Carla Francome
@carlafrancome.bsky.social
Cycle campaigner and comms professional • Former TV Producer • Award-winning cycle campaigner • Former clown, expect jokes.
This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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So pleased to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social demanding the Government’s suppressed then redacted report on ecosystem collapse be published in full. People can’t prepare for what they don’t know - concealing this report is unforgivable #WildSummit
Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
theguardian.com
Looks like it's a case for taking a leaf out of Mamdani's book! bsky.app/profile/mayo...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w agoBroken swing sets? Missing basketball nets? Have no fear, Renew Crew is here. Neighborhood parks are meant for recreation — not frustration. If it’s broken, this crew will fix it. If it’s run-down, they’ll renew it. Renew Crew: Coming soon to a park near you.
Great work by Carla here drawing attention to the simple stuff that pisses people off. Paddling pool needs work doing? Well sort that out in April/May, don't do repairs in July. Broken escalators everywhere you go, bins overflowing. Just maintain the public realm, I'm not even saying upgrade!
Carla Francome@carlafrancome.bsky.social · last wk.Angry people in local newspapers: Paddling Pool edition 🤬🤬🤬🤬 This is Priory Park paddling pool in Crouch End. It hasn’t been open at all this year, from what I understand. Everyone has been hopeful from May onwards. This is a class issue and I’m furious about it. Here’s why. … 1/4
Same in our local park in Islington. The water pump play feature has been broken for a good 18 months, promise of it getting sorted constantly delayed.
Angry people in local newspapers: Paddling Pool edition 🤬🤬🤬🤬 This is Priory Park paddling pool in Crouch End. It hasn’t been open at all this year, from what I understand. Everyone has been hopeful from May onwards. This is a class issue and I’m furious about it. Here’s why. … 1/4
The Mayor’s investment in listening to women and bringing in measures to keep all women and girls safe in public spaces is welcome. I hope his teams also listen to @lccwomensnetwork.bsky.social who have been campaigning against on street misogyny directed at women on bikes making everyday trips.
The LCC Women's Network@lccwomensnetwork.bsky.social · last wk.And cycling Cinderella ? See our video to understand why we campaign for Freedom to Ride youtu.be/IT16B1xu3LA?... @londoncycling.bsky.social @london.gov.uk @willnorman.co.uk @carolinerussell.bsky.social
Books I’ve enjoyed this summer. All have a nice blue-ish hue and all brilliant in different ways. Has anyone else read any Anita Brookner? Hotel Du Lac came out in 1984 but I felt like it could have been written yesterday.
Carla's piece is online here. Do give it a read and share it with anyone who might appreciate it. www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2647077...
Carla Francome@carlafrancome.bsky.social · 2w agoI’ve written a piece in the Ham and High about how we need to get on with tackling climate change by focusing on the solutions - like building safe routes for cycling. How we need to get on with it, and as Nike would say: Just Do It. After the summer we’ve … 1/5
My thoughts on this are prob too deep for the local press - & hard to explain unless you've experienced it, but: there's something about cycling for transport that teaches respect for the world. For geography. The hills & river valleys, some of them lost. For the seasons, and how they've changed.
Carla Francome@carlafrancome.bsky.social · 2w agoI’ve written a piece in the Ham and High about how we need to get on with tackling climate change by focusing on the solutions - like building safe routes for cycling. How we need to get on with it, and as Nike would say: Just Do It. After the summer we’ve … 1/5
The piece is online here. Please give it a read and share it with anyone who would appreciate it. And thank you to all the politicians who have shown leadership in tackling climate change of late … 5/5 www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2647077...
Why cycling offers hope in the fight against climate change
Award-winning cycle campaigner Carla Francome argues that safer cycling routes can help tackle climate change, cut emissions and give people a…
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I’ve written a piece in the Ham and High about how we need to get on with tackling climate change by focusing on the solutions - like building safe routes for cycling. How we need to get on with it, and as Nike would say: Just Do It. After the summer we’ve … 1/5
“We took the children off the roads. In 1971, 80% of seven and eight year olds got to school on their own. By 1990 it was 9%, and the fall has not stopped: more children are driven than ever, and cycling to school still barely registers. We did not defeat the danger. We surrendered to it.”
Corey Boyle@coreyboyle.bsky.social · 3w agoA cycling city isn’t really about bikes. It’s a fairer city, built around people instead of cars. Part one of three for the Edinburgh Inquirer, starting with the issues facing a car dependent capital. @spokes.org.uk @wwctrustscot.bsky.social @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social @cyclingscotland.bsky.social
#RoadSafety Project Update! We've created an app for #neurodivergent children and young people to log good and bad things they experience when out and about. Tell us what you like or dislike about your #journeys! Download the YEA Youth Engagement App from Google Play/Apple Store! #autism #adhd
Road Safety App for Neurodivergent Children and Young People
Download our YEA app to log good and bad issues you experience on your journey to school or when out and about.
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Car Free Day/ Kidical Mass - Autumn 2026 at Carter Lane Gardens
Tickets are now available for Car Free Day/ Kidical Mass - Autumn 2026 at Carter Lane Gardens, London on Sun 20 Sep 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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This is a really important research project - please share with anyone you know who has children and young people. Hopefully they will take a moment to fill out the survey …
The Curly Hair Project@curlyhairproject.bsky.social · 4w agoWe’re working on a research project to better understand how neurodivergent & neurotypical children and young people experience #roads and #streets. Please answer our surveys or share with any relevant people or networks: thegirlwiththecurlyhair.co.uk/2026/07/30/r... #roadsafety #autism #asd #asc
Riding across the alps with @carlafrancome.bsky.social and the wonderful team from Le Cure was incredible They started raising money for the Royal Marsden, who’d treated a friend for breast cancer. They raised so much, they now sponsor a research fellowship and have their own CA project. Amazing
Carla Francome@carlafrancome.bsky.social · 4w agoHi everyone! Le Cure is going from strength to strength, and there are two one-day rides this autumn in the UK if anyone’s interested! The Le Cure Classic heads out from London to the Kent Hills and finishes at the iconic Herne Hill Velodrome on 19th September. There’s … /1
Hi everyone! Le Cure is going from strength to strength, and there are two one-day rides this autumn in the UK if anyone’s interested! The Le Cure Classic heads out from London to the Kent Hills and finishes at the iconic Herne Hill Velodrome on 19th September. There’s … /1
Update on the grey water. Slopped another 3 washing up bowls of water outside. Except it was very heavy and quite a lot of it ended up on the kitchen floor. Spent a long time shuffling around with a tea towel on my feet to clear it up. #GreyWater #ClimateChange
Hi everyone, this whole climate change thing is a LOT isn’t it?! Everyone’s talking about it everywhere and it’s so hot. It’s great it’s being spoken about but it can feel quite overwhelming right? But today I had a breezy cycle and went through a beautiful tree canopy .. 1/7
Hi everyone, this is the best thread I’ve ever seen on climate change. Read it, share it, tell all your friends. It was originally on X and I emailed Jacqueline to ask where I could read it. Thankfully it’s here …
Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 5y agoThe entire world is telling us, each and every day, that the biggest problems we face have individual solutions, from masks to carbon footprints. And of course it feels overwhelming, because none of us is capable of fixing the world. Of course it feels like too much: it is.
Andy Burnham really needs to get to grips with the climate crisis and fast. I don’t understand how he hasn’t got it yet. Has he not just walked around and felt it? Is he just in air-conditioned cars the whole time or something?
Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · last mo.Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
Biked 1 mile to coffee. Then biked another mile to the pharmacy. Then biked 1 mile home. 95% on protected (separated) bike infra. More Americans deserve the freedom of a life like this (if they want it).
Hi everyone! My campaigning has taken an unusual turn, and I rather urgently need a pantomime horse, and two people to go inside it 🐴🐴 Does anyone have any leads in this area? I can’t say too much, but it’s to make clear that a little bit of countryside in inner London … 1/4
You've got to wonder whether the person who put this together was aware they were comping a photo of a door over the face of a dead man who had been recreated with the help of his family and CGI artists in tribute to him.
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2mo agoI’m sorry but this was posted by Kier Starmer’s actual verified account and I am DECEASED my brother in Christ I just…was his social media person just like grip it and rip it or what
James Lovelock is one of the greatest climate scientists that ever lived. We're about find out how on point his statements from over 18 years ago were.
It always astonishes me that it makes such a difference. More trees please!
