From steve at coinet.org.uk Tue May 3 18:19:02 2011 From: steve at coinet.org.uk (Steve Gerrish) Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:19:02 -0000 Subject: [Oxford Events] May 2011 - Climate themed events Message-ID: 1. Green Breakfast ? Renewing renewables. Wednesday 4th May, 7.30-9.30am 2. Community Food Forum exploration meeting. Wednesday 4th May, 7.30-8.30pm 3. Caf? Scientifique ? Colin Tudge, author of Good Food For Everyone For Ever. Tuesday 10th May, 7pm for 7.30 start. 4. Utility Management Workshop. Wednesday 18th May, 9.30am-4.30pm 5. Green Breakfast ? Taxing Technology. Wednesday 18th May, 7.30-9.30am 6. The Future of Solar Power. Thursday 19th May, 7.30-8.30pm. 7. Site visit to Watchfield Wind Farm. Saturday 21st May, 11am. *********************************************************** 1. GREEN BREAKFAST ? RENEWING RENEWABLES. Wednesday 4th May, 7.30-9.30am, Blake Lapthorn, Seacourt Tower, Oxford. Andrew Watkin, head of Energy Division, Carter Jonas LLP to its green breakfast will look at renewable energy opportunities for landowners and businesses. More details and booking for this free event at: http://www.bllaw.co.uk/events/event_items/green_breakfast_4_may_2011.aspx *********************************************************** 2. COMMUNITY FOOD FORUM EXPLORATION MEETING. Wednesday 4th May, 7.30-8.30pm, Folly Bridge Inn, 38 Abingdon Road, Oxford, OX1 4PD. Dan Betterton of OxFood, in association with the CAG Project, is organising a community food group forum to explore the future of local food activities across Oxfordshire. OxFood is a sustainable local food systems project forming part of the Low Carbon Oxford programme (www.oxfood.co.uk) and aims to widen access to local food in the county. This free event is also open to interested non-CAG groups. For further information, contact details and booking, see: http://www.cagoxfordshire.org.uk/events/cag-events/details/599 *********************************************************** 3. CAF? SCIENTIFIQUE. Tuesday 10th May, 7pm for 7.30 start, hosted in Blackwells Bookshop on Broad Street. Speaker: Colin Tudge, author of Good Food For Everyone For Ever. The Caf? Scientifique is a successful UK community originally imported from France. Caf?s Scientifiques are public forums in which scientific issues are discussed informally, involving scientists and non-scientists alike, aiming to inform, to entertain, and to provoke debate. Further information at: www.cafesci.org/oxford/details.html *********************************************************** 4. UTILITY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP. Wednesday 18th May, 9.30am-4.30pm, at a venue in Oxford. This workshop is free for qualifying SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). UTILISE Utility Management Workshops explore energy, waste and water management and look for areas where savings can be made for your organisation. Topics include: * Understanding billing and utility tariffs; electricity, gas, water and waste * Benchmarking and carbon footprinting * Environmental legislation * Staff and customer involvement * Technologies and gadgets * Marketing your green credentials * Grant and funding opportunities * Environmental Management Systems With interactive exercises throughout the day, each delegate develops a personalised action plan to help kick start improvements in their organisation. Further information and booking details at: www.utilise.org.uk *********************************************************** 5. GREEN BREAKFAST ? TAXING TECHNOLOGY. Wednesday 18th May, 7.30-9.30am, Blake Lapthorn, Seacourt Tower, Oxford. Speaker: Gerry Jackson, head of Tax, Critchleys LLP. The solution of many of the challenges posed by climate change lies in the development of technology. Any clean technology company should be fully aware of any tax reliefs and considerations it can use to its advantage. Likewise there are a number of tax considerations for investors who are so important to the funding of such technologies. Here we give an overview of the tax considerations for green technology companies and investors alike. More details and booking for this free event at: http://www.bllaw.co.uk/events/event_items/green_breakfast_18_may_2011.aspx *********************************************************** 6. THE FUTURE OF SOLAR POWER. Thursday 19th May, 7.30-8.30pm, Science Oxford Live, 1-5 London Place, Oxford OX4 1BD (St Clements). Find out what scientists are researching in the lab on the newest generation of solar cells, followed by a workshop where you can make your own solar cell in a straw! Not to be missed! In association with The Solar Spark. More information and online booking at: http://www.scienceoxfordlive.com/whats-on-events/the-future-of-solar-power *********************************************************** 7. SITE VISIT TO WATCHFIELD WIND FARM. Saturday 21st May, 11am. Westmill Sustainable Energy Trust organises regular site visits to Westmill Wind Co-op?s wind farm at Watchfield where volunteers will be on hand to answer questions. There are further dates on Wednesdays or Saturdays through to September. Advance booking essential, see http://www.weset.org/index.php?page=site-visit *********************************************************** 8. GREEN DRINKS ? Wednesday 25th May from 6.30pm, front room of the Kings Arms, 40 Holywell Road. For map, see http://www.youngs.co.uk/pub-detail.asp?PubID=420&image=0 Green drinks is an informal networking and discussion event for anyone interested or working in environment, sustainability, climate change and any other related fields. The idea is to meet once a month over a few drinks to chat and exchange ideas with other environmentally like minded people. Green drinkers may come from many different walks of life, but with a common interest in environmental issues. This is part of a global initiative and more information can be found via www.greendrinks.org. To put yourself on the mailing list, send an email to Adam at greendrinksoxford [at] gmail.com *********************************************************** If you would like your event to appear in this regular list, please send details to info at coinet.org.uk From steve at coinet.org.uk Fri May 27 17:18:24 2011 From: steve at coinet.org.uk (Steve Gerrish) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 15:18:24 -0000 Subject: [Oxford Events] June 2011 - Climate themed events Message-ID: 1. Rainbows & Warriors fundraising gig. TONIGHT (Friday 27th May) 2. Launch of Oncore ? (Oxford North Community Renewables). Monday 6th June, 7.30pm. 3. Greener Homes ? South Oxford. Monday 6th June, 7.30-9.00pm. 4. Venturefest green breakfast ? The Challenge of Low Energy Buildings. Tuesday 7th June, 7.30-9.30am. 5. Engineering the world. Thursday 9th June, 7.30pm. 6. Oxford Energy Futures 2011. Friday 10th June, 9.00am ? 6pm. 7. Kidlington Eco Fair. Sunday 18th June, 12-4pm. 8. On your Bike ? North Oxford. Saturday 25th June, 1-3.30pm. 9. Green Drinks. Wednesday 29th June, 6.30pm onwards. *********************************************************** 1. RAINBOWS & WARRIORS FUNDRAISING GIG ? FEATURING SEIZE THE DAY Friday 27th May, 7-11pm, Back room @ The Bullingdon, Cowley Road, Oxford. TONIGHT (if you?re reading this as soon as it arrived) the excellent Seize The Day will be playing to raise money for the building of the new Rainbow Warrior. They will be joined by Moon Leopard, Huff & Puff, Horns of Plenty, The Geees and Lizzie McHale. >From 7-11pm in the Back Room @ The Bullingdon on Cowley road for a most memorable evening of entertainment. Please come along, tickets are ?9 on the door or ?7 concessions, in advance or before 8pm. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/groups/oxford/event/rainbows-warriors *********************************************************** 2. LAUNCH OF ONCORE - (OXFORD NORTH COMMUNITY RENEWABLES). Monday 7th June, 7.30pm, Cherwell School sixth form centre, Oxford. At the meeting you will hear from the school and members of the Board about the plans to put some 200 solar panels on the school roofs to generate around 50kW of clean green electricity, and how much money needs to be raised. You will be able to take away a copy of the share offer document and ask any questions you may have. Low Carbon Oxford North are very excited about this project and hope you will come. The beneficiaries will be the school and the investors with the remainder being used to fund more carbon reduction projects in North Oxford. The school are especially looking forward to having the information about what is being generated projected on large screens and available across their computer network to integrate into science curricula. It is worth completing a short survey (see last item on this page http://www.lcon.org.uk/2011/04/29/fit-purpose-update-feed-in-tariff). A dedicated website will be going live soon. *********************************************************** 3. GREENER HOMES ? SOUTH OXFORD. Monday 6th June, 7.30-9.00pm, Duke of Monmouth pub (back room), 260 Abingdon Road, Oxford OX1 4TA. Find out about local approaches to: Low cost and DIY greening your home / Solar electricity / Insulation / Energy monitors / Low energy light bulbs. FREE ENTRY All welcome. Organised by Low Carbon South Oxford. For further information about Low Carbon South Oxford Greener Homes group, email lowcarbonsouthoxford at gmail.com *********************************************************** 4. VENTUREFEST GREEN BREAKFAST ? THE CHALLENGE OF LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS. Tuesday 7th June, 7.30-9.30am, at the Said Business School, Oxford. The Challenge of Low Energy Buildings, a Blake Lapthorne Green Breakfast at Venturefest 2011. Peter Head CBE, Global Leader of Planning at ARUP, a leader in sustainable urban developments and the retrofitting cities of the ecological age, with expertise in integrated planning and sustainable development, talks about the challenges posed by the need to move to low energy buildings. More information and a link to booking page: http://www.venturefest.com/venturefest-2011/venturefest-breakfast *********************************************************** 5. ENGINEERING THE WORLD. Thursday 9th June, 7.30pm, at Science Oxford Live, 1-5 London Place, Oxford OX4 1BD (St Clements). As climate change becomes a real possibility, scientists are being asked to come up with ways to solve the problems that this will cause. Experts from Science and Technology Facilities Council will be on hand to assess which ideas are realistic, and which ones are just pie in the sky. Book tickets here: http://www.scienceoxfordlive.com/whats-on-events/engineering-the-world *********************************************************** 6. OXFORD ENERGY FUTURES 2011. Friday 10th June, 9.00am ? 6pm, Department for Continuing Education, Rewley House, Oxford OX1 2JA. A conference focusing on cutting-edge energy topics given by researchers at Oxford University and with contributions from scientists and practitioners at other organisations and businesses. It is an opportunity to meet and discuss with those working at the forefront of energy research and to find out more about the science, planning, policy and business of future energy. Full details and online booking at: http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/details.php?id=F850-2 *********************************************************** 7. KIDLINGTON ECO FAIR 2011. Saturday 18th June, 12-4pm, Exeter Hall, Kidlington OX5 1AB Kidlington will be hosting its 2011 Eco Fair on this day. Organised by Kidlington vs Climate Change, the Fair will feature a range of environmentally aware things to see and do. It promises to be a fun, informative and inspiring event. On the day there will be activities for children; produce to buy from local organic farmers; the launch of our solar electric ?group buying? scheme; specialists to answer all those technical questions; a range of environmentally friendly products new on the market; and a chance to find out just how you can create your own ?Fantastic Home?. There will be refreshments throughout the afternoon and entrance is FREE. (If you would like to help out on the day, email KvsCC at kidlingtonvsclimatechange at yahoo.co.uk) www.KvsCC.org.uk *********************************************************** 8. ON YOUR BIKE - NORTH OXFORD. Saturday 25th June, 1-3.30pm, Aristotle Lane Park, North Oxford. Canalside Environment Group is hosting its 3rd ?On Your Bike? event. Swaps, sales, security marking, repairs, safety issues, cycle maps etc. http://www.cagoxfordshire.org.uk/events/cag-events/details/620-on-your-bike-north-oxford *********************************************************** 9. GREEN DRINKS ? Wednesday 29th June from 6.30pm, front room of the Kings Arms, 40 Holywell Road, Oxford. For map, see http://www.youngs.co.uk/pub-detail.asp?PubID=420&image=0 Green drinks is an informal networking and discussion event for anyone interested or working in environment, sustainability, climate change and any other related fields. The idea is to meet once a month over a few drinks to chat and exchange ideas with other environmentally like minded people. Green drinkers may come from many different walks of life, but with a common interest in environmental issues. This is part of a global initiative and more information can be found via http://www.greendrinks.org/Oxfordshire/list *********************************************************** If you would like your event to appear in this regular list, please send details to info at coinet.org.uk