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Wednesday 11 June: screening
of Message in the Wavesat Uphill Primary School
Film details at www.messageinthewaves.com... Poster/Event details (159kb pdf file)...
Greener Footprints: www.greenerfootprints.org.uk...
An Inconvenient Truth
Showing at Christchurch Church Hall, Chapel
Hill, Clevedon , Wednesday 7th May 2008 at 8pm.
The film is being hosted jointly by Christchurch, who are working towards achieving the eco-congregation award, and Greener Footprints, the community group interested in local environmental issues.
In this fascinating film, former US Vice President Al Gore presents a compelling look at the state of global warming. Gore's persuasive argument brings home to us that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenge facing our global civilization.
Admission is free, so please do come along to watch this amazing documentary and take the opportunity to discuss any related environmental issues. We look forward to welcoming you. Refreshments available.
View trailer... Visit www.aninconvenienttruth.co.uk...
Glebe School Lead the Way in Congresbury Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced in his budget 2008 speech that unless supermarkets voluntarily make big changes to the use of plastic bags in their outlets, next year he proposes to bring in legislation. There are high street stores and supermarkets already either charging or waiting for customers to ask for a bag and we look forward to similar practices adopted soon in other retail outlets.
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Although these are steps in the right direction, we still need to encourage shoppers to take their own bags with them in the first place. To this end a number of communities in North Somerset are leading the way with plastic-bag free projects, the latest being led by the children of Glebe School in Congresbury. On Monday 28th April at 7.00 p.m. they will be holding a public meeting in the school at which Tenons will be showing, with kind permission of the BBC, the documentary ‘Message in the Waves’, a film that educates us all to be more aware of the harm plastic can do in the environment. All small changes such as not using plastic bags do add up when it comes to climate change so long as we look to do more which, if we all build them bit by bit into our livestyle, will add up to one big difference. Rose Hughes |
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Greener Footprints: www.greenerfootprints.org.uk...Spend an Evening Talking ‘Rubbish!’
Come and listen to what Catherine McCoy, Waste Minimisation Officer for North Somerset Council, has to say about recycling and waste management in Clevedon.
Her talk, which will deal with how our rubbish is handled by the Council and what we can do to help reduce it, is being hosted by Greener Footprints. Greener Footprints are a community group concerned with the effect we are having on our planet and what we can do about it locally. The Group’s aim is to promote more sustainable lifestyles through raising awareness, stimulating discussion and co-ordinating local initiatives. Catherine McCoy will be giving her talk on Wednesday 23rd April, 7.30pm for 8pm, at The Council House, 44 Old Street Clevedon, BS21 6BU. Admission is free, though donations will be gratefully received.
It would be great if you could join us to listen to Catherine and discuss these and any other environmental issues of interest. You can contact Greener Footprints at greenerfootprints@hotmail.co.uk
Climate Change Workshop, 12.45 - 4.00pm, Saturday
5th April,
Methodist
Church Hall in Yatton.
This is a free networking event for community
groups that are tackling the issue of climate change in North Somerset.
For further details, contact Janice Gardiner (Avon Wildlife Trust) on
j.gardiner@blueyonder.co.uk
Victory
Hall, Old Church Road, |
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Earth Hour 29th March On Saturday 29th March 2008 many people over the globe will be shutting off all their lights and turning unused equipment off stand-by for one hour at 8.00 p.m. With Earth Day on the 22nd April, this is a symbolic action to draw attention to the issues of climate change. The event in Sydney last year, Energy Australia reported, resulted in a 10.2% drop in energy usage (www.wwf.org.au/news) You can make the hour a family occasion or an event but please remember if you need to use candles do take care. Go to www.earthhour.org for more information. Rose Hughes |
26 & 27th January 2008: Why we should all take part in the
Big Garden Birdwatch
Why not take part in the world's biggest bird survey, 400,000 people did
just that in 2007.
6 million birds were spotted in 236,000 gardens in 2007 and records for
the Garden Birdwatch go back three decades. Why not stop the decline in
British biodiversity from your armchair. Bird surveys are truly helpful
to monitor trends in important bird populations. The survey also helps
identify their possible cause of population fluctuations whether human
induced or natural causes. RSPB scientists can then use these patterns
in bird numbers to help prioritise bird conservation work and management
of nature reserves.
So visit
www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch to take part.
Here's a helping hand, see if you can identify the birds below:
Further meetings to be 6 March, 24 April, 5 June,
24 July, 11 Sept, 30 Oct, 11Dec.
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