Karen Smyth

On holiday in the Basque region. Loving these bins in my hotel room #recycling #sustainabletourism

x.com/nielectricit...

Do Americans even *have* toasters?

Dr Hayhoe is fabulous! And provides an exceptionally good answer to a discussion question I and others were considering yesterday - persuading people of their importance in decarbonisation in a way that isn’t off putting.

@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social

Chart showing the change since 2004-05 in real equivalised non-pensioner household disposable income at various points in the income distribution excluding pensioner benefit units, after housing costs: GB/UK

The lowest-income households have had the least income growth over the last 20 years.

While the mid-1990s to mid-2000s saw strong income growth across the distribution, income growth has stagnated since then.

Can do Wednesday afternoon.

@wildlifeni - Conor McKinney is on here

V busy next week. What day would suit? I’ll check my work diary in the morning

Best one to start with!

I’m probably the closest thing to an institutional memory that NI local government has, so give me a shout if you need anything. (Was in policy at NILGA from 2002 - 2024)

New here? I should post about my work because it’s very cool and I love it.

I am the Comms & Creative Director for 100%, which is getting MN to a just and fossil-free future.

I do a lot of narrative work and thinking about how we do climate communications.

www.climateofpossibility.org

Ok, a bit about me. I work on utilities and transport, to empower and support consumers - particularly through the energy transition. Keen to follow those in energy, water and transportation, town planning, climate action & sustainability. Isn’t it lovely not seeing an advert every 10 seconds :-)

Escaping from the chaos that Twitter has become. Hopefully Bluesky is happier.