         
Welcome to the 13th update from ClimateXchange - full of news, new tools, and some upcoming events. Remember, if you're itching to get involved, or would like to organise an event, contact us - 01865 275 856.
** Next intro event Mon 25th June, 6.30 pm , Oxford University Centre for the Environment ** Check out our fave video of the week below: External Links:Bike Week - Events, rides and info for this year's Bike Week Change Your World - Change Your World is asking you to swap just one car trip from 1-7 July and choose something that's better for the planet instead. Change Your World Video - You want to Change Your World? How about 10% less traffic – that’s what Change Your World Week is about Oxfordshire Attitudes surveyWhat's the top one word feeling about climate change? Why are people more motivated yet frustrated? What info / action do we need to do to turn this around? Let us know and we can work with you... See the topline results of the survey Bike Week and Change your WorldSustrans celebrated it's 30th birthday locally with a ride from Oxford to Abingdon and Didcot (and very nice it was too). It's also Bike week, so discover the pleasures of low carbon travel with a choice of led bike rides - see more info: http://www.bikeweek.org.uk/ Change Your World 1-7th JulyIs there anything that annoys you? Too many sprouts and not enough gravy in the meal of life? Anything you could do with a bit less of? You want to Change Your World? How about 10% less traffic - that's what Change Your World Week is about. See the website here: www.changeyourworld.org.uk/ and take a look at this film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umH0NEVDe4 Climate ToolsSnakes and Ladders / Oxfordshire MapHave you got a festival or a fete coming up? Would you like to show people just what an awesome amount of climate talent there is in Oxon? Maybe you'd like to play Snakes and Ladders? It's big, large and lots of fun, and a great way for children to learn about climate change and what they can do. See the pictures here: http://climatex.org/articles/Tools/oxon-climate-map/ . Contact us to borrow it (easily transportable by bike). New online - How to ..As a response to the May 9th ClimateXchange introductory event, people requested information about practical changes - we've initiated two web pages in the ‘toolkit' part of the site, focused on transport and food. If you've resources to add / ideas to share please send them in so we can upload them. Climate change and indigenous peopleFrom our explorers Crispin and Anne-Marie, the first in a series of web articles introducing their work - in the Creative Climates part of the site. Lightbulb detectives!Where can you buy low energy lightbulbs near you? We've like to have a list to complement our light bulb library - so if you know of shops locally that stock them, tell us so that we can tell Oxfordshire. How does your garden grow in the global greenhouse?Calling keen gardeners / allotment holders? Fancy hosting a Climate Change Gardeners Question time event? We've got speakers on garden impacts itching to talk - contact us to organise an event. We also have some info about climate change and gardens if you're hosting an Open Gardens event - or know neighbours who are. Local newsWolvercoteFame came calling for Low Carbon Wolvercote as they featured on ITV South on 8th June - generating yet more local buzz for the project. Also featured in the Guardian - read all about it here . More Inconvenient TruthsThe film was shown in North Leigh Community Hall on 13th June to 40 people as part of the North Leigh Energy Efficiency Project, Wolvercote Village Hall on 15th June to 70 people, and will be shown tonight in Merton, as part of the Merton Climate Forum. Want to show it? Let us know and we can help. Live EarthComing to a screen and Wembley Stadium near you. Would you like to host a Local Live Earth party? You could focus on your community, interview people, make a video, or get people talking about what they could do locally. We've got materials, and some funding to help you generate the local live Earth Buzz... let the ideas roll. Alive Earth... an alternative concert is already underway, which welcomes all visitors and performers. The online concert is the brainwave of COIN, one of our partner organisations, to support a wider range of voices on climate change. Visit http://www.aliveearth.org/ and add your own performances! Events
Mon 25th June - Screening of ‘The Power of Community' (53 min) Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE , South Parks Road, Oxford, Ox1 3QY)When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate crisis - feeding the population - and an ongoing challenge: how to create a new low-energy society. The film tells the story of the Cuban people's hardship, ingenuity and triumph over sudden adversity, and provides a valuable example of how to successfully address the challenge of reducing our energy use. Catch up, tell us what you've been up to and find out what everyone else has been doing! Light refreshments provided from 6.30pm, film starts at 7pm, and networking from 8 - 8.30pm.Please let me know in advance if you'd like to come. Tues June 26th, 6.30 - 9 pm, in Oxford Town Hall COIN Climate Action Group Introductory eventDo you want to join together with like-minded people, expand your knowledge of climate change, explore your mutual interests and take constructive action to deal with the problem? Calling artists, musicians, performers! Climate Creatives Thurs July 5th 6.30pm, OUCEAre you an artist, musician or performer? Would you like see your climate visions created in art, sculpture, music? Come along to the Climate Creatives event - meet the ClimateX team, develop your ideas, and meet possible collaborators. We've got some seed funding to take your ideas further. Please let me know in advance if you'd like to come - and please do forward to creative people you know. Sat 7th July - 1-4pm Botanic Gardens Picnic Day, OxfordCome and find out more about the inspiring community initiatives across Oxfordshire as part of Oxfordshire Rural Community Council's 21st Century Village events. Sat 7th July Siobhan Davies at Oxford PlayhouseSiobhan's work Endangered Species which she created for Cape Farewell's Art of Climate Change exhibition is currently installed at the Oxford Playhouse foyer and can be seen there until Saturday 7th July. On Saturday 7th July there will also be a pre-performance talk at the Oxford Playhouse with Siobhan, who will be talking about her work with Cape Farewell, and Dr Chris West, Director of UK Climate Impacts Programme. More details: www.oxfordplayhouse.com/calendar/oph/View.asp?ID=355
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