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Principal hort data wrangler for the Royal Horticultural Society, husband, father of two, EV owner & renewables advocate. Any views expressed here are my own.
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Help! ❀️ YouTube flagged our @cleaninguppod.bsky.social documentary on #ProjectBo as political advertising. 😬 Using #solar power to help save babies' lives is NOT political! 🌞 We've re-edited, now we REALLY need your likes, comments, RTs and shares to get the word out! πŸ™ youtu.be/z-5QjSfy2SM?...

Thinking of the many dogs and their owners who have made a pilgrimage to this place makes me smile.

Do tariffs / import quotas on solar panels help or hurt domestic jobs? While they boost *manufacturing* jobs they tend to hurt total jobs. That's because most clean energy jobs are in deployment, installation, maintenance etc. My Substack: www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/clean-ener...

Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like. And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If you live in the UKπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ and are able to, please consider donating to the Myanmar earthquake appeal πŸ™β€οΈ dec.org.uk

Invertebrate of the year 2025: vote for your favourite - Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose #teamcuttlefish www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great Britain wastes Β£180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's Β£389,985,530 so far this year! wastedwind.energy

March 2025 - 482 kWh πŸ‘‘ March 2024 - 358 kWh March 2023 - 285 kWh March 2022 - 432 kWh March 2021 - 347 kWh March 2020 - 472 kWh March 2019 - 405 kWh March 2018 - 305 kWh Super happy with the March 2025 generation from our 5.7 kWp East facing array. Best March result since installation. #solar

One of the big things I'm working on at @nestauk.bsky.social atm is Clean Heat Neighbourhoods - looking at whether we can help people upgrade their heating alongside their neighbours. To bring that to life, we're making some case of schemes that do this... www.nesta.org.uk/feature/clea...

Could you help bring back Scrapheap Challenge in new fully electrified format? Have a look kck.st/3QzCmdB

Some key insights from the UK Climate Change Committee’s Seventh Carbon Budget open.substack.com/pub/hannahri...

Reading Community Energy Society πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ aren't on here yet but did you know you can Register your interest ⬇️ to be one of the first to find out when the next solar community share-offer with @reading_buses launches readingenergy.coop/register-you... #Communityenergy #RdgUK

UK πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ppl If you are part of, or know of, a community garden please consider taking part in this survey or share 🌱🌲🌳🌴πŸͺ΄ #gardening #community #UK www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved...

Have you seen any of these three rare daffodils? Narcissus 'Sussex Bonfire', Narcissus 'Mrs William Copeland', Narcissus 'Mrs R.O. Backhouse' πŸŒ±πŸ” youtu.be/ys9K7Yo16iw?...

Join us in celebrating this iconic spring flower, by helping us map the UK’s daffodils and locate three rare varieties πŸ”πŸŒ± @The_RHS www.rhs.org.uk/science/daff...

More investment and faster please #Renewables ⬇️

Reading Community Energy Society aren't on here yet but did you know we also offer local grant funding for sustainability related organisations and activities? Visit our website at readingenergy.coop/grants/ to find out more details. #rdguk #SustainableReadingUK #CommunitySolar #ReadingUK

Bangkok has made public transport free until the end of this month to reduce air pollution levels which have surpassed Delhi's in recent days and closed down over 350 schools.

After what feels like weeks of dull overcast grey skies it's pure joy to see the sunshine and blue skies in Southern England. The battery is full, the water is hot so time to charge the car #Solar #BEV #renewables

Just sharing this petition, especially those who have tried & failed to visit the RHS Garden Wisley in the last year. Since the A3/M25 upgrade started the garden has received 25% less visitors. So fewer people to enjoy the plants and less income to support the charitable work 🌱 chng.it/XqPgRyPdZX

Wind = super cheap, green power. So it's totally nuts that the UK wastes billions by turning wind farms off when it's windy. But we can help fix the system - with regional pricing.

What the elite are worried about this year πŸ‘‡

Spiralling global temperatures: 2024 edition

Asking my MP @yuanfenyang.bsky.social why the UK Gov is even considering scrapping this⬇️ ban. We must decarbonise faster and removing gas from the UK energy mix including for heating is a key step supporting decarbonisation. #HeatPump #StopBurningStuff

www.rhs.org.uk/education-le...

Greener Nights/Mornings Score by Octopus Energy Aimed to forecast how green the grid will over the coming nights Could you delay your overnight usage until a greener morning? For more information about Greener Days visit: https://energy-stats.uk/octopus-greener-days/

Kew Gardens adds over 300 wild seeds in significant boost to living collection

Amazeballs @neso-energy.bsky.social New UK maximum wind record πŸŽ–πŸŒ¬ Wind generated 22,243MW of electricity on 15 December at 6:30pm to achieve a new maximum wind record. This beats the previous record of 21,998MW from 10 January 2023.

Curious about wind, weather and ocean conditions. This interactive website provides nice visualisations #StormDarragh earth.nullschool.net

A big shout out to my boss who is doing something special during December, by simply wearing a different funky Christmas jumper each day for 25 days. Money raised supports Green fingers Charity which created therapeutic gardens for life-limited children www.justgiving.com/page/chris-m...

Good news for energy companies like Octopus and Ecotricity and community energy projects including Ripple. It's "build baby build" rather than "drill baby"

For those recently joining the friendly sky place. Do follow Kew Keepers and have a read about the unwanted challenges facing this much treasured establishment