The end of an amazing year - and what a year it's been. THANK YOU to everyone who has got involved, organised events, told a friend, done a survey, volunteered, been an explorer, clicked on climatex.org, or made the next step this year. We'll be back full steam for the first two months of 2008, and will keep you posted on our plans after that.

 See the AMAZING list of events that YOU have been part of here:
 http://climatex.org/articles/climatex/climatexchange-events-list/
 
Bali updates

12 researchers from the ECI attended the UN Conference of Parties
(COP) summit in Bali at the beginning of December, representing the
largest cohort of ECI expertise at any of the COP negotiations. You
can see some of the topics covered here: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/bali, including Diana Liverman's blog (Director of the ECI). Another blog from Oxford-based Geoff Lye at http://www.sustainability.com/ .

Some 30-40 people went from Oxford, from EcoSecurities, Climate Care,
Oxfam, Stockholm Environment Institute Oxford, significantly raising the
international profile of Oxford as being at the forefront of the climate
change response.

Closer to home a rainy day didn't put off over 7,000 people who
 marched in the annual climate march in London on Sat 8^th Dec,
 including over 100 from Oxfordshire.

Climate Communities Competition

Want to win £500 to get your community even more fired up about climate change? Simply enter the Oxon Climate Change Communities Competition, and stand a chance to win £500 to put them into practise. See www.climatex.org/oxon-climate-communities for further info - and get your entries in by Jan 31^st 2008.

 

 Transition towns meeting

Over 150 people packed the Wesley Memorial Hall for the meeting. You can see a brief report of the meeting here: http://climatex.org/articles/lo-carb-communities/report-first-transition-towns-oxford-event/

 

Oxfordshire Open Eco-houses

We estimate that over 500 people visited the houses, generating over 1,000 visits. Here's what two visitors said:

‘Very interesting and well informed' and "It shows there are things which can be done even without money"

You can see the house profiles here: http://ecovation.org.uk/htmldesigns/casestudies.html

 Follow up events to capture the interest and momentum will be announced in the New Year.

  Home Truths

A new report written by ECI's Brenda Boardman identifies the policies needed to deliver an 80 per cent cut in carbon emissions from UK homes by 2050. Read the report and the Executive summary here:

 http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/

 

Sustrans win Lottery vote

Sustrans' Connect2 won the People's £50 Million Lottery Giveaway. They say: ‘we are all delighted, but we couldn't have done it without huge support.  Thank you for everything you did to help us win - we are truly grateful for all the support and goodwill that we have received.' Check out http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ to find a cycle route near you - ideal for trying out your new Christmas bikes.. or just working off the mince pies!

 

New on http://www.climatex.org/

 Read Alex Morel's blogs from Malaysia on the monitoring of Malaysian oil palm and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil  http://climatex.org/users/amorel/blog/

A to B with less of the C - Jo's blog to share insights and experiences of being car-free in the country http://climatex.org/users/jo_hamilton/blog/2007/12/18/a-to-b-with-less-of-the-c/

Gardening - articles and info to download about climate change, gardening and allotments http://climatex.org/articles/climate-change-info/gardening-global-greenhouse/

 

Some Christmas ideas....

• Big Green Christmas Market: 21 - 23^rd Dec, 9am - 5pm, Gloucester Green, Oxford A street market with a conscience - expect an exciting range of green, eco -friendly, ethically traded and organic products offering some highly original and alternative gift ideas for all. In association with Oxfordshire Green Pages.  www.biggreenmarket.co.uk/events/oxford.html
• Eco-St have lots of eco-goodies - from wind up eco-ipods to books, low energy LED fairy lights and stocking fillers. Get on down to their stores at Yarnton and Chinnor Garden centres. http://www.eco-st.com/
• www.Adili.com - the widest range of ethical fashion brands in the UK online.
• Energize Oxford - When was the last time you gave your house a Christmas present?  Make your house happy this Christmas by treating it to a full energy audit with energize oxford. Call us now to arrange your own personalised audit.  Don't miss the special Christmas offer of £10 off : Only £149.00 if you book before the 25th of December. http://www.energizeoxford.co.uk/ martin@energizeoxford.co.uk tel: 07887 607044

 

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Upcoming Events  -  into the New Year

Full details available on www.climatex.org/events

Fri 21 - Sun 23^rd Dec 9am - 5pm - Big Green Market in Gloucester Green, Oxford. See www.biggreenmarket.co.uk/events/oxford.html

Coming up in January

24^th Jan, 7.30  Growing Local Food in a Changing Climate: impacts and adaptations on allotments at the Northmoor Trust, Long Wittenham

29^th January - creative writing and climate change workshop 7 - 9pm, Oxford University Centre for the Environment

Thurs 31^st Jan 7.30pm  Defending our town's allotments and green spaces" Paul Kingsnorth will speak at the Oxford Organic Group, St Leonards Church Hall, centre of Eynsham

12^th Feb - Film Screening ‘Power of Community' at the Northmoor Trust, Long Wittenham

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