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Connie Duxbury

@climateconnie.bsky.social
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Climate activist 🌻 CEO & founder of CroydonCommunity Energy ☀️ she/her

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South East London Community Energy (Selce) @seloncommenergy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
"The Local Power Plan recognises the multiple interconnected impacts that community energy projects have" @kateaparker.bsky.social quoted in @salamandernews.org alongside the brilliant @croydoncommenergy.bsky.social @climateconnie.bsky.social www.salamandernews.org/1bn-governme...
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£1bn government investment in community energy will 'drive down' bills across London
The government's Local Power Plan means that community groups can now bid for funding to generate clean energy. Kate Parker, co-chair of South East London community energy (Selce) welcomes the scheme...
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Community Energy England @communityenergyengland.org · 15/11/2025
We're there with Community Energy London. Great conversations with cooperators and a #CommunityEnergy panel this afternoon. Here's to commuity being at the heart of all government policy! @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social @michaelshanksmp.co.uk
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Wow 🏆 Last night, I was awarded the Young Energy Professionals (YEP) Forum Customer Champion 2025 Award for my work with Croydon Community Energy! It was awarded to the candidate who has ensured the customer is placed front and centre in their work on behalf of the company.
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I’m glad my question at the full Croydon Council meeting has caused a stir - 22% of its Carbon Offset Fund spent in 9 years is shocking. Read and share: www.mylondon.news/news/south-l... @itsmylondon.bsky.social
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Climate change action 'isn't our top priority' says Croydon finance lead
Croydon Council declared a climate emergency back in 2019, but has been criticised for not doing enough since then
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I was on the latest episode of the @insidecroydon.bsky.social podcast, talking about local issues in Croydon and grilling the Green Party Mayoral candidate @greenpeteru.bsky.social! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/allder...
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Proud moment today 😎
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Save the secure bicycle parking at East Croydon station - Sign the Petition! chng.it/tzPptjnZWK via @ukchange.bsky.social
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Save the secure bicycle parking at East Croydon station
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Croydon Community Energy @croydoncommenergy.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Listen to our CEO @climateconnie.bsky.social on the latest @insidecroydon.bsky.social podcast! 'More buckets than businesses': readers quiz Labour's Davis insidecroydon.com/2025/05/12/m...
insidecroydon.com
‘More buckets than businesses’: readers quiz Labour’s Davis
‘What are you going to do about the Whitgift Centre?’ one of our readers asked Councillor Rowenna Davis, Labour’s recently selected candidate to stand for election as Croydon Mayo…
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Croydon residents - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/cr...
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Croydon Council must take the climate emergency seriously by becoming a plant based council
Meat and dairy production is having a devastating effect on our environment, both here in the UK and globally; contributing to climate change, deforestation, water pollution and the depletion of natur...
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Liam K McGrath @liammcgrath.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
SE1 Solar needs a Treasurer! 🌱⚡ We’re a Southwark-based Community Energy group bringing renewables to SE1. If you’re a chartered accountant who cares about sustainability, help us shape the future! ~1 day/month, mostly online. DM me or contact tanya@se1.solar #Volunteer #Finance #Renewables #SE1
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Amazing results 👏
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Give them a follow ⬇️
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
WE NEED YOU! And you're not alone... we have created a marketing pack to show how you can help us spread the word about the investment, including draft emails and templates you can use. Read the marketing pack here and please support our mission! Any questions, let us know 🤩 bit.ly/3DjVOYM
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Croydon Community Energy @croydoncommenergy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We have already met 12% of our target in a week! 74 days left before the share offer closes. So what are you waiting for? Click below to invest and find out more information! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/croydon-co... #CommunityEnergy #Croydon #Renewableenergy #localinvestments
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Please keep spreading the word to help us reach potential investors 🎉
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is mega news for Croydon…!
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Tim Root @timrootrigour.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hornsey & Friern Barnet Labour passed a motion against Lower Thames Crossing. It would harm our climate, waste £9bn, and NOT cut congestion. Ask your Labour branch to do so! www.futuretransportlondon.org/post/down-wi... @transportaction.bsky.social @lcefuk.bsky.social @bettertransport.bsky.social
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Down with the Lower Thames Crossing!
Featured in the Future Transport London Newsletter January 2025 Organisations should collaborate to campaign against the proposed Lower Thames Crossing, which would be a very costly mistake. The gover...
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SE24 Community Energy @se24.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Loving the @commenergyengland.bsky.social State of the Sector 2024 infographic. It does a great job of explaining what community energy is and does. communityenergyengland.org/files/docume...
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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy · 13/12/2024
Your energy price update for January 2025 from CEO @gjuk.bsky.social
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Cool community energy internship in Southwark! jobs.southwark.gov.uk/jobs/communi...
jobs.southwark.gov.uk
Community Energy Fund Intern / Climate Change Intern
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Fossil fuels - #ClimateEmergency is not their only issue on this #PoisonedPlanet www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Two Russian tankers sink in Black Sea spilling 4,300 tonnes of oil
Ukraine accuses Moscow of recklessness amid risk of ecological damage to marine environment
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Brilliant and inspiring protest against Croydon Council - divest your pension funds from arming Israel and from fossil fuel investment! #ClimateJustice #SocialJustice
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Community Energy England @communityenergyengland.org · 09/12/2024
👋We’re CEE, the membership body and leading voice for the #CommunityEnergy sector in England. We advocate for community-led energy systems change & support the growth of this vital movement for a cleaner, fairer, and more sustainable energy future. Follow us for updates, and ways to get involved!
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
We now support over 260 community energy projects! 🌱✨ Collectively, they produce enough green, clean energy to power more than 60,000 homes🏡 Want to get involved? Find your nearest group and join the movement—volunteers are always welcome! 👇 www.younity.coop/community-en...
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Croydon Community Energy @croydoncommenergy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Today is Fuel Poverty Awareness Day 27th November 2024. The energy crisis has continued for over 3 years, over 6 million UK households cannot afford to keep warm, safe and healthy. Check out this fantastic piece by Paola! @nea-ukcharity.bsky.social www.croydoncommunityenergy.co.uk/post/fuel-po...
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
...about last Friday night 🏆🤩 We only went and won the Sector Support Award at Community Energy England's Awards!! Huge thanks to the judges & to all the community energy groups across the country doing such fantastic and vital work🙌 We’re so lucky to be part of such an amazing sector!!
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Let's make it GREEN (not Black) Friday Week! - 80% of Black Friday Week items end up in landfill - ⁠Vehicle CO₂ pollution is up by 94% during the week of Black Friday - ⁠25% more waste than usual is produced Don’t forget the urgent need for collective efforts and action to combat climate change.
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Brilliant panel session at the Community Energy England conference today, here with both my @younityuk.bsky.social and @croydoncommenergy.bsky.social hats on 😎☀️
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Brilliant publication by Regen about "Onshore renewable energy: common myths" www.regen.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Prof Matt Hannon @matthannon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
If high energy bills are the new normal, then might retrofitting our homes also become common practice? Not without some joined up thinking it won't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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High gas and electricity prices likely to be the new normal, analyst says
The energy price cap is predicted to edge up by 1% from January, according to analysis by Cornwall Insight.
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Sustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
“Just Stop Oil should hire some tractors and pretend to be protesting against inheritance tax. They'd never get five-year prison sentences then.” - David Osland
“Just Stop Oil should hire some tractors and pretend to be protesting against inheritance tax. They'd never get five-year prison sentences then.”
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Brilliant 🧵
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
@lizzymuirry.bsky.social hello 😎
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Croydon Community Energy @croydoncommenergy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Just a few more days until we find out if we’ve won the Progress in Expansion award from Community Energy England! 🏆 #communityenergy
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Richard Leeming @richardleeming.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
“Evidence-based policy does work, but you have to own it, explain it and stay the course. It costs political capital, and politicians need to be brave.”
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Northern lights in Iceland ❄️
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Connie Duxbury @climateconnie.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Hello Bluesky!! 👋
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