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We've spent the last four months developing a Climate Change exhibition for the Uganda Museum in Kampala. It consists of seven zones with posters and display cabinets including a model of two future climate change scenarios - one with no action on climate change and the other with a combination of adaptation and mitigation responses.

The Zones:

Zone 1 Climate change science
Zone 2 Climate change and the home
Zone 3 Transport and climate change

"It's not bad to own things that you genuinely like. Things that you cherish, that enhance your existence in the world. The rest is dross."

"Do not 'economize'. Please. That is not the point. The economy is clearly insane. Even its champions are terrified by it now. It’s melting the North Pole. So 'economization' is not your friend. Cheapness can be valueless. Voluntary simplicity is, furthermore, boring. Less can become too much work."

Bruce Sterling, Science Fiction Writer

It’s Green Drinks time next Wednesday (3rd June) and we’ve got another speaker lined up for you. Mandy Stoker of E4Environment in Shrewsbury and chair of Shropshire Environmental Network will be talking about the Green Achiever Scheme – a scheme that lets businesses show off their green practices using a ‘Green Achiever’ logo. Do come along to the talk to find out more! 7.30 at the Loggerheads, Shrewsbury. Shropshire Green Drinks occurs on the first Wednesday of every month.

Visitors: 600
Bulbs distributed: 1200
Powerdown Units distributed: 240
CO2 saved (lifetime): 173,208kg
Retained economic benefit (lifetime): £90,383

We're rather proud of the feedback we get and we update our page pretty regularly. Most of them are edits of more extensive feedback. Posting the all the feedback would be cumbersome, but I just wanted to share this one with you in full....you'd think we'd written it ourselves (we didn't honest!)

“You see, we should make use of the forces of nature
and should obtain all our power in this way.
Sunshine is a form of energy, wind and sea currents
are manifestations of this energy.
Do we make use of them? Oh no! We burn forests and coal,
like tenants burning down our front door for heating.
We live like wild settlers and not
as though these resources belong to us”

On Monday (16th March) Richard Hammerton went to Market Drayton to deliver a staff training session - one of the distinguishing features of the session was that it was certainly the earliest one he has ever done, beginning at 7am and ending at 8.30!

The purpose of the training session was to provide accessible energy advice to the staff of the Swimming Centre, and also staff from other leisure facilities in North Shropshire, with a focus on behavioural changes and actions which are free or low cost.
 

We're very excited to announce that we have been commissioned to develop member and officer training for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. We will be working with them to develop a set of tools and training that they can deliver in the future.

We will also be taking the Light Fantastic out there for ten events over the summer, including a staff training event.

We'll keep you posted!

Session: Climate Talk
Date: 4/3/09
Location: Ross Library, Ross-on-Wye

Attendees: 12