Dr Emma Garnett
@emmagarnett.bsky.social
Researcher in behaviour change towards more plant-based and sustainable diets at @oxprimarycare.bsky.social
Climate Action. Biodiversity Conservation. Health and wellbeing.
My (more) political account: @greenpartyemma.bsky.social
Climate Action. Biodiversity Conservation. Health and wellbeing.
My (more) political account: @greenpartyemma.bsky.social
What excellent timing!
I came across this new vegan steak in Aldi today.
I look forward to eating it!
I came across this new vegan steak in Aldi today.
I look forward to eating it!
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What excellent timing!
I came across this new vegan steak in Aldi today.
I look forward to eating it!
I came across this new vegan steak in Aldi today.
I look forward to eating it!
I really enjoyed presenting to the Civil Service Climate& Environment Network with @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social today on food systems transformations to plant-rich diets (with small/no amounts of meat and dairy).
The feedback was lovely too!
The feedback was lovely too!
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I really enjoyed presenting to the Civil Service Climate& Environment Network with @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social today on food systems transformations to plant-rich diets (with small/no amounts of meat and dairy).
The feedback was lovely too!
The feedback was lovely too!
There is so much sky here.
August 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
There is so much sky here.
- We need better evidence on modal shift to ebikes, but it looks promising
- Ebikes can be really beneficial for those with chronic conditions - they can choose the level of assist&take part in sociable rides. But the bikes are heavy so they're harder to manoeuvre when you're off them/change a tire
- Ebikes can be really beneficial for those with chronic conditions - they can choose the level of assist&take part in sociable rides. But the bikes are heavy so they're harder to manoeuvre when you're off them/change a tire
August 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
- We need better evidence on modal shift to ebikes, but it looks promising
- Ebikes can be really beneficial for those with chronic conditions - they can choose the level of assist&take part in sociable rides. But the bikes are heavy so they're harder to manoeuvre when you're off them/change a tire
- Ebikes can be really beneficial for those with chronic conditions - they can choose the level of assist&take part in sociable rides. But the bikes are heavy so they're harder to manoeuvre when you're off them/change a tire
Really enjoying the ebike session at #EHPS2025
Key lessons
- Ebike users are even more pro active transport than regular bike users
- You can reach moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on an ebike. @annabarrero.bsky.social
@ehps2025.bsky.social
Key lessons
- Ebike users are even more pro active transport than regular bike users
- You can reach moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on an ebike. @annabarrero.bsky.social
@ehps2025.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Really enjoying the ebike session at #EHPS2025
Key lessons
- Ebike users are even more pro active transport than regular bike users
- You can reach moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on an ebike. @annabarrero.bsky.social
@ehps2025.bsky.social
Key lessons
- Ebike users are even more pro active transport than regular bike users
- You can reach moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on an ebike. @annabarrero.bsky.social
@ehps2025.bsky.social
The #EHPS2025 conference schedule is making me choose between ebikes and legumes. This is cruel!
@ehps2025.bsky.social
@ehps2025.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The #EHPS2025 conference schedule is making me choose between ebikes and legumes. This is cruel!
@ehps2025.bsky.social
@ehps2025.bsky.social
Thank you Fietsverhuur! www.fietsverhuurgroningen.com/en/homepage-...
I knew it was a good idea to pack my phone/bike attachment.
There was also an "Emmaviaduct" en route. Amazing.
It's just so so glorious to be able to cycle around here so easily - in terms of getting a bike&using it.
#EHPS2025
I knew it was a good idea to pack my phone/bike attachment.
There was also an "Emmaviaduct" en route. Amazing.
It's just so so glorious to be able to cycle around here so easily - in terms of getting a bike&using it.
#EHPS2025
August 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Thank you Fietsverhuur! www.fietsverhuurgroningen.com/en/homepage-...
I knew it was a good idea to pack my phone/bike attachment.
There was also an "Emmaviaduct" en route. Amazing.
It's just so so glorious to be able to cycle around here so easily - in terms of getting a bike&using it.
#EHPS2025
I knew it was a good idea to pack my phone/bike attachment.
There was also an "Emmaviaduct" en route. Amazing.
It's just so so glorious to be able to cycle around here so easily - in terms of getting a bike&using it.
#EHPS2025
A 5 minute walk away from my hotel and I can hire this lovely bike for 4 days for 39 euros to get around Groningen.
And I can join the conference organised bike tour!
The cycle to the venue was a dream - the infrastructure is so intuitive - even when you're in a hurry and running late!
And I can join the conference organised bike tour!
The cycle to the venue was a dream - the infrastructure is so intuitive - even when you're in a hurry and running late!
August 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A 5 minute walk away from my hotel and I can hire this lovely bike for 4 days for 39 euros to get around Groningen.
And I can join the conference organised bike tour!
The cycle to the venue was a dream - the infrastructure is so intuitive - even when you're in a hurry and running late!
And I can join the conference organised bike tour!
The cycle to the venue was a dream - the infrastructure is so intuitive - even when you're in a hurry and running late!
Delighted that #EHPS2025 conference has a sustainable travel award (100 euros each) for those who've travelled furthest to be here without flying.
This needs normalising across academia. We have a huge blind spot when it comes to flying.
Congratulations to this year's winners!
This needs normalising across academia. We have a huge blind spot when it comes to flying.
Congratulations to this year's winners!
August 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Delighted that #EHPS2025 conference has a sustainable travel award (100 euros each) for those who've travelled furthest to be here without flying.
This needs normalising across academia. We have a huge blind spot when it comes to flying.
Congratulations to this year's winners!
This needs normalising across academia. We have a huge blind spot when it comes to flying.
Congratulations to this year's winners!
This looked like a main road from Google maps and it's still so quiet!
The motorbikes here are loud *like everywhere) but that will get solved with the shift to electric.
The conference venue is a 40 minute walk away, so I think I'd better go Dutch and try to hire a bike. Updates to follow!
The motorbikes here are loud *like everywhere) but that will get solved with the shift to electric.
The conference venue is a 40 minute walk away, so I think I'd better go Dutch and try to hire a bike. Updates to follow!
August 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This looked like a main road from Google maps and it's still so quiet!
The motorbikes here are loud *like everywhere) but that will get solved with the shift to electric.
The conference venue is a 40 minute walk away, so I think I'd better go Dutch and try to hire a bike. Updates to follow!
The motorbikes here are loud *like everywhere) but that will get solved with the shift to electric.
The conference venue is a 40 minute walk away, so I think I'd better go Dutch and try to hire a bike. Updates to follow!
Here are some parked cars along the canal. It still feels very active travel heavy.
Though imo this area could use some benches to make it more people friendly.
10/n
Though imo this area could use some benches to make it more people friendly.
10/n
August 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Here are some parked cars along the canal. It still feels very active travel heavy.
Though imo this area could use some benches to make it more people friendly.
10/n
Though imo this area could use some benches to make it more people friendly.
10/n
Bath has a lovely pedestrianised area but there's not really space to cycle (I forget if it's permitted or not).
Pedestrianised areas in the UK feel like they tend to be in places that are chockablock with people all the time.
Here there's space to spare, and still no cars.
9/n
Pedestrianised areas in the UK feel like they tend to be in places that are chockablock with people all the time.
Here there's space to spare, and still no cars.
9/n
August 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Bath has a lovely pedestrianised area but there's not really space to cycle (I forget if it's permitted or not).
Pedestrianised areas in the UK feel like they tend to be in places that are chockablock with people all the time.
Here there's space to spare, and still no cars.
9/n
Pedestrianised areas in the UK feel like they tend to be in places that are chockablock with people all the time.
Here there's space to spare, and still no cars.
9/n
I'm not sure I've ever seen so much space given over to walking, wheeling AND cycling.
What are the best examples in the UK (and elsewhere!) would you say?
In Oxford our pedestrian and cycling streets are pretty cramped (historic city etc).
They also tend to be around shopping centres..
8/n
What are the best examples in the UK (and elsewhere!) would you say?
In Oxford our pedestrian and cycling streets are pretty cramped (historic city etc).
They also tend to be around shopping centres..
8/n
August 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I'm not sure I've ever seen so much space given over to walking, wheeling AND cycling.
What are the best examples in the UK (and elsewhere!) would you say?
In Oxford our pedestrian and cycling streets are pretty cramped (historic city etc).
They also tend to be around shopping centres..
8/n
What are the best examples in the UK (and elsewhere!) would you say?
In Oxford our pedestrian and cycling streets are pretty cramped (historic city etc).
They also tend to be around shopping centres..
8/n
I don't know what these cycle racks are called but they look like the love child between a Sheffield stand and Wheel benders (aka butterfly stands).
7/n(?)
7/n(?)
August 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I don't know what these cycle racks are called but they look like the love child between a Sheffield stand and Wheel benders (aka butterfly stands).
7/n(?)
7/n(?)
Just to clarify, there are also lots of bike lanes here which are just for bikes (and mopeds and motorbikes too I think) and *not* cars.
So many examples of how cycle routes are prioritised!
As a pedestrian - there's plenty of space too.
6/n
So many examples of how cycle routes are prioritised!
As a pedestrian - there's plenty of space too.
6/n
August 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just to clarify, there are also lots of bike lanes here which are just for bikes (and mopeds and motorbikes too I think) and *not* cars.
So many examples of how cycle routes are prioritised!
As a pedestrian - there's plenty of space too.
6/n
So many examples of how cycle routes are prioritised!
As a pedestrian - there's plenty of space too.
6/n
When I arrived at my hotel there was a ceremonial bike in the entrance, like it was a work of art.
Excellent.
5/n
Excellent.
5/n
August 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When I arrived at my hotel there was a ceremonial bike in the entrance, like it was a work of art.
Excellent.
5/n
Excellent.
5/n
I initially thought these routes were for bikes only that a car was wrongly going down.
Then I realised these are lanes designed for bikes, but cars can use them carefully too.
The central lanes beyond are for buses and taxis.
Transport hierarchy in action!
energysavingtrust.org.uk/an-introduct...
Then I realised these are lanes designed for bikes, but cars can use them carefully too.
The central lanes beyond are for buses and taxis.
Transport hierarchy in action!
energysavingtrust.org.uk/an-introduct...
August 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I initially thought these routes were for bikes only that a car was wrongly going down.
Then I realised these are lanes designed for bikes, but cars can use them carefully too.
The central lanes beyond are for buses and taxis.
Transport hierarchy in action!
energysavingtrust.org.uk/an-introduct...
Then I realised these are lanes designed for bikes, but cars can use them carefully too.
The central lanes beyond are for buses and taxis.
Transport hierarchy in action!
energysavingtrust.org.uk/an-introduct...
The gaps in the surface show you masses of subterranean bike parking just out of view.
I didn't go and count, but I'd bet 3 figure sums it's much more than Oxford's...
3/n
I didn't go and count, but I'd bet 3 figure sums it's much more than Oxford's...
3/n
August 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The gaps in the surface show you masses of subterranean bike parking just out of view.
I didn't go and count, but I'd bet 3 figure sums it's much more than Oxford's...
3/n
I didn't go and count, but I'd bet 3 figure sums it's much more than Oxford's...
3/n
I was last in the Netherlands in 2019 (Amsterdam) and I've become more informed and enthused about urbanism and active travel since then (and I was already pretty keen). I'm interested to see what I spot now.
First up - there is *so much* car free space outside the central train station. 🤩
2/n
First up - there is *so much* car free space outside the central train station. 🤩
2/n
August 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I was last in the Netherlands in 2019 (Amsterdam) and I've become more informed and enthused about urbanism and active travel since then (and I was already pretty keen). I'm interested to see what I spot now.
First up - there is *so much* car free space outside the central train station. 🤩
2/n
First up - there is *so much* car free space outside the central train station. 🤩
2/n
I've arrived in Groningen (Netherlands) for the European Health Psychology Society conference and I am fan-girling so much at the transport infrastructure.
Health psychology in action here!
Build it and they will bike.
@ehps2025.bsky.social
#EHPS2025
Health psychology in action here!
Build it and they will bike.
@ehps2025.bsky.social
#EHPS2025
August 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I've arrived in Groningen (Netherlands) for the European Health Psychology Society conference and I am fan-girling so much at the transport infrastructure.
Health psychology in action here!
Build it and they will bike.
@ehps2025.bsky.social
#EHPS2025
Health psychology in action here!
Build it and they will bike.
@ehps2025.bsky.social
#EHPS2025
On the Eurostar on my way to Gronignen for #EHPS2025 conference.
See you there!
@ehps2025.bsky.social @ehps.bsky.social
See you there!
@ehps2025.bsky.social @ehps.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On the Eurostar on my way to Gronignen for #EHPS2025 conference.
See you there!
@ehps2025.bsky.social @ehps.bsky.social
See you there!
@ehps2025.bsky.social @ehps.bsky.social
It is so so SO refreshing to hear a UK farmer say simply we need to eat less meat.
This whole interview with Guy Watson-Singh is excellent.
I also completely agree we need to spend more on food and much much less on rent.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This whole interview with Guy Watson-Singh is excellent.
I also completely agree we need to spend more on food and much much less on rent.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
![Just eat less meat’
Singh-Watson may believe he has softened. But for many years he has been an iconoclastic voice among farmers. Take meat: most British farmers reject calls to eat less red meat to reduce damage to the environment and people’s health. Singh-Watson says eat good meat but less often: just 5% of what Riverford sells is meat. He had shared an organic chicken with eight people the previous evening: “I probably won’t buy another one for a month.”
“I spent a lot of time looking at the evidence on [the impact of meat] and it was overwhelming,” he says. “Ten billion people can’t live sustainably on this planet if we are eating anything like the level of meat consumed in a western diet. The only answer is we just eat less meat, dairy and eggs.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rc66vw4ruqwyhohdi6y75gdw/bafkreiailejl5nvrrr6u3oab5ggyhlblkgobygxfcqeqbjkgwxckdoi77u@jpeg)
August 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It is so so SO refreshing to hear a UK farmer say simply we need to eat less meat.
This whole interview with Guy Watson-Singh is excellent.
I also completely agree we need to spend more on food and much much less on rent.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This whole interview with Guy Watson-Singh is excellent.
I also completely agree we need to spend more on food and much much less on rent.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I am (un)healthily obsessed with Aldi smoked tofu and I am delighted to learn I have been vindicated by SCIENCE!
www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...
www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...
July 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I am (un)healthily obsessed with Aldi smoked tofu and I am delighted to learn I have been vindicated by SCIENCE!
www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...
www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...
We had plenty of interesting and lively debate at this @fao.org panel today on "Consumers as catalysts: Driving change in livestock and food systems"
Thank you for the invitation and to the audience for the insightful questions.
www.fao.org/partnerships...
Thank you for the invitation and to the audience for the insightful questions.
www.fao.org/partnerships...
July 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We had plenty of interesting and lively debate at this @fao.org panel today on "Consumers as catalysts: Driving change in livestock and food systems"
Thank you for the invitation and to the audience for the insightful questions.
www.fao.org/partnerships...
Thank you for the invitation and to the audience for the insightful questions.
www.fao.org/partnerships...
I think this paper is a useful rebuttal to "once people experience XYZ from climate breakdown _then_ they'll believe and support policies."
Nope, people need to attribute XYZ to climate change. Then policy support is more likely. That association needs to get across.
Nope, people need to attribute XYZ to climate change. Then policy support is more likely. That association needs to get across.
July 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I think this paper is a useful rebuttal to "once people experience XYZ from climate breakdown _then_ they'll believe and support policies."
Nope, people need to attribute XYZ to climate change. Then policy support is more likely. That association needs to get across.
Nope, people need to attribute XYZ to climate change. Then policy support is more likely. That association needs to get across.