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Danai Davatzis: Rudy’s Vegan butcher

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Everyone has an #energystory #10 Q: What is a vegan butcher and how does that make a difference to cutting my carbon footprint? 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 is all about…

Oliver Lord: Clean Air policy maker

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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

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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

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  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…

Tom Foakes: Director of Operations Charterhouse

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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…

Berrin Bates: art teacher & therapist

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Everyone has a story. Making art isn’t just creative, it is a great tool for building confidence and problem solving says art teacher, art therapist and maker, Berrin Bates. Interview by Nicola Baird What’s your connection to Islington? “I live in Muswell Hill but when I came to London my…

Martin McKenzie: Big Issue seller

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Everybody has a story. Martin McKenzie can often be seen selling the Big Issue outside Tesco and Sainsbury’s on Stroud Green Road. But his dream is to run a mobile bike repair business. Interview by Nicola Baird “I was looking for the Big Issue office, in Finsbury Park, and then…

Valerie Bossman-Quarshie: community activist

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Everybody has a story. Meet Elizabeth House trustee Valerie Bossman-Quarshie who’s making Islington better for us all. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Valerie Bossman-Quarshie is a force of energy in Islington as you may already know if you read the local newspapers. For some years she’s often featured…

Natalie Dinning: Lesley’s Sauces

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Everybody has a story. The Jerk Kitchen is a real Islington family business. Here Natalie Dinning the new owner explains the move from a match-day Caribbean food stall, set up and run by her Dad, to focusing on selling their range of sauces, including their Jerk Sauce which was originally…

Sara Mclaughlin: artist

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Everybody has a story. In her kitchen over mint tea, sweetened with honey from the bees living at the end of her garden, Sara Mclaughlin discusses the Islington places that inspire her art. Interview by Nicola Baird & photos by Kimi Gill taken before the Covid-19 lockdown “I’d always done…