NEW!! 👉 If you decide to join us from Hampstead, please register your name on this form so we know how many riders to expect: tinyurl.com/y5cbd45p
For more information, or to let us know you’re coming, feel free to email us at:
📧 info@greenschoolruns.org
See you on the ride! 🚲💚
From Holly Bush Vale, we’ll cycle together to Chalk Farm Bridge (Primrose Hill), meet other riders, and then continue on to Granary Square for Kidical Mass.
🎟️ Please remember to book your FREE ticket here:
👉 shorturl.at/UMExi
💛 Wear something yellow if you can!
Green School Runs and the Cargo Collective are organising a feeder ride for @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social from Hampstead, and we’d love you to join us!
📍 Meeting point: Holly Bush Vale, Hampstead, NW3
📅 Date: Sunday 15th March
⏰ Time: 9:00am
🗺️ Map: maps.app.goo.gl/co2RDWDSkKGG...
🌳 Next Happy Streets Social! 🍻
Our next social is officially in the diary:
🗓️ Tuesday, 24th March
🕗 8:00 PM
📍 The Freemasons Arms, Downshire Hill, NW3 1NT
Please save the date!
We’ll share the specific topics for the evening closer to the time.
Looking forward to seeing you all there! 🚲✨
A staggering 800,000 days of sick leave and thousands of lives lost. The legacy of Dieselgate is still poisoning our air. It’s time to hold manufacturers accountable and protect our kids' future. Sign the petition below! 👇 #CleanAirCrowd
Solar trams across London, quiet, green and efficient: a dream for air quality and public transport. Why aren't we making this happen? ☀️🚋
🚔️ If you cycle in London, the odds are you've either been, or know someone who's been, a victim of cycle theft...
Want action taken? Sign our petition today: bit.ly/4bRyUXr
This looks great! These crossings help so much with safety for both pedestrians and cyclists. We just need many, many more of them!!! 😊🙏
🎟️ Please remember to book your FREE ticket here:
👉 shorturl.at/UMExi
For more information, or to let us know you’re coming, feel free to email us at:
📧 info@greenschoolruns.org
See you on the ride! 🚲💚
🚲 Hampstead Feeder Ride – Details
📍 Meeting point: Holly Bush Vale, Hampstead, NW3
⏰ Time: 9:00am
🗺️ Map: maps.app.goo.gl/co2RDWDSkKGG...
💛 Dress code: wear something yellow if you can!
Would you like to take part in Kidical Mass London this spring - which is shaping up to be the biggest one yet? 🎉
If so, Green School Runs and the Cargo Collective are organising a feeder ride from Hampstead, and we’d love you to join us!
Really glad to have been invited to this TfL roundtable about transport in Camden
Great to hear what’s working well and have an open conversation about what could be better.
Our two main priorities are still the same: more action on school-run traffic and an improved service on the 603 bus!
Given how many schools are nearby, any change that makes it safer to walk and cycle, and reduces air and noise pollution, is a positive step in our view. If you’d like to share your views, go to:
consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-c...
Some of the elements we particularly welcome are:
- Raised and continuous crossings: making it easier and safer to cross, especially for children
- Wider pavements: encouraging walking by making it safer and more comfortable
- More greenery: improving the street and helping climate resilience
@camdencouncil.bsky.social is consulting until Sunday 15 February on proposed changes to the Eton Avenue area.
We’ve submitted a response in support of the scheme, which we believe would make the area safer, healthier and more pleasant. Not just for pedestrians and cyclists, but for all road users.
This is a fantastic video that helps boost confidence for anyone cycling with children! 👍 🚲
We rightly worry about our children’s mental health, but sometimes forget that small, everyday choices, like walking or cycling to school, can make a big difference, and are easy to build into daily life. 😊
Applications are now open for the second year of Phase 4 of the @camdencouncil.bsky.social Camden Climate Fund, which provides funding to help reduce emissions from our households, businesses and community spaces.
For more information and to apply:
camdenclimatefund.commonplace.is?utm_campaign...
Ever wondered what happens to pollution once it enters our bodies, and how scientists can detect it? Listen to the first part of this BBC Inside Health podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The number of US-style pickup trucks on UK roads has almost doubled in the past decade. This is nothing short of terrifying.
With bonnet heights over 1m, young children can be completely invisible in front of them. We need stricter rules and a more honest conversation about the risks they pose.
Zipcar has announced it will cease operating in the UK 🚫
This is a real setback for sustainable mobility, as car sharing allows people to access a car when needed without owning one. 🌱
For alternative car-sharing options take a look at CoMoUK the national shared transport charity
www.como.org.uk
This final report offers a great overview of the project and its achievements 👏
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8693...
Last year we were proud to be part of the Year of Clean Air for Camden Schools, a @camdencouncil.bsky.social project supporting over 5,000 pupils to better understand the causes of air pollution and what they can do to reduce emissions and exposure.
Today is #CleanAirNight and we’re delighted to support @mumsforlungs.bsky.social and their campaign to reduce wood burning.
Make this the year you stop burning wood indoors, for your own health and for the health of your neighbours 💚
Breaking: removing Tower Hamlets LTNs declared unlawful at court of appeal. Huge congrats to the residents who campaigned on this.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
A pink poster on a tree, the text says "Clean Air Night. If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution".
The front window of a house. There is a woman holding a child, standing in the window. The window has three pink posters attached to it.
A pink poster on a tree on a pavement, the text says "Clean Air Night. If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution".
A pink poster on a community noticeboard, the text says "Clean Air Night. If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution".
Huge thanks to our volunteers for putting up these posters to help shine a light on the uncomfortable facts about #WoodBurning. Here's a selection from London, Sheffield and Manchester. Can you think twice about burning? #CleanAirNight
If we care about safer streets and cleaner air, we need a more honest conversation about whether vehicles like this belong in our cities.
This is why Green School Runs is proud to have joined the SUV Alliance www.suv-alliance.org.uk
These vehicles are increasingly common on London streets, despite clear harms:
• Children under 10 are 3× more likely to be killed if hit by an SUV.
• High bonnets (around 115 cm) create dangerous blind spots for children.
• Their weight causes over twice the tyre-wear pollution of smaller cars.
Like many others, we’re counting down to the finale of the BBC’s The Traitors.
Less exciting is seeing how the show appears to be driving interest in large SUVs like the Land Rover Defender.
🌤️ With the weather improving a bit, it could be a good moment for those who can to try walking the school run 🚶♀️, even just part of it, or switching to a bike or cargo bike 🚲📦. Small changes can really help ease the pressure for everyone 💚.
