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Oxfordshire ClimateXchange update #29 - Jan ‘08WeatherOn Friday 18th, London had its warmest January night ever recorded when temperatures reached 13.2c (55.8f). Meanwhile Oxfordshire seems to have been spared the worst of the floods.
Observer Ethical AwardsGiven the wealth of climate champions locally, why not give Oxfordshire a boost and nominate your favourites - categories include ‘best local retailer' ‘ethical kids award', ethical business award, local group or business or family. Previous winners have included the Carr family from Summertown, and Averil Stedeford's Eco-house. The closing date for votes and nominations is 2nd March 2008.
Calling all poets and illustrators!Re: Versing the Damage - Notes from the Climate Journey. Oxfordshire ClimateXchange is collaborating with Oxford's performance poetry magazine The Nail for a special on the theme of climate change. Re:versing the damage: notes from the climate journey aims to inspire a deeper engagement with climate change from many angles. Its ingredients will be drawn from themes from the Climate change creative writing workshops, combined with writing on any aspect of climate change, spiced with edited articles, and served with illustrations and photos. Get cooking! Please submit poems of no more than 150 lines (including spaces) to sophie@the-nail.co.uk, or post to The Nail, Hammer and Tongue, 16B Cherwell Street, Oxford OX4 1BG by 1st March 2008. If you would like to submit your work to illustrate sections of the magazine, please contact sophie@the-nail.co.uk for more details. You might want to check out the themes and more info here: http://climatex.org/articles/creative-climates/reversing-damage-notes-climate-journey/ ** See the events below for the next poetry workshop on 29th Jan
Eco-st JANUARY OFFERTrade in your old high energy working lightbulbs against new energy saving ones and we'll give you 50 off each (this is a one for one offer) (this is a one for one offer). Find Eco-St at Yarnton Garden Centre and Chinnor Garden Centre. More info http://www.eco-st.com/
An invite: Joining the Dots 2 - Oxon Climate Communities
•· Networking with other groups and hearing about their activities •· Delicious food and drink provided by ClimateXchange •· Announcing the winners of the Climate Communities Competition. All welcome -for further info and to register in advance email jo@climatex.org / call 01865 275 856 __ Oxfordshire In the news:
•· Philip Pullman: new brand of environmentalism - interview http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml;jsessionid=XHNGFCTWOEGDXQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/earth/2008/01/19/eapullman119.xml&page=1 __ Trialling Personal Carbon AllowancesPersonal Carbon Allowances could be an important new policy option. There are many unknown aspects to a potential scheme, particularly in relation to people's behaviour - for instance how people respond to an ‘allowance'. Many of these could be tested through a trial as described in this latest ECI report which can be read here: http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/downloads/fawcett-pca07.pdf __ New on climatex.org
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Final eventWe're approaching our last few months of the first phase of ClimateXchange, and would like to hold a celebratory event for everyone involved. If you've got ideas for what you'd like to see, please email them to jo@climatex.org. We are applying for further funding - and will update you with our progress.
****************** Upcoming Events - Jan and early Feb events Full details available on www.climatex.org/events
Perform Persuade Project: Creative writing and climate change workshop Steve Larkin of Hammer and Tongue leads an interactive workshop session which focuses on engaging people in issues relating to Climate Change through the application of the written and spoken word. Participants will produce written and aural pieces that aim to challenge, educate, enlighten and persuade their intended recipients.
Steve Larkin is the co-founder of Hammer & Tongue (the leading poetry slam organisation in the UK), is a former international slam champion and a lecturer in performing arts at Oxford Brookes University. Venue: Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY . See directions http://climatex.org/articles/climatex/directions-ouce/ £5, Please email jo@climatex.org to reserve a place ** Thurs 31 Jan 5.30pm "The Business of Governing Climate Change" Professor Peter Newell, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia. The Linacre Lectures: The role of non-state actors in climate change governance. organised by Linacre College and the Environmental Change Institute Lecture Theatre, OUCE, South Parks Road see directions: http://climatex.org/articles/climatex/directions-ouce/ ** 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 ** Friday 1 February - Bill McGuire: 7 Years to Save the Planet ** Tues 5 Feb 8 pm WHY BRITAIN MUST GROW ITS OWN FOOD with Colin Tudge Location: Oxford University Natural History Museum, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW Come and join us for our annual E.F. Warburg Memorial Lecture, which is held jointly with the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire (the umbrella body for the Rare Plants Group). Colin Tudge will speak about the Trust for Enlightened Agriculture and why we in Britain must grow our own food. Admission: £2.00 Contact: Anna Michell 01865 775 476 ** Thurs 7th Feb "Financing the transition to a low carbon economy " Mr Nick Robins, HSBC 5.30pm, OUCE Lecture Theatre as above ** Thurs 7th Feb, 6.30 pm onwards Green drinks The monthly gathering of all shades of Green at the Cape of Good Hope (bottom of Iffley Road / Cowley Road, Oxford) ** Fri 8th February Art and Climate change double-bill Performance @ 7.30 pm ‘Towards Flowering'
In this semi-improvised piece, piano and voice accompany visual images in a form of extended meditation. Followed by screening of ‘Art from a changing Climate' - A 60 minute film of the Cape Farewell Expeditions, taking artists and climate scientists into the High Arctic. 7.30 pm, Friends Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW Price - £3 / £2 on the door Further info: info@climatex.org / 01865 275 856 ** Tues 12th Feb Film screening: Power of Community Northmoor Trust, Hill Farm, Little Wittenham OX14 4QZ (map) Details: Inspiring film about adapting to a low carbon lifestyle (55 mins), together with presentations and discussion about what communities are doing in Oxford, and Transition Towns. Northmoor Trust and Oxfordshire ClimateXchange. Please book in advance by phone (above) or by email: admin@northmoortrust.co.uk ****
For further info and to get involved, contact info@climatex.org Email upcoming events to info@climatex.org
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