Helen K Jeffrey
@imhelenj.bsky.social
Creative, crossing the streams. Former Associate Publisher @londonreview.bsky.social Supports @goodchancecal Has a #heatpump. #communityenergy. Gloucestershire mostly. Chairperson of Forest Community Energy ⚡
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Helen K Jeffrey
@imhelenj.bsky.social
· Nov 6
A Forest Community's Battle for Affordable, Clean Energy
YouTube video by Climate Centre
youtu.be
Here is a lovely short film about Forest Community Energy made by @climatecentreuk.bsky.social when Octopus Energy came to visit the Forest of Dean.. youtu.be/KliF6Abpee8?...
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(1/2) Last week I hosted a productive roundtable on community energy at @thealbanyse8.bsky.social
It was great to learn from experts, including @seloncommenergy.bsky.social @repoweringlondon.bsky.social @ceiclub.bsky.social and many more.
It was great to learn from experts, including @seloncommenergy.bsky.social @repoweringlondon.bsky.social @ceiclub.bsky.social and many more.
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
(1/2) Last week I hosted a productive roundtable on community energy at @thealbanyse8.bsky.social
It was great to learn from experts, including @seloncommenergy.bsky.social @repoweringlondon.bsky.social @ceiclub.bsky.social and many more.
It was great to learn from experts, including @seloncommenergy.bsky.social @repoweringlondon.bsky.social @ceiclub.bsky.social and many more.
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My write up on the @nebriefing.bsky.social here, please consider signing the letter calling on Kier Starmer and media heads to televise a briefing to the country:
theconversation.com/what-we-told...
theconversation.com/what-we-told...
What we told UK leaders about climate and nature at a national emergency briefing
With so many influential people in the room, the hope was to see a tipping point in the engagement of political, faith, business and cultural leaders.
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My write up on the @nebriefing.bsky.social here, please consider signing the letter calling on Kier Starmer and media heads to televise a briefing to the country:
theconversation.com/what-we-told...
theconversation.com/what-we-told...
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
Someone is playing the piano and it is lovely to hear. Honkytonk.
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Someone is playing the piano and it is lovely to hear. Honkytonk.
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Yes, the dressing of the Hookland Christmas tree starts today. Yes, there will be our first Bluesky #HookWatch at Christmas. This can be a season of bruises and many of us need our little apotropaic rituals.
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Yes, the dressing of the Hookland Christmas tree starts today. Yes, there will be our first Bluesky #HookWatch at Christmas. This can be a season of bruises and many of us need our little apotropaic rituals.
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Never forget: Art matters.
‘Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia’
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Never forget: Art matters.
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For folk magic is often a serious of fragile truces with the land, a series of appeasements made to nature’s legion of spirits. The cunning folk are diplomats to enfolding otherworlds. Few in the Foreign Office could match their skill. - Dr. M. Benn, 1981 lecture at Woden College, Weychester
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For folk magic is often a serious of fragile truces with the land, a series of appeasements made to nature’s legion of spirits. The cunning folk are diplomats to enfolding otherworlds. Few in the Foreign Office could match their skill. - Dr. M. Benn, 1981 lecture at Woden College, Weychester
And a big 'thank you' to @josef.is for pointing us towards @ghost.org when we were looking for a platform to build our new website and newsletter on.
Our November Newsletter is published! 🙂
It's the first time we have sent a newsletter using the Ghost platform. Do take a look...
#communityenergy
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/november-new...
It's the first time we have sent a newsletter using the Ghost platform. Do take a look...
#communityenergy
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/november-new...
November Newsletter
Our new website is live!
A big step forward. Explore, read the latest news, and let us know what you think....
If you have any news, ideas or suggestions for the website do let us know.
Celebratin...
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
And a big 'thank you' to @josef.is for pointing us towards @ghost.org when we were looking for a platform to build our new website and newsletter on.
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Reposted by Helen K Jeffrey
A small town installed solar panels on the school roof.
Now, the school saves money, teaches children about sustainability, AND powers nearby homes.
That’s the magic of community energy...everyone wins 🏆🌟
Interested in learning what your community could do?
www.younity.coop/what-is-comm...
Now, the school saves money, teaches children about sustainability, AND powers nearby homes.
That’s the magic of community energy...everyone wins 🏆🌟
Interested in learning what your community could do?
www.younity.coop/what-is-comm...
December 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A small town installed solar panels on the school roof.
Now, the school saves money, teaches children about sustainability, AND powers nearby homes.
That’s the magic of community energy...everyone wins 🏆🌟
Interested in learning what your community could do?
www.younity.coop/what-is-comm...
Now, the school saves money, teaches children about sustainability, AND powers nearby homes.
That’s the magic of community energy...everyone wins 🏆🌟
Interested in learning what your community could do?
www.younity.coop/what-is-comm...
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'Tis the season after all!
Celebrating our first Christmas season as a CBS!
Why not gift yourself a membership for just £1.00 and help speed us on our way?
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/membership/
#communityenergy
Why not gift yourself a membership for just £1.00 and help speed us on our way?
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/membership/
#communityenergy
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
'Tis the season after all!
'Tis the season after all!
Celebrating our first Christmas season as a CBS!
Why not gift yourself a membership for just £1.00 and help speed us on our way?
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/membership/
#communityenergy
Why not gift yourself a membership for just £1.00 and help speed us on our way?
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/membership/
#communityenergy
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
'Tis the season after all!
Happy 10th birthday to the wonderful @goodchancetheatre.bsky.social x
Hello BlueSky! We're so happy to be joining this platform. New to Good Chance's work with displaced artists? Did you catch our internationally-acclaimed productions #TheJungle, #TheWalkWithLittleAmal or even the brand new #KyotoPlay? Find out more about us here: www.goodchance.org.uk/about 🧡
Our Story — Good Chance
www.goodchance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Happy 10th birthday to the wonderful @goodchancetheatre.bsky.social x
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‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom #Stoppard - www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d... lovely piece about a great human being
‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard
The director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws – and the last four cigarettes they smoked ...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom #Stoppard - www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d... lovely piece about a great human being
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Check out our new #UpTheEnergy campaign, which calls on Government to support #CommunityEnergy with some simple, easy to introduce policies.
uptheenergy.co.uk
@ashden-org.bsky.social @ifnotnowagency.bsky.social @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social @regeninsight.bsky.social @cse.org.uk
uptheenergy.co.uk
@ashden-org.bsky.social @ifnotnowagency.bsky.social @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social @regeninsight.bsky.social @cse.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Check out our new #UpTheEnergy campaign, which calls on Government to support #CommunityEnergy with some simple, easy to introduce policies.
uptheenergy.co.uk
@ashden-org.bsky.social @ifnotnowagency.bsky.social @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social @regeninsight.bsky.social @cse.org.uk
uptheenergy.co.uk
@ashden-org.bsky.social @ifnotnowagency.bsky.social @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social @regeninsight.bsky.social @cse.org.uk
A lovely owl from the lantern parade yesterday made from willow and paper.
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A lovely owl from the lantern parade yesterday made from willow and paper.
So many 'firsts' recently! Great work team!
Our November Newsletter is published! 🙂
It's the first time we have sent a newsletter using the Ghost platform. Do take a look...
#communityenergy
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/november-new...
It's the first time we have sent a newsletter using the Ghost platform. Do take a look...
#communityenergy
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/november-new...
November Newsletter
Our new website is live!
A big step forward. Explore, read the latest news, and let us know what you think....
If you have any news, ideas or suggestions for the website do let us know.
Celebratin...
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
So many 'firsts' recently! Great work team!
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25yrs ago the Countryside Rights of Way Act opened up landscapes for public access – but left many without a right to enjoy inland waters💧
Today we remember that milestone – and renew the call for fair access to inland waters.
Read more by Ben Seal, @PaddleUK: www.wcl.org.uk/the-crow-act...
Today we remember that milestone – and renew the call for fair access to inland waters.
Read more by Ben Seal, @PaddleUK: www.wcl.org.uk/the-crow-act...
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
25yrs ago the Countryside Rights of Way Act opened up landscapes for public access – but left many without a right to enjoy inland waters💧
Today we remember that milestone – and renew the call for fair access to inland waters.
Read more by Ben Seal, @PaddleUK: www.wcl.org.uk/the-crow-act...
Today we remember that milestone – and renew the call for fair access to inland waters.
Read more by Ben Seal, @PaddleUK: www.wcl.org.uk/the-crow-act...
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“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
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God I'm gutted to hear about Tom Stoppard. He was such an immense figure, a titan of ideas.
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
God I'm gutted to hear about Tom Stoppard. He was such an immense figure, a titan of ideas.
💔
"With his restless imagination, Tom Stoppard showed us a mind on the move"
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
"With his restless imagination, Tom Stoppard showed us a mind on the move"
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
With his restless imagination, Tom Stoppard showed us a mind on the move
The questing Czech-born playwright gave us plays that looked at an implausible arcadia, an impossible utopia and affecting notions of home
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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"With his restless imagination, Tom Stoppard showed us a mind on the move"
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
"With his restless imagination, Tom Stoppard showed us a mind on the move"
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
"If Kyoto tells us anything, it’s that courage is contagious." @goodchancetheatre.bsky.social
"I walked out moved, unsettled, and profoundly grateful for the scientists and diplomats who refused to be intimidated into silence three decades ago." Read Dr Delta Merner's blog on "Kyoto", a play about the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Lincoln Center.
Kyoto and the Stories We Still Need to Tell About Fossil Fuel Obstruction
This past weekend, I walked into Kyoto, the Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Lincoln Center in New York, curious to see how they would turn the long, tedious Intergovernmental Panel on Clim...
blog.ucs.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"If Kyoto tells us anything, it’s that courage is contagious." @goodchancetheatre.bsky.social
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"I walked out moved, unsettled, and profoundly grateful for the scientists and diplomats who refused to be intimidated into silence three decades ago." Read Dr Delta Merner's blog on "Kyoto", a play about the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Lincoln Center.
Kyoto and the Stories We Still Need to Tell About Fossil Fuel Obstruction
This past weekend, I walked into Kyoto, the Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Lincoln Center in New York, curious to see how they would turn the long, tedious Intergovernmental Panel on Clim...
blog.ucs.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"I walked out moved, unsettled, and profoundly grateful for the scientists and diplomats who refused to be intimidated into silence three decades ago." Read Dr Delta Merner's blog on "Kyoto", a play about the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Lincoln Center.
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From old flour mills powered by community co-operation to today’s rooftop solar co-ops, the idea of communities taking charge of their own energy isn’t new ☀️
This is a great article that looking at people coming together throughout history and taking charge!
This is a great article that looking at people coming together throughout history and taking charge!
Reclaiming the energy commons could help save this government
From old flour mills to rooftop solar co-ops, community power should play a key role in lowering bills and rebuilding trust.
www.newstatesman.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
From old flour mills powered by community co-operation to today’s rooftop solar co-ops, the idea of communities taking charge of their own energy isn’t new ☀️
This is a great article that looking at people coming together throughout history and taking charge!
This is a great article that looking at people coming together throughout history and taking charge!
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Have to take a moment to celebrate this historic win for the climate. Even though everyone knows it’s needed, it’s no small thing to commit to leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Have to take a moment to celebrate this historic win for the climate. Even though everyone knows it’s needed, it’s no small thing to commit to leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.