Urban Heat profile taken at the Southbank Forest in London, on 1 July 2025 at 1:30pm. In certain places differences measured up to 25 degrees celsius!
With temperatures around the world rising to new levels (especially in cities), trees and urban forests offer a natural solution to the challenges we face in our cities.
Source: SuGi
Bicycle parking, or any urban infrastructure for that matter, can easily incorporate nature into it.
It's only a matter of will and... imagination.
Location: Bastiaansplein, Delft
Photo credit: Chris Bruntlett
There's a count for butterflies in Amsterdam this weekend, between 11-13 July.
@notjustbikes @BicycleDutch maybe this could be an interesting activity with the children!
https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/vlinders-tellen/
The 21st of June doesn't just mark the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, it's also Show Your Stripes Day.
From cool blue to deep red: the warming is unmistakable. The climate stripes make this change visible at a glance.
* The warming stripes were developed by climate scientist Prof. Ed Hawkins.
In order to be more active, I started buying smaller quantities of groceries so that I could go more often.
Having the a nice place to walk through definitely helps.
Switzerland is turning its railway tracks into solar power plants.
A startup called Sun-Ways is installing removable solar panels between active train tracks in Neuchâtel without consuming new land. Imagine using this in Germany's 33000 km rail network.
