Lucy Elkin
@lucyelkin.bsky.social
Green Party District Councillor | Optimist looking for solutions | climate crisis, biodiversity loss, community resilience, permaculture, gardens 🌏 🌳 🐝 💚
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Lucy Elkin
@lucyelkin.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Spent this evening meeting with River Waveney Trust volunteers. A group of us are getting together to monitor pollution in our local river - so it was great to learn what others are doing. Always lovely to meet with like-minded folks. #rivers #pollution
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🦷 DIY dentistry should never be anyone’s only option.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🦷 DIY dentistry should never be anyone’s only option.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
Happy #SuffolkDay and #Pride2025 ! Celebrating our beautiful, inclusive county at a Pride Youth event today in a very sunny #Suffolk @midsuffolkgreen.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Happy #SuffolkDay and #Pride2025 ! Celebrating our beautiful, inclusive county at a Pride Youth event today in a very sunny #Suffolk @midsuffolkgreen.bsky.social
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People trust the Greens - we now have the highest favourability ratings of any party.
We've quadrupled our MPs and doubled our councillors.
We’ve built the foundation. Let's build the transformation together.
www.ellie-adrian-2025.org/news
#TogetherWeWin
We've quadrupled our MPs and doubled our councillors.
We’ve built the foundation. Let's build the transformation together.
www.ellie-adrian-2025.org/news
#TogetherWeWin
June 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
People trust the Greens - we now have the highest favourability ratings of any party.
We've quadrupled our MPs and doubled our councillors.
We’ve built the foundation. Let's build the transformation together.
www.ellie-adrian-2025.org/news
#TogetherWeWin
We've quadrupled our MPs and doubled our councillors.
We’ve built the foundation. Let's build the transformation together.
www.ellie-adrian-2025.org/news
#TogetherWeWin
Sending solidarity and joy to all celebrating Pride this month. Thanks to @outreachyouth.bsky.social who provide community and connection that’s accessible to LGBTQ+ youth and their families in rural areas of #Suffolk 🌈 🏳️⚧️ 💕 @midsuffolkgreen.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Sending solidarity and joy to all celebrating Pride this month. Thanks to @outreachyouth.bsky.social who provide community and connection that’s accessible to LGBTQ+ youth and their families in rural areas of #Suffolk 🌈 🏳️⚧️ 💕 @midsuffolkgreen.bsky.social
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As part of #VillageHallsWeek I joined @cllr-tim.bsky.social at Palgrave Community Centre for Meet the Volunteer Groups event.
The centre has so much going on, from fitness and other classes, to coffee mornings, bereavement support, outdoor play. Huge thanks to everyone who volunteers.
The centre has so much going on, from fitness and other classes, to coffee mornings, bereavement support, outdoor play. Huge thanks to everyone who volunteers.
March 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
As part of #VillageHallsWeek I joined @cllr-tim.bsky.social at Palgrave Community Centre for Meet the Volunteer Groups event.
The centre has so much going on, from fitness and other classes, to coffee mornings, bereavement support, outdoor play. Huge thanks to everyone who volunteers.
The centre has so much going on, from fitness and other classes, to coffee mornings, bereavement support, outdoor play. Huge thanks to everyone who volunteers.
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@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social speech today is a dereliction of duty and a u-turn on a policy that’s about ensuring a liveable future. All parties must come behind net zero and not use it as a political football.
youtube.com/shorts/Snwbz...
youtube.com/shorts/Snwbz...
Kemi Badenoch speech today is a dereliction of duty
YouTube video by Adrian Ramsay MP
youtube.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social speech today is a dereliction of duty and a u-turn on a policy that’s about ensuring a liveable future. All parties must come behind net zero and not use it as a political football.
youtube.com/shorts/Snwbz...
youtube.com/shorts/Snwbz...
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This is to let you know that very sadly Councillor Rachel Eburne passed away on Friday 14 March 2025.
Rachel’s wisdom and warmth will be missed by so many people in so many ways. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.
Read more here:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/17/l...
Rachel’s wisdom and warmth will be missed by so many people in so many ways. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.
Read more here:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/17/l...
March 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is to let you know that very sadly Councillor Rachel Eburne passed away on Friday 14 March 2025.
Rachel’s wisdom and warmth will be missed by so many people in so many ways. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.
Read more here:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/17/l...
Rachel’s wisdom and warmth will be missed by so many people in so many ways. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.
Read more here:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/17/l...
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The Waveney and Little Ouse Recovery project is a trailblazer and should be used as a model for natural flood management nationwide. I have written to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs urging his department to maintain its support for the project. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Waveney and Little Ouse Recovery project is a trailblazer and should be used as a model for natural flood management nationwide. I have written to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs urging his department to maintain its support for the project. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
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Climate action globally is under threat. It’s hugely urgent to seize initiative from rightwing populists. We need to change tactics: start by building climate resilience in local communities where people can feel tangible benefits – we’re calling it climate popularism. @rupertread.bsky.social & me🧵
It’s time for climate populism
As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe.
www.newstatesman.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Climate action globally is under threat. It’s hugely urgent to seize initiative from rightwing populists. We need to change tactics: start by building climate resilience in local communities where people can feel tangible benefits – we’re calling it climate popularism. @rupertread.bsky.social & me🧵
Just randomly came across this ruined church today, on a lane we haven’t been down before. As usual in old churchyards there were snowdrops everywhere - the ‘fair maids of February.’ Fitting for Feb 1st.
As winters warm and spring arrives earlier, hope the snowdrops will keep coming back…#suffolk
As winters warm and spring arrives earlier, hope the snowdrops will keep coming back…#suffolk
February 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just randomly came across this ruined church today, on a lane we haven’t been down before. As usual in old churchyards there were snowdrops everywhere - the ‘fair maids of February.’ Fitting for Feb 1st.
As winters warm and spring arrives earlier, hope the snowdrops will keep coming back…#suffolk
As winters warm and spring arrives earlier, hope the snowdrops will keep coming back…#suffolk
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🌍 We must better prepare the country for a future of more extreme weather and put nature at the heart of our response to climate breakdown. We need decisive action now.
Read my call for a National Adaptation Plan in @LeftFootFwd 👇
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/keir...
Read my call for a National Adaptation Plan in @LeftFootFwd 👇
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/keir...
Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’ won’t deliver the climate adaptation we need
The government definitely needed a reset. But it missed a crucial mission.
leftfootforward.org
December 7, 2024 at 3:03 PM
🌍 We must better prepare the country for a future of more extreme weather and put nature at the heart of our response to climate breakdown. We need decisive action now.
Read my call for a National Adaptation Plan in @LeftFootFwd 👇
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/keir...
Read my call for a National Adaptation Plan in @LeftFootFwd 👇
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/keir...
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Huge congratulations to Suffolk Mobility Solutions, chosen as a top 100 small business by @britainsmallbiz after only 5 years trading
Small businesses play a vital role in our economy. Please support them on #SmallBusinessSaturday this Saturday
Small businesses play a vital role in our economy. Please support them on #SmallBusinessSaturday this Saturday
December 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Huge congratulations to Suffolk Mobility Solutions, chosen as a top 100 small business by @britainsmallbiz after only 5 years trading
Small businesses play a vital role in our economy. Please support them on #SmallBusinessSaturday this Saturday
Small businesses play a vital role in our economy. Please support them on #SmallBusinessSaturday this Saturday
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#RighttoRepair #PlannedObsolescence
Environmental issues, but also #CostofLiving impacts, as we fail to make progress on creating a #CircularEconomy: I suggest improvements to the #ProductRegulation Bill.
Thanks @wclnews.bsky.social for excellent briefing
Environmental issues, but also #CostofLiving impacts, as we fail to make progress on creating a #CircularEconomy: I suggest improvements to the #ProductRegulation Bill.
Thanks @wclnews.bsky.social for excellent briefing
November 23, 2024 at 11:18 AM
#RighttoRepair #PlannedObsolescence
Environmental issues, but also #CostofLiving impacts, as we fail to make progress on creating a #CircularEconomy: I suggest improvements to the #ProductRegulation Bill.
Thanks @wclnews.bsky.social for excellent briefing
Environmental issues, but also #CostofLiving impacts, as we fail to make progress on creating a #CircularEconomy: I suggest improvements to the #ProductRegulation Bill.
Thanks @wclnews.bsky.social for excellent briefing
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"What we need now is a nationwide programme of government-backed, council-delivered home insulation... to keep people’s homes warm, bring down their bills, and reduce emissions."
Adrian Ramsay reacts to the Government's 'Warm Homes Plan'.
Adrian Ramsay reacts to the Government's 'Warm Homes Plan'.
November 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
"What we need now is a nationwide programme of government-backed, council-delivered home insulation... to keep people’s homes warm, bring down their bills, and reduce emissions."
Adrian Ramsay reacts to the Government's 'Warm Homes Plan'.
Adrian Ramsay reacts to the Government's 'Warm Homes Plan'.
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Infuriated. No support for a ban on bailing out water companies nor for public ownership. Just Jenny &
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social plus the wonderful Prem Sikka in favour. (Oh and 82% of the public.)
A vote was pointless. It was the 3 of us against Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and Crossbench apathy.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social plus the wonderful Prem Sikka in favour. (Oh and 82% of the public.)
A vote was pointless. It was the 3 of us against Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and Crossbench apathy.
November 21, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Infuriated. No support for a ban on bailing out water companies nor for public ownership. Just Jenny &
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social plus the wonderful Prem Sikka in favour. (Oh and 82% of the public.)
A vote was pointless. It was the 3 of us against Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and Crossbench apathy.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social plus the wonderful Prem Sikka in favour. (Oh and 82% of the public.)
A vote was pointless. It was the 3 of us against Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and Crossbench apathy.
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Climate change adds 18 mph to hurricane wind speeds, study shows
->WRAL | #ClimateChange #Hurricane | More info from EcoSearch
->WRAL | #ClimateChange #Hurricane | More info from EcoSearch
Climate change adds 18 mph to hurricane wind speeds, study shows
New research reveals that climate change is intensifying Atlantic hurricanes, with significant implications for communities along the East Coast and beyond. A study by Climate Central, published in Environmental Research Climate, found that human-caused global warming added an average of...
www.wral.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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Do you feed the birds? In my latest podcast for @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social I chat with @themarshtit.bsky.social about the unintended consequences of supplementary feeding, tangled webs and, of course, geese. Wherever you get your podcasts but here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2jsD...
Caring for Birds in the Winter Garden with Nick Acheson
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Do you feed the birds? In my latest podcast for @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social I chat with @themarshtit.bsky.social about the unintended consequences of supplementary feeding, tangled webs and, of course, geese. Wherever you get your podcasts but here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2jsD...
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The inheritance tax is just the straw. Our smaller farmers already feel broken. The underlying issues are what we should be focussing on
My view from @thegreenparty.bsky.social as quoted in @theguardian.com 👇
My view from @thegreenparty.bsky.social as quoted in @theguardian.com 👇
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 PM
The inheritance tax is just the straw. Our smaller farmers already feel broken. The underlying issues are what we should be focussing on
My view from @thegreenparty.bsky.social as quoted in @theguardian.com 👇
My view from @thegreenparty.bsky.social as quoted in @theguardian.com 👇
Just looking back through some photos and found this pic of our ‘lawn’ last summer. The oxeye daisies self seeded - we let them grow right up to the house - it felt like we were living in a meadow. The long grass attracted so many insects too 🦋🐝🌱
#wildgarden #nomow #pollinators
#wildgarden #nomow #pollinators
November 20, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Just looking back through some photos and found this pic of our ‘lawn’ last summer. The oxeye daisies self seeded - we let them grow right up to the house - it felt like we were living in a meadow. The long grass attracted so many insects too 🦋🐝🌱
#wildgarden #nomow #pollinators
#wildgarden #nomow #pollinators
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It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 20, 2024 at 11:42 AM
It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
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November 15, 2024 at 1:10 PM
We are here to help you as much or as little as you need! Find us at:
🤝 elect-her.org.uk
📧 community@elect-her.org.uk
Insta instagram.com/electher_UK
LI linkedin.com/company/elec...
FB facebook.com/ElectHerUK
Here! bsky.app/profile/elec...
TikTok tiktok.com/@electher_uk pic.x.com/Af2Z7OJzfw
🤝 elect-her.org.uk
📧 community@elect-her.org.uk
Insta instagram.com/electher_UK
LI linkedin.com/company/elec...
FB facebook.com/ElectHerUK
Here! bsky.app/profile/elec...
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21 easy projects for starting a wildlife friendly garden www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s... #naturewriting
21 projects for starting a wildlife garden
How to make a wildlife garden to help nature
www.wildway.info
November 16, 2024 at 5:51 PM
21 easy projects for starting a wildlife friendly garden www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s... #naturewriting
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Where I live (rural Suffolk) we really need more rural buses, plus more (and safer) spaces for wheelers and walkers of all kinds 🚲 🚶♀️🦽
Where I live (rural Suffolk) we really need more rural buses, plus more (and safer) spaces for wheelers and walkers of all kinds 🚲 🚶♀️🦽
Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but the media are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London...🙄
November 17, 2024 at 11:19 AM
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Where I live (rural Suffolk) we really need more rural buses, plus more (and safer) spaces for wheelers and walkers of all kinds 🚲 🚶♀️🦽
Where I live (rural Suffolk) we really need more rural buses, plus more (and safer) spaces for wheelers and walkers of all kinds 🚲 🚶♀️🦽