Sustainable and Climate-Forward Cities
List of those working on better and more climate-friendly urban policies: passivhaus, decarbonized buildings, sustainable and active mobility, family-friendly, affordable, & happy cities
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@holz-bau.bsky.social
@rbaernthaler.bsky.social
Social-ecological economist | Eco-socialist | @envleeds.bsky.social, SRI | Co-lead, Research Group: https://tiny.cc/leeds_econopol | Associate Editor: https://tiny.cc/s_spp | European Society for Ecological Economics. https://tiny.cc/leeds_profile
@emmanuelspv.bsky.social
Photos & videos about the changes happening in Paris. SPV means "Sortir de Paris à Vélo" ("Cycle out of Paris"), which is my old website about how to cycle out of Paris on some cycle lanes in the suburbs. http://www.sortirdeparisavelo.fr/blog/
@passivhaustrust.bsky.social
Leading the way for adoption of the #Passivhaus standard in the UK. UK affiliate of the International Passive House Association. www.passivhaustrust.org.uk .
@adammongrain.bsky.social
Director - Housing policy | Directeur - Habitation, Vivre en Ville Montréal, Québec EN/FR
@craigwelch.bsky.social
Writer tracking climate and more. Mediocre trail runner. Soccer nut. Priors: senior staff writer at National Geographic. Also: Seattle Times, Jackson Hole News. https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-welch/
@alonlevy.bsky.social
Transit researcher in Berlin. Lived in Tel Aviv, Singapore, the Riviera, New York, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris. https://pedestrianobservations.com/ http://patreon.com/alonlevy alon@pedestrianobservations.com @alon@mastodon.social
@ronpdavis.bsky.social
Husband, dad, progressive policy and politics guy who wants to fix our cities. Will never give into MAGA weirdos. Follow my newsletter at rondezvous.beehiiv.com
@jonburkeuk.bsky.social
Energy ⚡️ Waste ♻️ Transport 🚲 Public Realm 🌳 Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal. Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board. Enquiries - jonburkeuk@protonmail.com www.jonburkeuk.com
@robscot.bsky.social
Professor of Building Physics and Sustainable Design at TU Graz 🇪🇺 Bleating on about... #IndoorAirQuality #Ventilation #BuildingPhysics #EnergyPolicy #LowCarbonBuildings #Resilience #ClimateCrisis #Postgrowth #SocialJustice #ED&I/DEI
@leoproettel.bsky.social
ich mache Klimaschutz Verkehrswende🚍 Bauwende 🏡 Kommunalpolitik 🌻 überall als @leo_proettel zu finden
@joergspengler.bsky.social
Verkehrswende | Klimaschutz | Demokratie - Bezirksausschussvorsitzender und Radverkehrsbeauftragter im Münchner Stadtbezirk Au-Haidhausen
@ayanaeliza.bsky.social
Marine biologist, writer, policy nerd. Co-founder Urban Ocean Lab, think tank for the future of coastal cities. In love with climate solutions.
@fietsersbond.nl
De Fietsersbond strijdt er samen met jou voor om fietsen veilig en leuk te maken voor iedereen. Hier vind je tips, trucs en trivia om jouw fietsgeluk te vergroten.
@cathytuttle.bsky.social
Planner of cities for people & other living things. I post about life in Seattle, Portland, Utrecht + women who create cities + cargo bikes + climate. I'm on the Boards of @americawalks.bsky.social @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social & @sngreenways.bsky.social
@segbydesign.bsky.social
Using data and remastered historic photography to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, freeways, and disinvestment; also highlighting solutions https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
@rmtransit.bsky.social
Toronto Enthusiast. Public Transit Obsessive - Programmer - Retired YouTuber. Passionate about making the world better. https://nexttoronto.substack.com/
@transalt.org
We reclaim NYC from cars, transforming our streets into safe, sustainable, & equitable places to walk, bike, take transit, gather, and thrive 🗽 Join us: transalt.org/connect
@aninehartmann.bsky.social
Architect and urban planner working on mobility, road safety and street design. Walking, cycling and new mobility.🚶🏻♀️🚲🛴 Oslo, Norway - Trans 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ - She/her https://bsky.app/profile/pkinorge.bsky.social linkedin.com/in/aninehartmann
@mobileharv.bsky.social
Sustainable transportation scholar, advocate and practitioner. Reusche Endowed Chair, Professor of Geography, and Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, The Ohio State University. All opinions mine not theirs. https://u.osu.edu/miller.81/
@barbaralaa.bsky.social
Sustainable transport 👨🦽🚶🏽♀️🚲🚃🚕 keeping the planet habitable 🌏 researcher @ TU Wien | activist | she/her
@katherinejulia.bsky.social
Clean transportation campaign director at Sierra Club. Advocate for electric bikes, cars, buses, trucks & trains. Mamá in Washington, DC. Drive less!
@sorenhave.dk
Mobility and Infrastructure Lead at green think tank CONCITO. Living in Frederiksberg, Denmark. M.Sc. & PhD (math). Follow me if you are into climate action, transport/mobility and related areas. Here I write mostly in English, but occasionally in Danish.
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
Professor of geography of mobilities and urban planning University of Lausanne Head of the Academic Observatory for Cycling & Active Mobilities OUVEMA www.unil.ch/ouvema
@familiesforsafestreets.org
Individuals who have lost loved ones or been injured in a crash confronting traffic violence through advocacy and support. #EndTrafficViolence
@adfc-koeln.de
ADFC Köln e.V. - der @adfc.de in Köln. Wir wollen die #RADvolution für #MehrPlatzFürsRad in Köln und bundesweit. Weitere Auftritte in den sozialen Medien auf https://koeln.adfc.de/socialmedia.
@adfcberlin.bsky.social
Berliner Landesverband des ADFC. Mit 21.000 Mitgliedern für ein fahrradfreundliches Berlin und die #Verkehrswende. https://berlin.adfc.de/
@ianwalker.bsky.social
Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings @locastproject.bsky.social. Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Trustee, Wheels for Wellbeing. My views Guinness World Record for the fastest bicycle ride across Europe drianwalker.com
@warrenjwells.bsky.social
Policy & Planning Dir. @marinbike.org • UCLA Urban Planning • AICP Planner • Baltimore ➡️ LA ➡️ East Bay • 🚫🚗Car-free commuting since 2015 • Missing middle renter. 📍Berkeley, CA
@lauragmitchell.com
Board President @ourstreetsmn.org Parent & safe streets advocate 🚲🚶🏻🚌 Founder of mplscargobikelibrary.com Minneapolis, MN lauragmitchell.com
@judithnurmann.bsky.social
Urban Planner in Hamburg | bodenpolitische Sprecherin @architects4future | fights #HousingCrisis | #CitiesforPeople | demografischer Wandel
@juliathrift.bsky.social
People, places, public health, policy... director of healthier place-making @theTCPA.bsky.social; trustee @TreesForCities.bsky.social Lives in south London, interested in the world... My own views, sometimes here: https://authory.com/juliathrift
@kinderaufsrad.bsky.social
Von der Großstadt bis zum ländlichen Raum eint uns als Kidical Mass Aktionsbündnis die Vision, dass sich Kinder und Jugendliche sicher und selbstständig zu Fuß und mit dem Fahrrad bewegen können! #KidicalMass #StrassenFürAlle www.kinderaufsrad.org
@nyc.streetsblog.org
The only website devoted to covering all the livable streets and public space news you need. Visit us at http://nyc.streetsblog.org.
@usa.streetsblog.org
Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more.
@kimberlynicholas.bsky.social
Climate scientist @lunduniversity. Research: high-impact climate action from 🙋🏻♀️to🌎; sustainable food systems; wine; climate education & communication. Newsletter: https://wecanfixit.substack.com Bestselling author: https://bit.ly/3fcf2yT Pod soon!
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
- Executive Director, Project Drawdown drawdown.org - Climate scientist, working on solutions - Passionate about science, communication, and hope - Minnesota based, Maine born - Personal account / My views
@matthutchins.bsky.social
Seattle architect, urbanist and Planning Commissioner advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. AIA Seattle President, Seattle Design Festival President, AIA Strategic Council. Passivhaus designer.
@hausfath.bsky.social
"A tireless chronicler and commentator on all things climate" -NYTimes. Climate research lead @stripe, writer @CarbonBrief, scientist @BerkeleyEarth, IPCC/NCA5 author. Substack: https://theclimatebrink.substack.com/ Twitter: @hausfath
@roberttemel.bsky.social
Forschung, Beratung, Prozessbegleitung, Vermittlung zu Architektur, Städtebau, Baukultur, vor allem Wohnen, öffentlicher Raum; Sprecher der Plattform Baukulturpolitik. Foto: Luiza Puiu.
@efesce.bsky.social
Bennett Chair University of Sussex and PIK Potsdam. Climate change mitigation, especially cities, transport, and role of AI. Believes in human cooperation, urban planning, economics, and technologies. Make climate policy as if children matter.
@aecb.bsky.social
Association for Environment Conscious Building ◦ We work with our members to inspire, develop and share sustainable building practice ◦ https://aecb.net/
@pedalingprof.bsky.social
St. Paul Bicycle Coalition chair and biochemistry professor. Believer in the *radical* idea that we deserve safe, clean, healthy, equitable, & financially resilient places. Bikes, walking, & transit first.
@wrirosscities.bsky.social
Helping cities make big ideas happen. A program of @worldresources.bsky.social. Producer of http://TheCityFix.org. Home of #PrizeForCities.
@norton.bsky.social
Historian; author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, and of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.
@tomflood.bsky.social
Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures & workshops on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety/road violence and active transportation but mostly trying to catch up on vacuuming. Creativebyrovelo.com
@taras-grescoe.com
Author of Straphanger | Words NY Times Nat Geo Smithsonian WSJ | Latest book Lost Supper | Talks: http://taras-grescoe.com/contact https://www.highspeed.blog (Transit, trains, bikes) https://linktr.ee/tarasgrescoe Agent: www.skagency.com
@ipha.bsky.social
The global network of Passive House professionals and enthusiasts working to promote the Passive House Standard https://feedlinks.link/ipha
@agordon.me
Data reporter at Bloomberg News. Usually writing about transportation and cities. Clips and contact info at agordon.me Newsletter, non-fiction book recommendations: https://buttondown.com/Booktime
@amywestervelt.bsky.social
Award-winning investigative climate reporter. Ida Tarbell stan. Run Drilled.media, Critical Frequency, former co-host of Hot Take (RIP), contributor to lots of places. She/her/ella in 🇨🇷. Got a lead? Signal: adubs.78. Protonmail: amy@drilled.media
@rahmstorf.bsky.social
Climate scientist, professor of Physics of the Oceans in Potsdam. Opinions my own.
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social
Founding executive editor of Heatmap News. Contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times. Cohost of the Shift Key podcast.
@amandakhurley.bsky.social
Climate journalist at Bloomberg and chronicler of weird suburbs. Opinions mine and not my bosses’
@novakovicto.bsky.social
Writer + Editor | Architecture + Cities | Senior Editor, Azure Magazine
@mbonsma.bsky.social
Bikes + data, UofT biophys PhD, mom. I post about bikes and safe streets, local politics, and sometimes science. She/her.
@naparstek.bsky.social
@carlosmorenofr.bsky.social
Professor IAE-Paris1 Sorbonne French Academy of Technologies Happy Proximities pionneer 15-Minute City concept creator 15 books in 11 languages MultiAwarded 🏅🏆 Sigma Xi Scientific research honor society Fellow Since 1 July 2024 ❌X/Twitter Fr En Es It
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social
Science for safe & just #Climate future. Scientific Directors: Johan #Rockström, Ottmar #Edenhofer // Website EN: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en, DE: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/de // All PIK social media channels: https://pik-potsdam.de/socials
@dmoser.bsky.social
Interested in sustainable transport, urban planning and the state of the world. Working in international development cooperation.
@parentsforfuture.de
Fight fascism. Climate Crisis. Biodiversity Crisis. End fossil fuels. Aktivist*innen, Eltern, Freunde und engagierte Menschen stellen sich neben #FridaysForFuture & deren Forderungen. 🦣 @parents4future@climatejustice.global https://linktr.ee/parents4future
@nondriver.bsky.social
Author, When Driving Isn't An Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island Press, 2024). Disabled mom with #nystagmus. Launched #WeekWithoutDriving annazivarts.com
@gspeng.bsky.social
Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer. Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
@ianwrob.bsky.social
Modest egomaniac + secular humanist misanthrope + erratic Marxist + I design buildings, hopefully passiv, and once climbed Grouse Grind 17 times in a day. Same handle on the bird.
@asbpuk.bsky.social
A non-profit, mission driven organisation, with an ever-growing membership alliance of forward-thinking people and organisations. asbp.org.uk "Championing the use of innovative and sustainable building products to create healthy and low-carbon buildings."
@architectsfront.bsky.social
Organising to end exploitation in architecture. Email: future.arch.front@gmail.com
@andrewmichler.bsky.social
I design buildings at Hyperlocal Workshop hyperlocalarch.com I wrote a book [ours] Hyperlocalization of Architecture Also co-creator @ Sol.coffee
@daniellerch.bsky.social
Education & Publications Director at Post Carbon Institute postcarbon.org. Co-founded APA Sustainable Communities Division & The City Repair Project. In Guadalajara, Mexico instead of Portland, Oregon for 8 years and counting.
@jasoncoxnc.bsky.social
Real estate development, urbanism. Fire trucks are too big, streets are too wide, and IBC kills small development. Tree canopy aficionado. Sometime restaurateur.
@fuckcarsbot.bsky.social
Today's top text posts from r/fuckcars. Automated, unofficial, and unaffiliated. https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/top/
@susannekrause.bsky.social
Stadträtin für BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN in Dresden | Bauen | Mobilität | Musik | Foto © David Brandt
@davelomax.bsky.social
Architect / AD: Waugh Thistleton Chair: Southwark DRP Tutor (ex): LSA London, UCA Canterbury, Fay Jones School AR
@strassenkrampf.bsky.social
Radfahren sollte keinen Mut erfordern. Cycling should not require bravery. Für weniger Autos auf den Straßen #Verkehrswende in #Berlin. #nazisraus
@pipedreaming.bsky.social
Plumbing, building codes, engineering design guides, water and nutrient cycle, architecture, embodied carbon, development, cities, and the international variations of them all
@futureasapresent.org
Energie, Material, Kreislaufwirtschaft & Bioökonomie Selbstständig, Wissensarbeiter (Wolf Lotter), ohne Auftrag unterwegs Picture above: Temperature change in the mediterranen sea from 1950 till today https://ogy.de/4bki Web: https://futureasapresent.org/
@lanefab.com
Vancouver, BC Co-owner & Lead Designer Lanefab Design/Build B.Eng M.Arch Build beautiful. Build for a livable climate. www.Lanefab.com #ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus / #NetPositive
@steinvanoosteren.bsky.social
Auteur de “Pourquoi pas le vélo? Envie d’une France cyclable” et “50 bonnes raisons de faire du vélo”. 👉 Il ne faut pas empêcher les gens de se déplacer à vélo.
@archtesta.bsky.social
Architect / Dad / Cyclist / climate emergency worrier. Born at 337.1 ppm CO2
@barbararuhsmann.bsky.social
Stadt-Land, Wohnen, Partizipation, Demokratie. Hauptjob = Moderieren, Vermitteln. Liebe es, gute Gespräche zu ermöglichen und zu begleiten.
@philipthalis.bsky.social
Architect, urbanist, public advocate. Principal @HillThalisAUP co author #PublicSydney Book & Puzzle. Prof Practice UNSW. ex Sydney Ind Councillor. Aust Arch Gold🥇2024 On Gadigal country
@ecominimalnick.bsky.social
Energy consultant and design engineer. Specialising in Passivhaus building, archives and museums. Love talking bollocks but low tolerance for bullshit. Teaching building physics with https://coaction.org.uk
@sustainabletall.bsky.social
Head of School at UNSW Built Environment and Professor of Architecture. Writer, researcher & teacher, tall buildings, climate change, embodied carbon, cities
@urbanistmom.bsky.social
Mom of two in Seattle Walkable communities, biking, transit, parks, housing
@kentlundberg.bsky.social
Sustainable transport and car optional cities. I lead a small company focused on public transport, urban design, parking reform and investment advice. Auckland, New Zealand.
@duncanarchitect.bsky.social
Designing comfortable, healthy, energy-efficient buildings Certified Passive House Designer Registered Architect in NY and NJ
@annejessicalise.bsky.social
Planoloog 🌇 Wandelaar 🐕 Raadslid D66 Haarlem, Commissie Ontwikkeling 🏗️ Ambtenaar in Amsterdam ⛲ Altijd op persoonlijke titel 🙋🏻♀️ In 🇳🇱 & 🇬🇧
@westnorth.com
Card-carrying urbanist since 1998; housing developer, author, museum docent, board member, single-issue #climate voter. Opine solely for myself. Ex-CHI, BOS, RDU 🚄🚋🚴♂️🌇🏗️🚰🏳️🌈 Words @ggwash.org @citybuilder.bsky.social
@qagggy.bsky.social
📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
@fdms.eu
Young explorer // trains and spaces, travel and places // transit information design and local politics by day, rail travels by night // from Vienna 🇪🇺
@michaelburchert.bsky.social
Educator, Speaker, Builder, Activist. Regenerative construction 🌳🌾🥦♻️. Fixing mistakes and bad habits in the built environment. Independent #Bauwende construction revolution advocacy, english & german word salad, enjoy! https://linktr.ee/michaelburchert
@jurajmikurcik.bsky.social
Passivhaus architect @ Architype. Bio-based materials. UK support for ecococon.eu straw panels. Often taking close-up photos of sheds on bike rides Living in a 100% electric passivhaus with zero energy bills, see the blog: oldholloway.wordpress.com
@aldasky.bsky.social
Political economy of climate emergency. Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley; Director, Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2; Founding Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social. A Planet to Win (Verso). he/him
@adrianhiel.bsky.social
Writer, with frequent gusts of wronger. Cities - decarbonised heat and cooling - renewables. Head of Media and Campaigns at Energy Cities. The energy transition is as much social as it is technological. 🇨🇦 🇮🇪
@lloydalter.bsky.social
Author of"The Story of Upfront Carbon," reformed architect and developer, teacher of sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University. https://lloydalter.substack.com
@urbancyclinginstitute.org
Our mission is to serve, teach, inspire and impact current and future urban professionals in our quest for actionable steps towards safe, inclusive, active mobility.
@markasaurus.bsky.social
Architect in San Francisco. Principal at OpenScope Studio (openscopestudio.bsky.social). Working in SF + LA. Housing, #Architecture, London, Buffalo and #gardens. Twitter: https://twitter.com/markasaurus Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Markasaurus