Raechel Kelly
@raechelkelly.bsky.social
Climate action, regenerative thinking, doughnut economics, circular economy. Mum stuff & rollerskates. Solo project The Liminality & local project Planet Cheltenham.
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The rise and rise of the Repair Cafe: insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste - Inside Climate News
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The rise and rise of the Repair Cafe: insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
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BBC told Evan Davis to stop making a podcast about heat pumps, on the grounds that discussing them meant “treading on areas of public controversy”
The Energy & Utilities Association, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Energy & Utilities Association, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
BBC told Evan Davis to stop making a podcast about heat pumps, on the grounds that discussing them meant “treading on areas of public controversy”
The Energy & Utilities Association, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Energy & Utilities Association, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every other train station in the UK: ‘Here is the platform your train will leave from, feel free to head there with plenty of time, perhaps get a tea or have a sit down.’
Paddington station: ‘We have no way of knowing where any trains are, here is your platform for the train leaving in 90 sec, RUN.’
Paddington station: ‘We have no way of knowing where any trains are, here is your platform for the train leaving in 90 sec, RUN.’
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Every other train station in the UK: ‘Here is the platform your train will leave from, feel free to head there with plenty of time, perhaps get a tea or have a sit down.’
Paddington station: ‘We have no way of knowing where any trains are, here is your platform for the train leaving in 90 sec, RUN.’
Paddington station: ‘We have no way of knowing where any trains are, here is your platform for the train leaving in 90 sec, RUN.’
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Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not Alan being both the worst and best Traitor ever #traitors
a man wearing glasses and a colorful shirt holds his hand to his chin .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a colorful shirt holds his hand to his chin .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Not Alan being both the worst and best Traitor ever #traitors
Alan in Traitors is Tom in Four Weddings and a Funeral: ‘I think I fooled them so far. The great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid: People are less suspicious of you.’
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Alan in Traitors is Tom in Four Weddings and a Funeral: ‘I think I fooled them so far. The great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid: People are less suspicious of you.’
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If a global scam system is proven to be a scam, does it not deserve to fail?
Yes local, effective land based solutions need support, but I… am not sad the pollution stock market collapsed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yes local, effective land based solutions need support, but I… am not sad the pollution stock market collapsed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If a global scam system is proven to be a scam, does it not deserve to fail?
Yes local, effective land based solutions need support, but I… am not sad the pollution stock market collapsed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yes local, effective land based solutions need support, but I… am not sad the pollution stock market collapsed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Utterly scandalous that climate activists are prevented from mentioning climate change in their defence
Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence
Our legal system is being turned into a joke
Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence
Our legal system is being turned into a joke
Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts
Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Utterly scandalous that climate activists are prevented from mentioning climate change in their defence
Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence
Our legal system is being turned into a joke
Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence
Our legal system is being turned into a joke
And in the UK? We’re switching off wind turbines. 🤦♀️
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
And in the UK? We’re switching off wind turbines. 🤦♀️
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Zohran Mamdani focused on childcare costs to win the race for New York Mayor, and the UK needs to have the same conversation about how no-cost childcare could help more than just parents.
Me for @glamouruk.bsky.social:
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/zohr...
Me for @glamouruk.bsky.social:
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani's victory is a win for mothers. Is the UK ready to follow?
Childcare is an election-winning issue, writes Green Party MP Siân Berry for Glamour.
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Zohran Mamdani focused on childcare costs to win the race for New York Mayor, and the UK needs to have the same conversation about how no-cost childcare could help more than just parents.
Me for @glamouruk.bsky.social:
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/zohr...
Me for @glamouruk.bsky.social:
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/zohr...
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ACTUAL GOOD NEWS WARNING
65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction
China is an outlier - but maybe not for long
@e3g.bsky.social
www.e3g.org/publications...
65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction
China is an outlier - but maybe not for long
@e3g.bsky.social
www.e3g.org/publications...
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS WARNING
65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction
China is an outlier - but maybe not for long
@e3g.bsky.social
www.e3g.org/publications...
65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction
China is an outlier - but maybe not for long
@e3g.bsky.social
www.e3g.org/publications...
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We have people booked to bring broken food processors, favourite jumpers with damaged zips, and ailing plants. Don't miss this opportunity to repair your stuff with the help of 40 technicians and makers. Repair Café | Sustainable UCL - share.google/2qFlWYPHRPLs...
Repair Café
Bring your broken or damaged possessions to our UCL Repair Café event at UCL East Marshgate on Friday, 7th November.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We have people booked to bring broken food processors, favourite jumpers with damaged zips, and ailing plants. Don't miss this opportunity to repair your stuff with the help of 40 technicians and makers. Repair Café | Sustainable UCL - share.google/2qFlWYPHRPLs...
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Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
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Climate scientists don't need to legitimise Gates by giving his statement further attention, he's being deeply unhelpful and he's had enough publicity...
He is tech billionaire and major landowner... not a vaccines expert or a climate scientist
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bill Gates says climate crisis won’t cause ‘humanity’s demise’ in call to shift focus to ‘improving lives’
Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target and warned of devastation
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Climate scientists don't need to legitimise Gates by giving his statement further attention, he's being deeply unhelpful and he's had enough publicity...
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Exclusive: mercury from fillings, belched out of crematoria, is getting into our rivers and fish. More than 98% of fish & mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above proposed EU limits. 43 countries have banned it. Why not here you might ask...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Exclusive: mercury from fillings, belched out of crematoria, is getting into our rivers and fish. More than 98% of fish & mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above proposed EU limits. 43 countries have banned it. Why not here you might ask...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This was such a joy to be part of, with thanks to @lornaprescott.bsky.social Jo Orchard Webb and everyone at Co Lab Dudley, especially the Dudley People’s School of Climate Justice crew! And especially @bridgetmck.bsky.social ‘s insight and ways of drawing connections 🌍 ❤️ 🌱
Got a bit of writing done. It’s been heartening remembering two days in Dudley this spring with @bridgetmck.bsky.social @raechelkelly.bsky.social and our local collaborators, going about evaluation in a deeply relational and generative way.
medium.com/colab-dudley...
medium.com/colab-dudley...
The Kith & Kin Living Lab: a field building approach to evaluation
Why and how we co-created a Kith & Kin Living Lab to explore Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice work.
medium.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This was such a joy to be part of, with thanks to @lornaprescott.bsky.social Jo Orchard Webb and everyone at Co Lab Dudley, especially the Dudley People’s School of Climate Justice crew! And especially @bridgetmck.bsky.social ‘s insight and ways of drawing connections 🌍 ❤️ 🌱
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Got a bit of writing done. It’s been heartening remembering two days in Dudley this spring with @bridgetmck.bsky.social @raechelkelly.bsky.social and our local collaborators, going about evaluation in a deeply relational and generative way.
medium.com/colab-dudley...
medium.com/colab-dudley...
The Kith & Kin Living Lab: a field building approach to evaluation
Why and how we co-created a Kith & Kin Living Lab to explore Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice work.
medium.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Got a bit of writing done. It’s been heartening remembering two days in Dudley this spring with @bridgetmck.bsky.social @raechelkelly.bsky.social and our local collaborators, going about evaluation in a deeply relational and generative way.
medium.com/colab-dudley...
medium.com/colab-dudley...
A reminder from the smallest one today. Some excellent activities at The Wilson in Cheltenham for littlies.
October 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A reminder from the smallest one today. Some excellent activities at The Wilson in Cheltenham for littlies.
Half term and the kids are alright. I’m fine with the brain rot if it results in baked goods.
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Half term and the kids are alright. I’m fine with the brain rot if it results in baked goods.
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That this exquisite chalk stream should be polluted with e-coli, pesticides, cleaning products, industrial chemicals, medicines + toiletries is a tragedy beyond words that could be prevented by improving sewage systems so wastewater is treated 3 times - enough to remove most chemicals + pathogens
September's RIVER OF THE MONTH is…… The River Itchen 🎉
Flowing through the heart of Hampshire, the River Itchen is one of the world’s rare chalk streams and is home to the endangered Atlantic Salmon. 🐟
But this iconic river is in trouble.... 🧵👇
🔗- kit.riveractionuk.com/rotm-the-riv...
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Flowing through the heart of Hampshire, the River Itchen is one of the world’s rare chalk streams and is home to the endangered Atlantic Salmon. 🐟
But this iconic river is in trouble.... 🧵👇
🔗- kit.riveractionuk.com/rotm-the-riv...
🧵(1/8)
River of the Month - The River Itchen - River Action: River Rescue Kit
Welcome to River of the Month! Every month, we spotlight a different river, sharing its wonders, its challenges, and the incredible people fighting to protect it. This month is…
The River Itchen
By ...
kit.riveractionuk.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
That this exquisite chalk stream should be polluted with e-coli, pesticides, cleaning products, industrial chemicals, medicines + toiletries is a tragedy beyond words that could be prevented by improving sewage systems so wastewater is treated 3 times - enough to remove most chemicals + pathogens
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I think we should aim for something better than "not extinct"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I think we should aim for something better than "not extinct"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
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⭐ After quite some time in the making, I’m excited to share our new paper!🌿⭐
We examined people's climate-relevant behaviors (driving, air travel, public transport use, and meat consumption) and their perceptions of how feasible it would be to change them (+ expected wellbeing impacts).
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We examined people's climate-relevant behaviors (driving, air travel, public transport use, and meat consumption) and their perceptions of how feasible it would be to change them (+ expected wellbeing impacts).
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October 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
⭐ After quite some time in the making, I’m excited to share our new paper!🌿⭐
We examined people's climate-relevant behaviors (driving, air travel, public transport use, and meat consumption) and their perceptions of how feasible it would be to change them (+ expected wellbeing impacts).
🧵(1/4)
We examined people's climate-relevant behaviors (driving, air travel, public transport use, and meat consumption) and their perceptions of how feasible it would be to change them (+ expected wellbeing impacts).
🧵(1/4)
I’m almost there with my Stride for Gaza challenge, raising money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social please donate if you are able medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/raechel-k...
Medical Aid For Palestinians:
Halfway there, Raechel Kelly has reached 50% of the activity target!
medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I’m almost there with my Stride for Gaza challenge, raising money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social please donate if you are able medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/raechel-k...
We missed out on funding from a big foundation which would have been perfect for what we need as a charity right now- they said they had hundreds of great applications that were fundable that totalled £30m but only had £2m to give. Surely £28m is pocket change to lots of other funders/foundations?!
October 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
We missed out on funding from a big foundation which would have been perfect for what we need as a charity right now- they said they had hundreds of great applications that were fundable that totalled £30m but only had £2m to give. Surely £28m is pocket change to lots of other funders/foundations?!