Melanie Taylor

@NIHRinvolvement @KCH_Research Hi @NIHRinvolvement - your link doesn’t seem to be working properly x

Peter gets involved in research to "increase the awareness of the needs of people trying to live well with Dementia". You can help us shape the future of health and care: nihr.ac.uk/patients-carer…. @KCH_Research #NHS75 #BePartOfResearch

@jonburkeUK @Ray_Mears I am supportive of the use of this meme, but when you get past the Telegraph click bait headline, what Mears actually says is much more balanced and nuanced

@JasonBrownUK Shout out for east Garforth 👍

I know trains and railways are complicated things, but why does it appear that whenever I go through a small stations in Greater London the train goes through like a rocket. But when I go though a small station in Yorkshire, such as East Garforth, we always go at a snails pace.

I quite enjoyed writing the last blog so I've gone and done another one. This one's about the new Energy SPS and how it could work a bit harder for local net zero places linkedin.com/pulse/local-ne… via @LinkedIn

@betateachpod Understanding of tech def needs to improve. But, are concerns related to cost, rather than tech? When people say 'heat pumps can't work in old buildings' is it often shorthand for 'heat pumps can work in old buildings, but I'm worried the costs to get them to do so are too high'?

Activating people as autonomous learners is key. The amount of Sustainability bods and climate change managers I've spoken to who still think heat pumps can't work in old buildings. I feel like saying: have you got of your backside and actually bought a book on the technology or got involved in discussions about the technologies. They also don't realise that the office they work in was also being heated with Air to air. They just thought it did the AC.

I’ve written a blog (also - it’s my first one) on the new regional bodies that will design net zero. If that’s your sort of thing, it’s here: linkedin.com/posts/melanie-…

@betateachpod Glad I found you! Agree. Perhaps trick to this will be elevating existing regional knowledge and expertise rather (devolution up) rather than trying to create it top down + national methodologies that can embrace regional difference

@MelJTaylor Thanks for following Melanie. Reguarding regional bodies a hurdle will be knowledge capacity.

"A commitment to transferring power to people and communities with experience of poverty should be a core principle" @Grace_Pollard1 introduces our new framework to support local areas to ‘design out’ severe hardship. newlocal.org.uk/articles/frame… @jrf_uk

@alexsobel @parkrunUK @CryptLeeds Done! Good luck Alex - park runs are about my limit!

Tomorrow is my first half marathon. All the @parkrunUK and training have been great but tomorrow is the real deal Its worth it to take part in such a great event and raise money for such a good cause. If you are able, please donate to @CryptLeeds justgiving.com/page/alex-sobe…

@heatpolicyrich Thanks for this helpful explainer Rich. I suppose a legitimate concern from manufacturers might be that they can influence, but ultimately not control, consumer demand. Is there anything in the consultation about consumer protections?

The UK government is currently consulting on the proposed 'Clean Heat Market Mechanism' (closes 8th June). It has the potential to be a very important industrial and energy policy. But what exactly is it? 🧵

@LocalZeropod @katemcn01 @ElsieC51 @EnergyFrin @AnAndrewClark @alexsobel @iamsnoozing @MarkKnowles1302 @GarethKaneLD It was via your conversation with @_HannahRitchie on her new book. Don’t ask me how I came across that as we’re entering into uncharted twitter wormhole territory

@MelJTaylor @katemcn01 @ElsieC51 @EnergyFrin @AnAndrewClark @alexsobel @iamsnoozing @MarkKnowles1302 @GarethKaneLD Glad you found us Melanie. Hope you enjoy the back catalogue. Episode search function here by theme: localzeropod.com/episodes If don't mind telling us, how did you find out about us please? Thanks.

Stumbled upon the amazing @LocalZeropod today; two years worth of discussions to catch up on all about local, place based net zero transition. That's the weekend sorted @katemcn01 @ElsieC51 @EnergyFrin @AnAndrewClark @alexsobel @iamsnoozing @MarkKnowles1302 @GarethKaneLD

I’ve got a new personal blog up. On how things with lots of different benefits - like planting trees or insulating homes - often don’t happen. I’m calling it the *multi-benefit problem*, and I think solving it more often would make our lives better acjsissons.medium.com/solving-the-mu…

Why did a climate activist interrupt a snooker match? What's the strategy here? THREAD: #JustStopOil

@lowwintersun I think that culture war has already started, both here and in the US; it’s just simply not yet in the full glare of public focus. If the dialogue continues to follow those lines and we don’t find a calmer way to discuss it, the victim will be public trust and everyone loses.

@thomasforth The first time you have a plumbing emergency and realise, with a cold chill, that you’re your own landlord is a treat to savour

I'd hoped that owning a house and thus being on the winning side of the unearned gains would cheer me up a bit about housing. So far it's not working.

1. City of Leeds. A promotional brochure dated from the mid 1930s. A colleague discovered this in their grandparents house. It is rather splendid. 🧵

@bridges_tom What an amazing find Tom! Thanks for sharing

Will shortly be launching world’s first cabin-luggage sized squeezy cheese (assuming its classed as a liquid) following some high level market research. DM for more details

3) Get the train to Heathrow from the North of England. It’ll be relaxing and get you in the holiday mood.

2) Whilst waiting for your taxi, double check you’ve got the essentials by ramming in all the objects within your immediate grasp.

Few holiday tips for you… 1) For efficient packing, put everything you need in the laundry 12 hours before departure, then just take the few things that dried in time.