The update from the first few weeks of July - light bulbs, Live Earth..and more

Eco-St Launch

Boris Johnson, MP for Henley (and now officially  in the running for Conservative Candidate for London Mayor), officially launched Eco-Street on Fri 13^th July, saying that  ‘I think you are onto a winner here'. ECO-St is a new nationwide retail concept that is being launched within garden centres.  The first ECO-St is being piloted in Boris Johnson's constituency at Chinnor Garden Centre, south of Oxford.  ECO-St (http://www.eco-st.com/) sells everything that can reduce a person's carbon footprint. A reward of 50p is being offered by ECO-St and Oxford University's ClimateXChange programme to anyone exchanging a working light bulb for any of the 90 different low energy bulbs stocked by ECO-St.  See their website: http://www.eco-st.com/ or call them on 01844 355 220.

Quaker Climate Display 10 to 5.30 Tuesday to Saturday ‘til 28th July

For the month of July, the Oxford Quaker Centre at 42 St Giles is hosting a display on climate including information and resources on:

* The public debate * The causes and impacts of climate change * Understanding your carbon footprint * Government strategies and policies * What's going on in Oxfordshire and what you can do * Carbon footprint surgery with one-to-one expert advice 12 to 2 each day * Agony aunt service for environmental dilemmas * Energy efficient light bulb library  loaned by ClimateXChange*

  Follow up Survey - Behaviours

Thank you to all of those who completed our original survey on attitudes to climate change. We've got a shorter follow up survey - please take a couple of minutes to complete it following this link: http://survey.climatex.org/index.php?sid=54341

Complete the survey by the end of July and you'll be entered into a prize draw to win £50, £30 or £20 cash prizes. The survey is for a student dissertation, so completed surveys will not only help her, but also help us aim our climate message.

Rocking July!

070707 - At least five climate change events happened across Oxfordshire on 7^th July -Didcot Go With the Flow  event had a display about climate impacts and water,  Merton Climate Forum had a great Climate tent, Wantage and Grove Green People had a stall in Rock in the Park, the discussion between Siobhan Davies and Dr Chris West of the UK Climate Impacts Programme was fascinating, and the Oxfordshire Rural Communities Council had stalls and info about communities rising to the climate challenge in the Botanic Gardens. Hooray for the sun!

Live Earth - what did you think?

Did you see the coverage? Did you go to the concert in Wembley? Did you organise a local party? What messages struck home for you? We'd like to know - contribute to our ‘climate change in the media' forum.

 Feedback from ‘Power of community' film screening on 25th June

The story of how Cuba rose to the challenge of creating a low energy society inspired a great discussion - here's some feedback:

‘I just wanted to say thanks a million for last night's showing of the Cuba film. What an inspiration!'

‘You have made an impact on my vision of allotments!'

‘I thoroughly enjoyed the film...It really was inspiring - great to see something that was so positive'.

Find out more about the film here: http://www.communitysolution.org/ and contact ClimateXchange to borrow the film on DVD or arrange a screening

New website - Eco renovation

Want to 'eco-renovate' your house, but don't know anyone else who has done
it? Want to learn from the experience of others, or see some 'best
practice' examples? Look no further than COIN's latest venture which showcases eco-renovated homes from around the UK.

New Poster: Climate Impacts in Oxfordshire: download here 

Holiday spirit

Are you choosing to go low carbon this holiday season? We'd like to hear your stories, tips, and recommendations. Please send them in to us (with photos if possible) to: jo.hamilton@ouce.ox.ac.uk .