Hello, and welcome to the 17th update. I've been cycling through the Western Isles of sunny Scotland for the past two weeks and seeing very wet images of Oxfordshire on the tv. Plenty of people volunteered their own examples of unusual weather and the impacts it's having locally when I said where I was from. I hope you enjoy this update, and please do send in your wet weather experiences, and your ideas for Autumn events.

Behaviours survey

Thank you to almost 100 people who completed a follow up survey. Cath will be analysing the results, and we'll send the info round when that's done, as well as contacting the prize winners.

Floods report

Thank you to those sending in questions - we'll be having some answers to them very soon! Please do continue to send your photos and experiences in. You can email them to me, or upload them to the website directly. We'd also like to collect insights about the floods and the aftermath - how have the floods affected you? Your house? Your allotment? What are the lessons learnt for next time? Communities across the county have been responding in many different ways, so reports of great community initiatives most welcome!

See the impact of the floods on the county's wildlife here: http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/display.var.1606072.0..php

Flood surgery: Tues 14th August

Hosted by Environment Agency at West Oxford Community Centre on Botley Rd, Oxford, Tues 14 August, 4-7pm. More info: 01491 828307

• Speak to Environment Agency Staff
• Discuss the local issues about the recent floods
• Tell them about your experiences
• Find out what can be done to help you deal with flooding in the future

 Climate Camp

AN INVITATION FROM THE OXFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD AND CLIMATE CAMP
COME TO THE CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION 14TH-21ST AUGUST 2007
NEAR HEATHROW

Oxford is taking a neighbourhood to Climate Camp. We will be focusing on
cooking for the hungry but happy campers, but also participating in
workshops and generally contributing to this incredible and immense
political action on climate change. Please do come and join us. You will
be plied with tea and cake and be free to stay as long as you want. You'll
be able to get involved in any of workshops and actions you like or simply
just meet a multitude of new people from across the country all
passionately engaged with and working on climate change.
Do come! Don't forget a tent and your wellies :)
For more information email oxford@climatecamp.org.uk, or see the website http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/

Or, get yourself to Staines railway station in West London from 10am on
Tuesday 14th AUGUST, where you will be met by the friendly welcome team.

Oxfordshire Climate Autumn

Has your neighbourhood / group / street had a climate change event yet? Together with COIN, the Climate Outreach and Information Network,  Oxford University's Botanic Gardens and ClimateXchange, there will be a packed Autumn of climate change talks and events in Oxford. If you'd like to help spread the buzz / find engage your group, please email Jo now to discuss a programme of events.

Plug in Power Monitor and Inconvenient Truth DVD Amnesty

We've lent out many power monitors and DVDs in the last couple of months - but would like them back please! If you've got a power monitor or a DVD (or a book), please drop them off / send them back to Jo ASAP , as other people would like to borrow them.

Fete round up

ClimateXchange had the snakes and Ladders games at two fetes on Sat 21^st July - Kidlington and West Oxford - which both went ahead despite the severe weather.

Films

Check out the recent climate change films made by climate explorers here  If you'd like to borrow the camera and film your community's attitudes to climate change, contact Jo.

  

 *** Upcoming Events - for full details and more listings see http://www.climatex.org/ ***

August is the quiet before the Storm - a great time to plan some events for the autumn!

  

14^th Aug Flood Surgery 4-7pm, West Oxford Community Centre. See above for more info.

14-21 August - Camp for Climate Action.  Join the Oxford Neighbourhood, meet people, learn new things. See above for more info.