         
Happy new year to you all - and I hope you're keeping dry...another result of warmer wetter winters is more persistent drizzle and flooding... Here's some news and upcoming events to fight the winter blues. Before that, what did you think of 2007? Many think it might have been the start of society's big response to climate change. What are your memories? Yet another Independent front page? The floods? That film? Your community coming together? A first climate joke? (and while we're at it, predictions for 2008!) Email jo@climatex.org CommunitiesChallenge North Leigh Energy Efficiency Project is going from strength to strength - and invite residents of North Leigh, New Yatt, East End and surroundings to come and find out what they're up to on Fri 25th Jan 7pm - 9pm at North Leigh Memorial Hall, plus *Expert advice on home insulation * Saving money * Saving energy*Great offers * Free draw * Giveaways * Refreshments and Bar* Longworth (nr Abingdon) has a new environmental group, which will be having a launch event on 1st March. Find out more here: http://climatex.org/articles/lo-carb-communities/longworth-local-environmental-network/ Kidlington vs Climate Change - second get together will be next Tuesday 22nd January at 8pm, in the Dogwood Pub. If you would like to join us to share your ideas and experience, or are keen to find out more, you will be very welcome! Chris Gowers from Low-Carbon Wolvercote has kindly agreed to join us so please come along and join our discussion. Contact Anthony: kidlingtonvsclimatechange@yahoo.co.uk
An invite: Joining the Dots 2 - Oxon Climate CommunitiesTues 26th Feb 6.30 - 9pm Wolvercote Village Hall Over 30 community groups are engaged with climate change in Oxfordshire - how many of them do you know, and what could you gain from sharing ideas and insights? This evening will be a chance to meet other groups, get new ideas, have fun, share what's gone well (and not so well) and see how you can best support each other in the coming months and years. Please email jo@climatex.org for further info, and please let Jo know if you're intending on coming.
Climate Communities CompetitionWant 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 Feb 8th 2008.
New Years resolutionsMake Your New Years Energy Resolution at tvec.org.uk for your chance to win a one of ten Eco Kettles! Take a few seconds to choose one wasteful habit that you are going to eliminate in 2008. Maybe you'll walk to the local shop instead of driving, start a compost bin or turn off your appliances when not in use... Ready to make a start? Make a New Years Energy Pledge. If you need inspiration or advice, visit our website or call 0800 512 012 for more ideas.
Oxfordshire Green Pages 2008Green Pages is an essential guide for people wanting to use their purchasing power to buy local goods and services with an eco-friendly or ethical slant. The Green Pages 2008 directory costs £4.50 and is now on sale at bookshops and other outlets throughout the county. It can be ordered online at http://www.oxfordgreenpages.co.uk/
In the news...Some of the latest energy and nuclear articles can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/energy With the recent announcements of nuclear power, Sir David King's article in the Guardian on Jan 12th and related comment can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climatechange If you'd like to read and review a copy of The Hot Topic - How to Tackle Global Warming and Still keep the lights on (Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King) email jo@climatex.org - free copy to the first respondent. Talking of keeping the lights on.. separate fact from fiction about low energy light bulbs with our online FAQs here: http://climatex.org/articles/Tools/low-energy-lightbulb-faqs/ . If your question isn't answered, send it in and we'll try to answer it.
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****************** Upcoming Events - January eventsFull details available on http://climatex.org/whats-new/ Linacre Lectures: the annual series of lectures with the theme ‘Climate governance beyond the nation state: how business, the arts, and cities are responding to climate change' starts this Thursday17th Jan, 5.30pm, with Dr Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University talking on "A new politics? Governing climate change beyond the state". Main Lecture Theatre, Oxford University Centre for the Environment Other speakers in the series include: Sir David King, HSBC, Cape Farewell, The Climate Group, Sustainability, and EcoSecurities. ** 23rd Jan - Kirtlington Village Hall How can gardeners and allotment holders cope with extreme and unpredictable weather?' A presentation and discussion of the impacts of climate change on gardens and allotments with Laurie Newton from the UK Climate Impacts Programme and Tim Treacher from the Oxford and District Federation of Allotment Associations. Contact Celia for further info: chawkesworth@onetel.com ** Weds 23rd Jan - Six Degrees Wychwood Lectures Mark Lynas brings together the major scientific projections, degree by degree, showing how life will change on a hotter planet. He reveals why the western US, southern Europe and Australia are likely to become uninhabitable. 8pm, Ramsden Village Hall, OX7 3AU Thurs 24th Jan - Linacre Lectures 5.30 pm ( venue same as 17th Jan) Multinational Corporations and the changing Landscape of Climate Change - with Geoff Lye, Vice -Chair SustainAbility ** Thurs 24th Jan, 7.30pm Growing Local Food in a Changing Climate: Join us for this gardeners' panel discussion with local allotment group members, examining the impacts of climate change on allotments. Northmoor Trust Hill Farm, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QZ (map) Event held with Northmoor Trust and Oxfordshire ClimateXchange. Please book in advance by phone or by email: admin@northmoortrust.co.uk ** 29th January - creative writing and climate change workshop with Steve Larkin from Oxford's Premier Performance Poetry organisation Hammer and Tongue 7 - 9pm, Oxford University Centre for the Environment. Contact Jo@climatex.org to book a place or for further info. ** Thurs 31st 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 ****** For further info and to get involved, contact info@climatex.org Email upcoming events to info@climatex.org Subscribe to this update by sending a blank email to: climatex-subscribe@climatex.org
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