Parisa Wright
@parisawright.bsky.social
UK Sustainability & Resilience Champion
Helping people connect with & act on climate & equity.
Legal for 20 years, then moved skills & time to sustainability & inclusion. Founder Greener & Cleaner, TEDx:
https://youtu.be/onrmvMQcjhg?si=FMKEHdUeYFV0IsnG
Helping people connect with & act on climate & equity.
Legal for 20 years, then moved skills & time to sustainability & inclusion. Founder Greener & Cleaner, TEDx:
https://youtu.be/onrmvMQcjhg?si=FMKEHdUeYFV0IsnG
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Hope to see some of you at #anthropy25 26-28 March! We'll run a silo busting Panel
2k+ leaders from government, business & NGOs will come together to discuss, advocate & challenge visions for a brighter Britain in 30 Years & how to actually get there. Info/Pass:
www.edenproject.com/visit/whats-...
2k+ leaders from government, business & NGOs will come together to discuss, advocate & challenge visions for a brighter Britain in 30 Years & how to actually get there. Info/Pass:
www.edenproject.com/visit/whats-...
Uplifting to read #climateaction #renewbles #solar #wind #water #geothermal
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News share.google/RXKcF72A5uxx...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News share.google/RXKcF72A5uxx...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Uplifting to read #climateaction #renewbles #solar #wind #water #geothermal
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News share.google/RXKcF72A5uxx...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News share.google/RXKcF72A5uxx...
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"The UK's position on children's wellbeing is 'dreadful'. Why is the data on this receiving so little media attention?"
Brief open access piece on this here: educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/mor...
and here:
substack.com/@warwickmans...
Brief open access piece on this here: educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/mor...
and here:
substack.com/@warwickmans...
September 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"The UK's position on children's wellbeing is 'dreadful'. Why is the data on this receiving so little media attention?"
Brief open access piece on this here: educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/mor...
and here:
substack.com/@warwickmans...
Brief open access piece on this here: educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/mor...
and here:
substack.com/@warwickmans...
Reposted by Parisa Wright
The co-benefits of climate laid bare.
In this instance, it is the benefit of life itself.
In this instance, it is the benefit of life itself.
Wildfire smoke now kills more Americans than car crashes—41,000 people per year.
For decades air quality has been improving, but not anymore.
It won't help that the Trump administration is loosening regulations on factory & power plant emissions. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
For decades air quality has been improving, but not anymore.
It won't help that the Trump administration is loosening regulations on factory & power plant emissions. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
September 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The co-benefits of climate laid bare.
In this instance, it is the benefit of life itself.
In this instance, it is the benefit of life itself.
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How do we fix this mess?
September 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
How do we fix this mess?
September 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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NEW: Join us on Saturday 13 Sept for a family-friendly day of community building, skill-sharing & learning - creating the alternatives we need for people and planet.
Including interactive sessions on renewables, retrofit, low carbon cooking & tackling climate disinformation 🎟️ bit.ly/foca-selce
Including interactive sessions on renewables, retrofit, low carbon cooking & tackling climate disinformation 🎟️ bit.ly/foca-selce
August 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
NEW: Join us on Saturday 13 Sept for a family-friendly day of community building, skill-sharing & learning - creating the alternatives we need for people and planet.
Including interactive sessions on renewables, retrofit, low carbon cooking & tackling climate disinformation 🎟️ bit.ly/foca-selce
Including interactive sessions on renewables, retrofit, low carbon cooking & tackling climate disinformation 🎟️ bit.ly/foca-selce
Something we try to remember and build on at our pilot Greener & Cleaner Community (Sustainability) Hub in South East London...
...thank you Brenna Quinlan for your art and ethos!
#communityspirit #justtransition #inittogether #climateaction #communityresilience
...thank you Brenna Quinlan for your art and ethos!
#communityspirit #justtransition #inittogether #climateaction #communityresilience
August 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Something we try to remember and build on at our pilot Greener & Cleaner Community (Sustainability) Hub in South East London...
...thank you Brenna Quinlan for your art and ethos!
#communityspirit #justtransition #inittogether #climateaction #communityresilience
...thank you Brenna Quinlan for your art and ethos!
#communityspirit #justtransition #inittogether #climateaction #communityresilience
French Prime Minister François Bayrou says a huge, deadly wildfire sweeping through the south of France is a "catastrophe on an unprecedented scale".
Bayrou said the wildfire is linked to global warming and drought.
#wldfires #climatechange #ClimateActionNow
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bayrou said the wildfire is linked to global warming and drought.
#wldfires #climatechange #ClimateActionNow
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
France wildfire: Blaze is 'catastrophe on an unprecedented scale'
The huge wildfire is the largest in France so far this year and has burned an area larger than Paris.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
French Prime Minister François Bayrou says a huge, deadly wildfire sweeping through the south of France is a "catastrophe on an unprecedented scale".
Bayrou said the wildfire is linked to global warming and drought.
#wldfires #climatechange #ClimateActionNow
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bayrou said the wildfire is linked to global warming and drought.
#wldfires #climatechange #ClimateActionNow
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Every little helps re decluttering and rehoming things - and a bit of cash is nice sometimes too...Books, CDs, DVDs can mix in a bundle, you get average 50p/piece for wanted items - scann on phone & send (free collection) #WOB
Link for extra £5 x
sellworldofbooks.mention-me.com/m/ol/gv9bw-p...
Link for extra £5 x
sellworldofbooks.mention-me.com/m/ol/gv9bw-p...
August 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Every little helps re decluttering and rehoming things - and a bit of cash is nice sometimes too...Books, CDs, DVDs can mix in a bundle, you get average 50p/piece for wanted items - scann on phone & send (free collection) #WOB
Link for extra £5 x
sellworldofbooks.mention-me.com/m/ol/gv9bw-p...
Link for extra £5 x
sellworldofbooks.mention-me.com/m/ol/gv9bw-p...
JUST A FEW TICKETS LEFT! X
X6 fantastic celeb stand ups performing at our BIG Greener & Cleaner COMEDY NIGHT at the CHURCHILL THEATRE on 6 October, grab your tickets here:
share.google/Zq4PhbqI2haH...
Supporting the Greener & Cleaner Community Hub:
youtu.be/h1mRwHMD4TU?...
X6 fantastic celeb stand ups performing at our BIG Greener & Cleaner COMEDY NIGHT at the CHURCHILL THEATRE on 6 October, grab your tickets here:
share.google/Zq4PhbqI2haH...
Supporting the Greener & Cleaner Community Hub:
youtu.be/h1mRwHMD4TU?...
August 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
JUST A FEW TICKETS LEFT! X
X6 fantastic celeb stand ups performing at our BIG Greener & Cleaner COMEDY NIGHT at the CHURCHILL THEATRE on 6 October, grab your tickets here:
share.google/Zq4PhbqI2haH...
Supporting the Greener & Cleaner Community Hub:
youtu.be/h1mRwHMD4TU?...
X6 fantastic celeb stand ups performing at our BIG Greener & Cleaner COMEDY NIGHT at the CHURCHILL THEATRE on 6 October, grab your tickets here:
share.google/Zq4PhbqI2haH...
Supporting the Greener & Cleaner Community Hub:
youtu.be/h1mRwHMD4TU?...
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Support @healthequals.bsky.social to urge MPs to #MakeHealthEqual — starting with the air we breathe.
👉 healthequals.org.uk/is-that-fair...
👉 healthequals.org.uk/is-that-fair...
July 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Support @healthequals.bsky.social to urge MPs to #MakeHealthEqual — starting with the air we breathe.
👉 healthequals.org.uk/is-that-fair...
👉 healthequals.org.uk/is-that-fair...
Reposted by Parisa Wright
Clean air is an essential for good health but it's not available for everyone. Disadvantaged communities experience some of the worst air quality, cutting lives short.
We’re supporting @healthequals.bsky.social campaign to #MakeHealthEqual and ensure that everyone has clean air to breathe.
We’re supporting @healthequals.bsky.social campaign to #MakeHealthEqual and ensure that everyone has clean air to breathe.
July 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Clean air is an essential for good health but it's not available for everyone. Disadvantaged communities experience some of the worst air quality, cutting lives short.
We’re supporting @healthequals.bsky.social campaign to #MakeHealthEqual and ensure that everyone has clean air to breathe.
We’re supporting @healthequals.bsky.social campaign to #MakeHealthEqual and ensure that everyone has clean air to breathe.
🎭 Six of the UK’s top comedians. One night. One brilliant cause - our local Greener & Cleaner charity & its Community Hub pilot!
🗓️ 6th October
Every ticket helps us grow healthier, happier, greener and more connected communities 💚
Grab your tickets now!
👉 trafalgartickets.com/churchill-th...
🗓️ 6th October
Every ticket helps us grow healthier, happier, greener and more connected communities 💚
Grab your tickets now!
👉 trafalgartickets.com/churchill-th...
July 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🎭 Six of the UK’s top comedians. One night. One brilliant cause - our local Greener & Cleaner charity & its Community Hub pilot!
🗓️ 6th October
Every ticket helps us grow healthier, happier, greener and more connected communities 💚
Grab your tickets now!
👉 trafalgartickets.com/churchill-th...
🗓️ 6th October
Every ticket helps us grow healthier, happier, greener and more connected communities 💚
Grab your tickets now!
👉 trafalgartickets.com/churchill-th...
🎭 Six of the UK’s top comedians. One night. One brilliant cause - our local Greener & Cleaner charity & its Community Hub pilot!
🗓️ 6th October
Every ticket helps us grow healthier, happier, greener and more connected communities 💚
Grab your tickets now!
👉 trafalgartickets.com/churchill-th...
🗓️ 6th October
Every ticket helps us grow healthier, happier, greener and more connected communities 💚
Grab your tickets now!
👉 trafalgartickets.com/churchill-th...
Book Charity Comedy Night in aid of Greener and Cleaner, a local Bromley Charity tickets | Churchill Theatre Bromley
Book your tickets to Charity Comedy Night in aid of Greener and Cleaner, a local Bromley Charity at Churchill Theatre Bromley at the official Trafalgar Tickets, Churchill Theatre Bromley box office.
trafalgartickets.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🎭 Six of the UK’s top comedians. One night. One brilliant cause - our local Greener & Cleaner charity & its Community Hub pilot!
🗓️ 6th October
Every ticket helps us grow healthier, happier, greener and more connected communities 💚
Grab your tickets now!
👉 trafalgartickets.com/churchill-th...
🗓️ 6th October
Every ticket helps us grow healthier, happier, greener and more connected communities 💚
Grab your tickets now!
👉 trafalgartickets.com/churchill-th...
Reposted by Parisa Wright
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
Comedy can help so many more people connect with Climate and engage with Sustainability than any other medium can!
If you're at Edinburgh Fringe Festival '25 - check out Stewart Goldsmith's fab show "An Inconvenient Time" on 11th - 17th Aug at Monkey Barrel 1:
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
If you're at Edinburgh Fringe Festival '25 - check out Stewart Goldsmith's fab show "An Inconvenient Time" on 11th - 17th Aug at Monkey Barrel 1:
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
July 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Comedy can help so many more people connect with Climate and engage with Sustainability than any other medium can!
If you're at Edinburgh Fringe Festival '25 - check out Stewart Goldsmith's fab show "An Inconvenient Time" on 11th - 17th Aug at Monkey Barrel 1:
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
If you're at Edinburgh Fringe Festival '25 - check out Stewart Goldsmith's fab show "An Inconvenient Time" on 11th - 17th Aug at Monkey Barrel 1:
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Great job #Surrey County Council! For collaborating with residents in a meaningful way...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social
Surrey residents engage in climate change delivery plan - BBC News
Surrey County Council is inviting people to help shape its next five-year plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Great job #Surrey County Council! For collaborating with residents in a meaningful way...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social
Trees, shrubs, even grass, reduce the ambient temperature and reduce the risks of flooding around our homes and wider communities - plus they are key to reducing the ever increasing loss of our local wildlife.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Deadly heatwaves are the new reality – we need to transform the UK's cities and towns to survive them | Hannah Martin
While we work towards net zero, we also need to adapt. And we can pay for cooling measures like splash pads and trees by taxing the worst polluters, says green campaigner Hannah Martin
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Trees, shrubs, even grass, reduce the ambient temperature and reduce the risks of flooding around our homes and wider communities - plus they are key to reducing the ever increasing loss of our local wildlife.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some practical and inspirational work by London councils... reducing bills and emissions
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
#climateaction
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
#climateaction
London Councils praised for work in tackling climate change - BBC News
London councils take eight of the top 10 slots in the climate scorecard ranking.
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org
June 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Some practical and inspirational work by London councils... reducing bills and emissions
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
#climateaction
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
#climateaction
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
June 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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Remember this? Paris is getting a whole new Metro network in a ring connecting suburbs. It’s HUGE. And built FAST.
“The venerable #Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
“The venerable #Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Remember this? Paris is getting a whole new Metro network in a ring connecting suburbs. It’s HUGE. And built FAST.
“The venerable #Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
“The venerable #Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
June 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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May 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM