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Elaine Baker

I am based in Cloughjordan, Ireland, and previously lived in Tanzania. This page is a list of organisations I am involved with, and work that I do - on a voluntary basis unless otherwise stated.

My Mastodon account - I post here on issues I am active on

My Bluesky account - I post here on issues I am active on

Climate activism, fossil fuels

Not Here Not Anywhere - LNG, data centres - I contribute to consultation submissions

One Future Friends of the Earth - I work with Tipperary-based climate campaigners

Divest Ireland - divestment in fossil fuels - I helped write some materials

Extinction Rebellion Ireland - I help out in the media circle

Community energy generally

Community Energy Federation of Ireland - I helped to revive it, was elected chair, and set up the website

Green Party Ireland Community Energy Policy - I led work on this through the Green Party Energy Policy Group

Cloughjordan Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) - here are slides on solar I co-developed

Microgrids - community-owned, renewables-based

350.org Our Own Power network - here is a blog post I wrote on community-owned renewables-based microgrids, am working on other materials on this topic with 350 Our Own Power

Open source microgrid software - I have joined Energy IOT open source, LF Energy Hyphae project

Green Party Comhaontas Glas - general

Green Party of Ireland - I am on the Policy Steering Committee and active participant in policy council

Green Party Energy Policy - I worked on recent energy sub-policies (in the addendum) on data centres and hydrogen as convenor of the Energy Policy Group

Just Transition Greens - I am an active member

Tipperary Greens - I am policy officer and worked on Iva Pocock's election campaigns

Sustainable transport

ByLandAndSea.ie - a guide to travelling to and from Ireland without flying - I developed this with other contributors

Children's Rights Over Flights - I am an organising member and also set up the website

Stay Grounded - I wrote this blog post on aviation advertising

ErasmusByTrain - sustainable travel for European cultural exchange - I am a member / volunteer

North Tipperary Community Rail Partnership - I am a member and did design and analysis for this survey

Irish Cycling Campaign - I am a member

Dar es Salaam Fasta Cycle Messengers - I helped set up this cooperative while living in Tanzania

UWABA Dar es Salaam cycling campaign - this is an archived version of the website - I helped establish and run this group 2006-2010 in Tanzania

Sustainable local food

Cloughjordan Community Farm - I am a volunteer board member

Social media: Fediverse vs toxic ad-driven social media

My PeerTube channel contains a Fediverse how-to video I made

EscapeX - supporting move away from toxic social media towards alternative social media - I am working with EscapeX on their new website - this is a draft and will be moved to another URL, but has most of the content

Local environment

Tipperary Public Participation Network - I am an environmental pillar representative

Technology

Home Assistant - I tinker within this open source community (early stages) - for purposes of home automation for electricity flexibility

Fairphone - I have a fairphone and fairbuds, and I act as a volunteer support person (known as Fairphone Angel) in Ireland

Global Ecovillage Network - Europe - I am in a technology working group

Paid work

Carbon Co-op - a home energy co-operative in Manchester, UK - I worked for Carbon Co-op for 9 months, on energy technology, data and flexibility projects. I am still a member.

My paid work is on my LinkedIn profile - focused on electricity systems for the last number of years, before that mostly on IT in health sector in African countries

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