Nicola Baird

Dan Miller: M&S Energy Operations Manager

    Everyone has an energy story #9 Q: What’s something easy that I can do that will make a big difference? You can switch your electricity supply to a 100% renewable energy supplier. There are a range of suppliers, such as Bulb, Ecotricity, Good Energy, Octopus and others, the…

Oliver Lord: Clean Air policy maker

Everyone has an #energystory #8. Q: London doesn’t seem that polluted. Is it?  Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling the climate crisis. For this interview our question looks at the science and thinking behind clean air policy changes around…

Amanda Gowing: volunteer chef

Everyone has an #energystory 7. Q: How can I help people who need help and not waste resources or food while I do it? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our question again considers…

The People’s Army: no waste kitchen

  Everyone has an #energystory 6. Q: How can I help people who need help and not waste resources  or food while I do it? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our question considers…

Jeane Trend-Hill: back to Islington

Everyone has an #energystory 5. Q: How do I find out more about climate change from a health perspective? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our Q considers how climate change is disrupting health…

Jay Adeyemi: Finsbury Park TOLO rail organiser

Everyone has an energy story #4. Just like Covid-19, climate change effects everyone, but not equally. We all know that climate change is making some bits of the world harder to live in but did you know that we’re already seeing people having to move because their homes and livelihoods…

Tessa Shaw: ink@84 bookshop owner

Everyone has an #energystory 3. Q: How do I find out more about climate change? What books could I read? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our Q aims to find out which books…

Andrew Myer: deep retrofit guru

Everyone has an #energystory 2. Q: What’s deep retrofit? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. This interview’s Qs: “What is deep retrofit anyway? Can deep retrofit be done in Islington? Is this a possible career?” Here Energy…

Q: What would make you cycle?

Everyone has an energy story #1. For our first Energy Story we’ve borrowed this interview which uses FAQ to answer Merium Bhuiyan’s cycle concerns. It was originally published on Finsbury Park Neighbourhood (August 2020) with some answers from Adam Hardy & Islington Faces’ Nicola.  Each Energy Story interview is triggered…

Tom Foakes: Director of Operations Charterhouse

Everyone has a story. How good is it when you find the exact right job? Meet Tom Foakes who reckons the creativity and variety of overseeing the Charterhouse’s historic estate and museum, venue hire, the kitchens and fundraising makes it just about perfect. Interview by Nicola Baird This is the…