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Welcome to July's update - featuring communities feedback, consultations, eco-renovation opportunities, events, new reports. Happy reading - and if you have feedback or items to include in the next one please email jo@climatex.org by 1st August. If you're longing to organise an event for the Planet Earth season, which starts in Sept, please let me know. In the meantime why not try http://www.imeasure.org.uk/ to find your energy rating over the summer - you could win some great prizes.
1. COMMUNITIES1.1 Faringdon Eco-week went well - and are now the proud world record holders for their turbine hug - see the picture.
1.2 Kirtlington Footprint Fair went well, with exhibitions,stalls about thermal imaging and reducing domestic footprint in the home, a poster exhibition by the local school, a dog show and much more. The day achieved its aim of spreading information to a large number of individuals, and raised £800 towards energy-efficiency measures in the Village Hall. Well done Kirtlington! 1.3 Kidlington vs Climate Change will be having a stall this year at the Kidlington Gala, 12-5 at Exeter Hall, Kidlington. Further info about the group: kidlingtonvsclimatechange@yahoo.co.uk 1.4 OXFORDSHIRE 2030 CONSULTATION 1.5 BIG MONEY AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS 1.6 LOW CARBON COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE Sat 4th Oct, Llangollen in Wales. North Wales on Saturday 4th October at the Royal International Pavilion. It will run 10.30am to 4.00pm, with keynote speakers and plenty of opportunity to network. See http://low.communitycarbon.net/2008-conference/ for further info - and let info@climatex.org know if you're planning on going - it might be possible to lift share from Oxford.
2. ECO RENOVATION2.1 ECO-RENOVATION BLOG To find out how the work on Catherine's house is going (external insulation now being applied) see http://climatex.org/users/catherined/blog/ . If you're eco-renovating your house, or have a story to share, why not write a blog too? 2.2 OXFORDSHIRE OPEN ECO-HOMES - VOLUNTEERS WANTED The open eco-homes days will be on 11-14th September this year, featuring over 20 eco-renovated homes across Oxfordshire. Volunteers are needed to help at the homes - contact toni@coinet.org.uk if you'd like to be one of them. 2.3 ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR HOMES IN OXFORD (ECHO)TRAINING Oxford City Council invite you to attend Energy Conservation for Homes in Oxford (ECHO) Training for community group representatives. They are inviting community reps in order to get feedback on how they can make the training more accessible to community groups. The ECHO training is free and covers: · Home Insulation · Heating and Hot water · Fuel use and tariff issues · Damp and mould · Grants and subsidies Training will be held on the morning of Wed 23rd July. We will use input from the session to design a condensed ECHO training which will be available to the wider community and to the street reps of local groups. If demand is sufficient we hope to be able to offer the training at local community venues in the future. If you are interested in attending the July 23rd session (venue to be confirmed) contact lthompson@oxford.gov.uk asap (places limited).
2.4 NEW REPORT: BUILDING A GREENER BRITAIN Green Housing Upgrades Would Create £3.5 Billion Market for Builders, says Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute. Building firms, product manufacturers and suppliers could stand to tap into a new market worth between £3.5 and £6.5 billion per year if the UK developed policies, skills programmes, and financial incentives to upgrade our existing housing stock to make it greener and more energy efficient. See the report here: http://www.fmb.org.uk/ea/pdf_ea/fmbbuildingagreenerbritain.pdf
2.5 THE OXFORD UNION DEBATE - Architecture would be better off without Schools of Architecture 21 July 2008 | 8pm-10pm, as part of The Oxford Conference 2008 www.oxfordconference2008.co.uk This special debate, centring on the key questions of sustainable architecture, takes place from 8pm on Monday 21 July 2008 as part of The Oxford Conference on Architectural Education [22-23 July 2008]. Entry £5 payable on the door.
3. CLIMATE THRILLER ON TV
4. CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE MOVIES... Screening and discussion of ‘The Age of Stupid'7pm, Tuesday the 22nd of July at The Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune St (off Cowley Rd), Oxford The Age of Stupid stars Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at "archive" footage from 2008, asking "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?". Film followed by a Q&A with Franny Armstrong (director) and Layefa Malin (Nigerian star of the film). Written & directed by "McLibel" filmmaker Franny Armstrong and produced by Oscar-winning John Battsek, the film will be released in cinemas in Autumn 2008. 5. CLIMATE CHANGE IN YOUR KITCHEN...A study comparing energy use between hand washing and dishwashers
6. CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTIONYou can find out more about the Camp and meet people from Oxford who are This is an open invitation to anyone and everyone to come and join us at
7. AUTUMNAL IDEA - ABUNDANCEAbundance is a project to harvest the seasonal glut of local fruit like apples, pear and plums. Each year hundreds of fruit trees go unpicked either because people don't notice them, may not be physically able to harvest them or there are just too many fruits at one time. Take a look here: http://www.growsheffield.com/pages/groShefAbund.html and if you're planning something yourself let us know!
8. ONCF NEWSLETTERIf you're not already subscribed to this, it's a fine weekly newsletter with info, events, jobs, conservation opportunities and more. Subscribe to cynth@oncf.org.uk
9. EVENTSAll upcoming events are covered above and on http://climatex.org/events/ If you have a climate change event to add please either send through the details to jo@climatex.org , or add them yourself , simply click on ‘submit a new event' on http://climatex.org/whats-new/
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