Peter Stark talked at North Rast Together’s October 2019 event about this, along with Anna-Lisa Mills. It’s probably true to say his work was the spark for NECCCo (incredibly now closed www.vonne.org.uk/closure-nort...medium.com/northeasttog...

North East Together 17: Climate change, a collaborative response (October 2019)

An overview of October’s North East Together event focusing on climate change and our collaborative response

I found this yesterday…shall I bring it to the next book group? Pixie was interested so you might be. And more on linking our region’s heritage to climate change, Peter Stark’s angle is NE region was first into carbon-based technology and industry and could be the first out.

NEF has been working on this for 20 years so there’s a lot of well researched and referenced work for you to get your teeth into. And many others have been too, in academia and public services (VCSE and public sector). Again why it’s not mainstream, guiding public policy, is beyond me

As @danspicer.bsky.socialneweconomics.org/2012/07/meas.... I’m sharing this as an example not the full field

The combination of the loss of the academy (foundational / entry level) with the loss of communities of practice has left a big capability hole which I suspect departments are filling inconsistently themselves. Any centralised team needs to at least do one of these.

Or ask if you’re unwell. This is what happened a few weeks ago… Nurse [pointing at my respirator]: “Why are you wearing that?! Are you sick?” Me: Er, Covid rates are high, and your own signs ask us to wear a mask…

And this onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Towards the end of his testimony, Prof Fong makes the heartfelt case that to understand the Covid impact on the NHS you have to go *beyond* data - "there is more to know than you can count". His testimony was *so important* /END youtu.be/34CJl6r6QVA

Prof Kevin Fong at the Covid Inquiry on the importance of lived experience on the front line

YouTube video by Christina Pagel

Meanwhile the tories mislaid 58 BILLION pounds of procurement expenditure in 2021 alone. But sure, bravely expose Vic Starmer for accepting the services of a personal shopper. Hashtag truth to power.

I’d support pay transparency for everyone.