what shows up

📧 Contact your city government. One email from one person has started initiatives like this before

One person. One small patch. Real habitat.

Your street could be next.

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

Up to 90% of all life on this planet died during the Permian Triassic extinction event when temperatures increased by 8C across 60,000 years.

We’re on track for a rise of 4C+ just in our children’s lifetimes.

It’s impossible to overestimate how much trouble we’re in.