Andrea Learned | Climate Influence Catalyst Ⓥ 🚲
@andrealearned.bsky.social
#ClimateInfluence and #media w/ a #cities focus (incl. bikes #transportation #housing |I host #podcasts, moderate, speak + creatively collaborate | https://linktr.ee/AndreaLearned | LivingChange podcast | 💓 #Seattle + #KEXP music #JoyAsAnActOfResistance
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Dropped some good insight for folks wanting to share their climate values more authentically even in their work lives (please, do this!) - AND how that connects with being a better, likely #podcast guest, in this conversation with @russ.amodernremedy.com andrealearned.substack.com/p/the-planet...
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Come to think of it, we badly need better urban transportation too.
Here are 50 great voices on trains, transit, bikes, and cities...
go.bsky.app/U4hN8P9
Here are 50 great voices on trains, transit, bikes, and cities...
go.bsky.app/U4hN8P9
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Come to think of it, we badly need better urban transportation too.
Here are 50 great voices on trains, transit, bikes, and cities...
go.bsky.app/U4hN8P9
Here are 50 great voices on trains, transit, bikes, and cities...
go.bsky.app/U4hN8P9
«Instead, her campaign was built on trust that she had been cultivating for years. » @hmwinter.bsky.social @theguardian.com @thestranger.com re: @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Years of engaging and contributing FTW. Let’s GO, #Seattle
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Years of engaging and contributing FTW. Let’s GO, #Seattle
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How an ‘unknown’ organizer became Seattle’s next mayor: ‘People want to see themselves reflected in office’
Katie Wilson’s rise from transit campaigner to city hall shows how trust, volunteers and years of organizing overcame big-money politics
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
«Instead, her campaign was built on trust that she had been cultivating for years. » @hmwinter.bsky.social @theguardian.com @thestranger.com re: @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Years of engaging and contributing FTW. Let’s GO, #Seattle
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Years of engaging and contributing FTW. Let’s GO, #Seattle
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A young vegan dragged three of her friends to my talk at last week’s Alachua County climate summit. I swear I’m never scoldy about this stuff but afterwards all three of them promised to stop eating beef!
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A young vegan dragged three of her friends to my talk at last week’s Alachua County climate summit. I swear I’m never scoldy about this stuff but afterwards all three of them promised to stop eating beef!
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Cities should subsidize bikeshare much more, almost have a symbolic payment.
People using bikeshares are lowering health costs as they improve their physical, mental, and social health.
Also riders improve quality of air, lower noise, decrease congestion, good for econ. dev. City champions.
People using bikeshares are lowering health costs as they improve their physical, mental, and social health.
Also riders improve quality of air, lower noise, decrease congestion, good for econ. dev. City champions.
E-BIKESHARE FOR THE WEALTHY?
• Bikes + expensive than bus/subway
• E-bikes: often over 300% higher $$ than public transit
• 6 cities do over 83% of all trips
• NYC's Citi Bike increased $$ by 20% to $15.59 for 30 min.
• 60hrs rent = buy $2,000 e-bike
bit.ly/4ahFIwH
• Bikes + expensive than bus/subway
• E-bikes: often over 300% higher $$ than public transit
• 6 cities do over 83% of all trips
• NYC's Citi Bike increased $$ by 20% to $15.59 for 30 min.
• 60hrs rent = buy $2,000 e-bike
bit.ly/4ahFIwH
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Cities should subsidize bikeshare much more, almost have a symbolic payment.
People using bikeshares are lowering health costs as they improve their physical, mental, and social health.
Also riders improve quality of air, lower noise, decrease congestion, good for econ. dev. City champions.
People using bikeshares are lowering health costs as they improve their physical, mental, and social health.
Also riders improve quality of air, lower noise, decrease congestion, good for econ. dev. City champions.
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This is a truly excellent list of Seattle’s leaders, with many accomplished progressive champions. A great start for the Wilson administration!
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson just announced her transition team, with 61 members overseeing different policy areas. Transition teams are largely an expression of values and policy focus, although I expect some of these folks will end up in the administration. publicola.com/wp-content/u...
publicola.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is a truly excellent list of Seattle’s leaders, with many accomplished progressive champions. A great start for the Wilson administration!
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Tatiana Schlossberg, a young environmental journalist and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, is dying of cancer. She wrote about her treatment, her children, the importance of government-funded medical research and her cousin RFK Jr. It's tough, but try to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Tatiana Schlossberg, a young environmental journalist and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, is dying of cancer. She wrote about her treatment, her children, the importance of government-funded medical research and her cousin RFK Jr. It's tough, but try to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Cooking with gas.
Well-oiled machine.
Burning the midnight oil.
Step on the gas.
Too many everyday expressions reek of fossil fuels. Help me come up with cleaner alternatives, please! I'm taking suggestions at Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/watch-your...
Well-oiled machine.
Burning the midnight oil.
Step on the gas.
Too many everyday expressions reek of fossil fuels. Help me come up with cleaner alternatives, please! I'm taking suggestions at Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/watch-your...
Watch your f-ing language
Too many expressions reek of fossil fuels. Let's stop "cooking with gas" and come up with cleaner alternatives.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Cooking with gas.
Well-oiled machine.
Burning the midnight oil.
Step on the gas.
Too many everyday expressions reek of fossil fuels. Help me come up with cleaner alternatives, please! I'm taking suggestions at Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/watch-your...
Well-oiled machine.
Burning the midnight oil.
Step on the gas.
Too many everyday expressions reek of fossil fuels. Help me come up with cleaner alternatives, please! I'm taking suggestions at Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/watch-your...
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Influencer has become a dirty word, but really it’s just someone with a platform & credibility who can inspire others to act. And we need more climate influencers! People who can make climate action cool & aspirational.
Check out @andrealearned.bsky.social on this topic: youtu.be/sBjBdK1Cml4?...
Check out @andrealearned.bsky.social on this topic: youtu.be/sBjBdK1Cml4?...
Why the Planet Needs You to Become a Better Influencer, with Andrea Learned
YouTube video by A Modern Remedy
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Influencer has become a dirty word, but really it’s just someone with a platform & credibility who can inspire others to act. And we need more climate influencers! People who can make climate action cool & aspirational.
Check out @andrealearned.bsky.social on this topic: youtu.be/sBjBdK1Cml4?...
Check out @andrealearned.bsky.social on this topic: youtu.be/sBjBdK1Cml4?...
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Another great starter pack—highly recommended.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Another great starter pack—highly recommended.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
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NEW // How Mayor-elect Katie Wilson Can Hit the Ground Running, Walking, Rolling, and Biking 🏃♀️🚶♂️👩🦽🚴♀️🚌
Op-ed by @sngreenways.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/23/h...
Op-ed by @sngreenways.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/23/h...
How Mayor-elect Wilson Can Hit the Ground Running, Walking, Rolling, and Biking » The Urbanist
# Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson’s transportation platform is bold and visionary, and she will need ongoing community support to achieve it. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways shares some ideas on how s...
www.theurbanist.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
NEW // How Mayor-elect Katie Wilson Can Hit the Ground Running, Walking, Rolling, and Biking 🏃♀️🚶♂️👩🦽🚴♀️🚌
Op-ed by @sngreenways.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/23/h...
Op-ed by @sngreenways.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/23/h...
I love this! Great perspective and suggestions from @sngreenways.bsky.social . I am psyched to watch as each new #lesscar step Mayor Wilson could choose to take will have exponential #ClimateInfluence and create new levels of Seattle neighborhood joy. Let’s GO!
NEW // How Mayor-elect Katie Wilson Can Hit the Ground Running, Walking, Rolling, and Biking 🏃♀️🚶♂️👩🦽🚴♀️🚌
Op-ed by @sngreenways.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/23/h...
Op-ed by @sngreenways.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/23/h...
How Mayor-elect Wilson Can Hit the Ground Running, Walking, Rolling, and Biking » The Urbanist
# Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson’s transportation platform is bold and visionary, and she will need ongoing community support to achieve it. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways shares some ideas on how s...
www.theurbanist.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I love this! Great perspective and suggestions from @sngreenways.bsky.social . I am psyched to watch as each new #lesscar step Mayor Wilson could choose to take will have exponential #ClimateInfluence and create new levels of Seattle neighborhood joy. Let’s GO!
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Reminder: You’ll see people in nice cars at food assistance events. That doesn’t mean they’re doing fine. Jobs can disappear fast. Hours get cut. Families get stuck with large bills.
That’s why better transit and real support matter. And it’s why food assistance and mutual aid are so important.
That’s why better transit and real support matter. And it’s why food assistance and mutual aid are so important.
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Reminder: You’ll see people in nice cars at food assistance events. That doesn’t mean they’re doing fine. Jobs can disappear fast. Hours get cut. Families get stuck with large bills.
That’s why better transit and real support matter. And it’s why food assistance and mutual aid are so important.
That’s why better transit and real support matter. And it’s why food assistance and mutual aid are so important.
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5 Easy, Vegan and Low Stress Thanksgiving recipes (including mains and side dishes)!! 🧡 All prepped in 15 mins or less with NO special kitchen tools required!
Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUVa...
#thanksgiving #plantbased #veganrecipe
Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUVa...
#thanksgiving #plantbased #veganrecipe
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
5 Easy, Vegan and Low Stress Thanksgiving recipes (including mains and side dishes)!! 🧡 All prepped in 15 mins or less with NO special kitchen tools required!
Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUVa...
#thanksgiving #plantbased #veganrecipe
Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUVa...
#thanksgiving #plantbased #veganrecipe
There's some useful (if not surprising) insight in this point that could be better leveraged:
"The president seems impressed by how adept Mamdani is with dealing with reporters." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
"The president seems impressed by how adept Mamdani is with dealing with reporters." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
There's some useful (if not surprising) insight in this point that could be better leveraged:
"The president seems impressed by how adept Mamdani is with dealing with reporters." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
"The president seems impressed by how adept Mamdani is with dealing with reporters." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
I'm clearly a #lesscar , more #ebike person, but this #lowtech @slateauto.bsky.social (very reasonably priced) small truck/SUV has my interest. I put my $50 down and would love to find a neighbor to share such a vehicle with. And/or it's just nice to support a manual window roll-up, no radio car.
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm clearly a #lesscar , more #ebike person, but this #lowtech @slateauto.bsky.social (very reasonably priced) small truck/SUV has my interest. I put my $50 down and would love to find a neighbor to share such a vehicle with. And/or it's just nice to support a manual window roll-up, no radio car.
We need an article /resource like this in every city! Might make a good topic for @seattlemet.com.web.brid.gy or @citycastseattle.bsky.social . Even after T-giving, where are the best places to find #vegan / #plantbased options? Too few restaurants here even have a single such entree.
Los Angeles’ vegan community seeks Thanksgiving alternatives
Los Angeles’ vegan community seeks Thanksgiving alternatives
www.vegan-news.net
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We need an article /resource like this in every city! Might make a good topic for @seattlemet.com.web.brid.gy or @citycastseattle.bsky.social . Even after T-giving, where are the best places to find #vegan / #plantbased options? Too few restaurants here even have a single such entree.
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Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and 1,000 Musicians Protest AI with a New Silent Album
Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and 1,000 Musicians Protest AI with a New Silent Album
The good news is that an album has just been released by Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn of Gorillaz, The Clash, Tori Amos, Hans Zimmer, Pet Shop Boys, Jamiroquai, and Yusuf (previously known as...
www.openculture.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and 1,000 Musicians Protest AI with a New Silent Album
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Peter Sellers chases Goldie Hawn with a boom mike on the lot of England's Shepperton Studios during production of the 1970 comedy There's a Girl in My Soup
Happy #BicycleBirthday Goldie Hawn!
Born November 21, 1945
Happy #BicycleBirthday Goldie Hawn!
Born November 21, 1945
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Peter Sellers chases Goldie Hawn with a boom mike on the lot of England's Shepperton Studios during production of the 1970 comedy There's a Girl in My Soup
Happy #BicycleBirthday Goldie Hawn!
Born November 21, 1945
Happy #BicycleBirthday Goldie Hawn!
Born November 21, 1945
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If this having taken so long feels crazy to you, just wait until you learn about how US automotive crash test safety standards have never had to include safety considerations for those outside of a vehicle.
After years of limbo, the U.S. government has given the green light to a crash test dummy based on the female body. But will it be used right away? Not so fast. n.pr/48r84mJ
The female crash test dummy has been a long time coming — but she isn't here yet
After years of limbo, the U.S. government has given the green light to a crash test dummy based on the female body. But will it be used right away? Not so fast.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If this having taken so long feels crazy to you, just wait until you learn about how US automotive crash test safety standards have never had to include safety considerations for those outside of a vehicle.
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“In my work with cities, one of my messages that resonates most is that the truth about the cities aspirations isn’t found in its plans and visions. It’s found in its budget.
A budget may be the most powerful public policy lever a Council has, and the most authentic one because It reveals so much.”
A budget may be the most powerful public policy lever a Council has, and the most authentic one because It reveals so much.”
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“In my work with cities, one of my messages that resonates most is that the truth about the cities aspirations isn’t found in its plans and visions. It’s found in its budget.
A budget may be the most powerful public policy lever a Council has, and the most authentic one because It reveals so much.”
A budget may be the most powerful public policy lever a Council has, and the most authentic one because It reveals so much.”
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THIRTY YEARS since this process started, the COP still can’t agree about whether to phase out fossil fuels…
Almost all of them are men, which is not unconnected I suspect
Almost all of them are men, which is not unconnected I suspect
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
THIRTY YEARS since this process started, the COP still can’t agree about whether to phase out fossil fuels…
Almost all of them are men, which is not unconnected I suspect
Almost all of them are men, which is not unconnected I suspect
I want you to understand that the women around you are not okay. They are experiencing low-level ongoing stress and, for many, trauma triggers every day that Epstein is in the news. thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/what-epste...
What Epstein Reveals About Women's Inner Lives
The initiation no one wants, and what could replace it
thegoldenhour.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Must read!!! The roots of my joy in music and understanding of the power of college and community radio come via #KEXP DJs who love UP the whole collective often. Thank you for amplifying the beauty of no-robot music selection, @nathandeuel.bsky.social #MusicMatters
I love college radio and I wrote about my favorite station for The New York Times... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Must read!!! The roots of my joy in music and understanding of the power of college and community radio come via #KEXP DJs who love UP the whole collective often. Thank you for amplifying the beauty of no-robot music selection, @nathandeuel.bsky.social #MusicMatters