Basil Demeroutis

"Surround yourself with people who have the same goals as you, and rise together." Thanks @JamesClear #buildingforeward

Gen Zs have poor spiritual health - a sense of self-purpose, connection to something larger than oneself. 3x worse than baby boomers, for eg. @McKinsey survey of 41,000 people in 26 countries. These are your new employees. #mentalhealth #buildingFOREward mck.co/3KeKvki

A key milestone, something to celebrate, >30% of world’s electricity produced by renewables last year, a crucial turning point. Solar +23%, fossil fuels flat(ish). China was 50% of solar growth. Still, a 2% growth in overall energy use. via @EmberClimate ember-climate.org/insights/resea…

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Net zero economy grew by 9% in 2023, with 1,000s of new green companies formed, £74bn in size, 765,000 jobs. Doing good and doing well are not at odds with one another increasingly they are essential to one another. #buildingFOREward #futureofrealestate theguardian.com/environment/20…

What a difference 2 years makes. Let's hope @AlokSharma_RDG and the many others still at the #COP28 negotiating table can get a final position that still "keeps 1.5 alive".

.@ACllgnn joined REDO, @PRD_tweets & DC Sustainability to debate local #carbonoffset funds. “With support from the private sector, public authorities could be empowered to structure local carbon offset funds & enable all stakeholders to achieve their carbon & social commitments”.

Updated @cyclestreets collision data for 2022. Here’s High Street Kensington, just for that period, reported collisions only, on the section @rbkc are doing literally nothing for 🚲 safety because it would “take too long”. It’s a disgrace. #13.55/51.5014/-0.19838" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bikedata.cyclestreets.net/collisions:fie…

Greater probability that you will win the $1.4 bn Powerball lottery that we would experience the September global temperature spike that we've seen. Some scary data this year. #globalwarming #climatecrisis bit.ly/3rApdrP

Roughing it at the @forepartnership office today. #fridays #dogdays #futureofrealestate

Scary to see what is happening at Eath's poles. Antarctic sea ice has broken record minimums in summer for three of the past seven years. #climatechange #ClimateCrisis bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

This is what we need – a spiritual and cultural shift in the way we relate to the natural world. Waging war on the Earth’s life-support system is mindbogglingly foolish. theguardian.com/world/2023/aug…

My comment on today’s announcement

@ProfBrianCox Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Science will prevail in time.

To those who are saying to me that I am unscientific because I don’t think any compelling evidence for aliens was presented at the Congressional hearing on UFOs yesterday, here is the famously unscientific Richard Feynman on the subject youtu.be/8R14lkKZUNw

If I have this right, 6 SDs is 0,0001% probability. For context, we demand “5 nines” (99.999%) reliability for mission critical systems in things like IT,

@MachinStuart1 The key learning ? When you're in a hole, stop digging. You've done more £ damage to the M&S brand through this smash-and-grab development deal masquerading as altruism for the high street than you would have made from building it. Yes we're ok with not having you as a tenant btw

Today’s Marble Arch decision by the Secretary of State is a short-sighted act of self-sabotage. Oxford Street, which is in desperate need of regeneration, has become the victim of politics and a willful disregard of the facts.

See you there! Thanks @inafieldfest for organising this, an incredible line up of events not to be missed!

@therealarchie @standardnews This was never about M&S's altruism around Oxford St. With less than 20% of the building set for retail, this was a classic smash-and-grab property deal that was set to net M&S a cool £100m, more than its quarterly net income from the rest of its global operations.

@standardnews Not just a blow for M&S but for Oxford street and inner city regeneration across the UK. An eccentric decision by an eccentric minister against all planning advice.

Marks & Spencer has been refused permission to knock down its iconic flagship store in Oxford Street bit.ly/3rtJA9s

💥AMAZING NEWS!! 🎉Secretary of State rejects M&S's plan to demolish its flagship Oxford St building. Huge victory for campaign led by SAVE Britain’s Heritage ♻️🌍 #SAVEMandSOxfordSt #SAVEcampaigns

Great! Very glad to see the campaign to reject @marksandspencer’s senseless demolition of its #oxfordstreet store succeed 2day. Proof that #retrofirst & #carbon matters. Proud to have lent my voice to this alongside @SAVEBrit @ArchitectsJrnal @WHurst1 and others #buildingforeward