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Jon Burke 🌍
@jonburkeUK
Energy ⚡️ Waste ♻️ Transport 🚲 Public Realm 🌳 Words in @BigIssue, @ArchitectsJrnal etc @ClimateEmergUK Advisor. Enquiries - [email protected]
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    Jon Burke 🌍
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    Dec 14, 2020
    "Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet." — Carl Sagan
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    Jon Burke 🌍
    @jonburkeUK
    May 28, 2021
    What if I told you there was a single intervention we could deliver in our cities that would cool them during heatwaves, reduce flooding, scrub pollutants from the air, boost biodiversity, improve public health, and even reduce crime? You wouldn't believe me. But it's true.
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    Jon Burke 🌍
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    Mar 18, 2025
    Absolutely zero need to fly from London to Newcastle.
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    Newcastle United
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    Mar 17, 2025
    Heading home with an extra passenger. 🏆
    Eddie Howe on the flight back with the Carabao Cup next to him
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    Jon Burke 🌍
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    Apr 8, 2024
    Drivers keep getting angry at me saying that they are only limited by what we allow them to do. And reality keeps proving me right.
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    Jon Burke 🌍
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    Jul 17, 2022
    The cooling effect of a single, young street tree is the same as 5 room-sized air conditioners operating 20 hours/day. If every London borough had delivered the 50% increase in street trees that I did as a Hackney Cllr, we may have prevented the U.K’s first 40C+ heatwave.
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    Jon Burke 🌍
    @jonburkeUK
    Jun 26, 2024
    The cooling effect of a single, young street tree is the same as 5 room-sized air conditioners operating 20 hours/day. If London had delivered the 50% increase in street trees that I did as a Hackney Cllr, we may have prevented the U.K’s first, but not last, 40C+ heatwave.
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    Jon Burke 🌍
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    Jul 18, 2024
    This guy went to a school that costs £23,000 a year to attend as a day student and £46,000 a year to attend as a boarder. Yet, he's got every Deano in the land eating out of his hand as some fake working class hero. Embarrassing.
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    Thomas Skinner ⚒
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    Jul 17, 2024
    Good morning and happy Wednesday you lovely lovely people! I’m having one of favourite breakfasts in Dinos Cafe today. Spicy Korean noodles, chicken breasts & poached eggs with loads of Tabasco. And you know me, I never look when I pour! It’s time to believe in yourself today,
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    Jon Burke 🌍
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    Mar 29, 2024
    Welcome to my world…😂
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    Jon Burke 🌍
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    May 28, 2021
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    What if I told you one study in Manchester found that shade from street trees reduced surface temperatures by an average of 12°C and that concrete surfaces shaded permanently by a bank of trees were cooled by up to 20°C in the summer? You wouldn't believe me. But it's true.
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    Jon Burke 🌍
    @jonburkeUK
    Apr 21, 2025
    In 100 years, we’ve gone from cars weighing 600kg to cars weighing 3.1 tonnes, for the purpose of carrying single 80kg humans. This isn’t progress.
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    Nic Cruz Patane
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    Apr 18, 2025
    Almost 100 years between these two. Can you imagine the next 100+ years?
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    Jon Burke 🌍
    @jonburkeUK
    Sep 5, 2022
    Lancaster, California, spent $11.5m creating a pedestrian-friendly downtown. In four years, it attracted $130m private investment, doubled its downtown tax revenue, created 48 new businesses and 800 new jobs, and road injuries decreased by two-thirds. Cities are for people.
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    Jon Burke 🌍
    @jonburkeUK
    Jun 24, 2024
    #Heatwave, you say? We can do something about that. 🌳
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    Jon Burke 🌍
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    May 28, 2021
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    What if I told you that a single young tree planted in a small pit over an impermeable asphalt surface can reduce rain runoff by around 60%, even during winter when not in leaf? You wouldn't believe me, but it's true.
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    Jon Burke 🌍
    @jonburkeUK
    May 28, 2021
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    What if I told you that a high number of street trees close to the home is related to lower numbers of local prescriptions for antidepressants, even when controlling for a wide range of factors, such as deprivation? You wouldn't believe me, but it's true.