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Joining the Dots 2 - Oxon Climate Communities
Plus find out the winners of the Climate Communities Competition. Further info - follow the front page link on http://www.climatex.org/ Please register in advance email jo@climatex.org / call 01865 275 856 ** You've got a week to get any ideas into the Nesta Big Green Challenge -Full info from http://www.biggreenchallenge.org.uk/ ** Want to take the next step in Eco-renovation,or just want to find a good local supplier? We've got a survey to find out what info you want - and we've got 3 copies of Nigel Griffith's Eco-house Manual to give to a random selection of the first 30 respondents. Do the survey here: http://survey.climatex.org/index.php?sid=84984 ** E-day6pm Wed 27 Feb till 6pm Thurs 28 Feb is Energy Saving Day or E-Day for short, aiming to measure how millions of small energy saving measures between 6pm on can be made to add up in the UK. Find out more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7209817.stm or join the facebook group: http://oxford.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9526180142, and even a You Tube channel : http://www.youtube.com/energysavingday
** Concerns over development at Shipton on Cherwell QuarryBBOWT (Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust) have recently put out a press release about their objection to the development proposals at Shipton-on-Cherwell quarry in Oxon (a County Wildlife Site), with concerns that if development went ahead one of Oxfordshire's most precious sites for breeding and wintering birds would be lost. Find out more info and links to letter writing here: http://www.bbowt.org.uk/content.asp?did=23908&level2id=5901&depth=1&rootid=5841 ** Words from Westmill windfarm -the first kilowatt hours from the windfarm were generated on Tuesday afternoon! By the end of the week all five turbines should be generating. Adam wishes to thank everyone who has contributed to making this 100% community owned wind farm a reality. Further info: www.westmill.coop/westmill_home.asp
Favourite Video -Check out how Bogota's streets are transformed every Sunday into spaces for bikes, people and dancing: http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/03/ciclovia-a-moving-experience-in-bogota/ ...imagine this in Oxford... ** Find out the latest from Iffley Fields Climate Action in their Guardian Blog Carbon breaks - Julia Hollander mulls over low-carbon getaways: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/2008/02/carbon_breaks.html
** 3 Business and climate change Seminars:Tuesday 4th March A 'Low Carbon Breakfast' 8.30-10.30am Oxford City Council, in partnership with The Carbon Trust and Business Link, is holding a free business briefing which will highlight the benefits of managing carbon and reducing energy use. Further info and to register: call Charlie Morris-Marsham, Environmental Protection on 01865 252 564, e-mail business@oxfordismyworld.org or visit www.oxfordismyworld.org/business. Please note spaces are limited and priority will be given to Oxford based businesses ** 6th March 2008 9.30 - 4pm Marketing green credentials seminar:at: Oxford Centre, 333 Banbury Road, Oxford To book call 01732 878555 Further info: www.eventskent.co.uk/eventManager/public/default.aspx?id=5170&guid=ad4e9f35-4974-4940-af99-f23547aecc6a *** Weds 12th March Preparing for Change - Climate Change Adaptation Over Lunch, 12:30 - 2pm Oxford Brookes University.Register now for this free event - space is limited. To register a space or for more information contact EiE at (01865) 483299, mailto:eie@brookes.ac.uk?subject=From%20the%20OTCN%20website ** New on climatex.orgReflections on the Oxfordshire Open Eco-houses Weekend: http://climatex.org/articles/lo-carb-communities/reflection-oxfordshires-open-eco-houses-weekend/ Biodiesel blogs - Alex shares the latest from the biofuel debates: http://climatex.org/users/amorel/blog/2008/01/25/biofuels-in-the-news/
Upcoming Climate change events - Feb- March events Full details available on www.climatex.org/events
*** Thurs 21st Feb "Good planets are hard to find - a cultural response to climate change" 5.30 pm at Oxford University Centre for the Environment http://climatex.org/articles/climatex/directions-ouce/ ***Followed by wine and nibbles if you email jo@climatex.org in advance***
** Sat 23rd Feb - Climate Science Fair 2-5pm Assembly Room, Oxford Town Hall, Oxford Promoting clean technologies and the science behind climate change Exhibition and demonstrations of the science behind climate change and the scientific solutions so far. Interactive experiments and real life scientists (from the British Association for Advancement of Science) on hand to answer any tricky questions! E-mail enquiry@oxfordismyworld.org for further details or to exhibit. Further info: http://www.oxfordismyworld.org.uk/ ** Sat 23 Feb 9.30 am - 4.00 pm COST: £10 for students/volunteer recorders; £15 for professionals. ** Thurs Feb 28th 5.30pm "Managing our civilisation's greatest challenge: the roles of governments, private sector, academics and individuals." Professor Sir David King, Director, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. At OUCE Lecture Theatre (directions here: http://climatex.org/articles/climatex/directions-ouce/ )
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Thurs 28th Feb 7:30 pm Dealing with the impacts of climate change' Public meeting organised by Sustainable Wallingford and Campaign to Protect Rural England, with Dr Chris West of the UK Climate Impacts Programme. All welcome Venue: Wallingford Town Hall, Market Place, Wallingford Further info: 01491 837193 / www.sustainablewallingford.org/ ** Fri March 7th 'The First Moon of Spring' featuring Kismet, Joshua Knight, Huffenpuff, & MC Alan Buckley at the Vaults, St Mary's Church, Oxford. Arrive at 7pm for food and a good seat. The show will start around 8pm, and Transition Oxford are beneficiaries, so your money will be going to a great cause. Sit back, and enjoy food, poetry and music! Call Josh on 01865 794884 to reserve a ticket (they usually sell out). £6/£4 **
Sat 8th March, 10am - 3.30pm: Help Plant a community Woodland in Cutteslowe Transition Oxford invite you to a joint project of Forest of Oxford and Friends of Cutteslowe Park, in association with Cutteslowe Primary School and Oxford City Council Parks Dept. Further info contact Alan Allport - 01865 515 984 ** Sat 8th March 11.30 - 1pm Flood risk in the Thames Basin - is it increasing? Presentation Venue: River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames £5/£3 Further info: http://www.rrm.co.uk/ / ebookings@rrm.co.uk / 01491 415 600
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