Climate

Kris McGowan delivered the final Co-op training session last Thursday. On behalf of the Energy Saving Trust, Kris and his team have been delivering training up and down the country to Area Energy Champions who in turn have been delivering the training to Store Managers and Store Energy Champions. Fiddlers Ferry generates 2,000MW (Mega Watts) of electricity which is enough to power nearly 2 million homes and businesses in Manchester, Liverpool and the surrounding areas.

MEA have been awarded a grant by the North Shropshire Partnership to run workshops and provide learning resources for five Shropshire Schools.

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.

“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”

Light Fantastic

Light Fantastic - Cosford Air Museum

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.
 

It's tempting to say that the freezing temperatures and heavy snow we have had over the last few weeks has been a return to a 'proper winter' as opposed to the mild and muddy variety we have become more used to. In all the chaos of the wintry weather several news stories caught my attention because of their relevance to climate change.