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Here you can find out what's going on in our world and around us. Our events calendar will give you an idea of some of the things we are doing.

Carbon Forum in Uganda

Carbon Forum have been applying their well-honed communications skills and striking out into what is certainly new territory for MEA with the successful completion of a recent project for the Ugandan Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change (PFCC).
 
The project came about as a result of the first CF project in Uganda, developing an exhibition on climate change for the National Museum in Kampala for the British High Commission earlier this year. The positive response and interest in the exhibition led to an enquiry from the Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change about us producing a display for the Parliament of Uganda, with funding provided again by the British High Commission. The display would feature a model landscape, showing two possible futures for Uganda based on best-case and worst-case scenarios for climate change impacts and responses.
 
 
One of the biggest challenges we faced when developing the museum exhibition was starting from a point of limited knowledge about Uganda and the issues and impacts that climate change is creating there. For this project Richard Hammerton, who built a similar display model for the exhibition, went out to Uganda for a month in order to research and develop the model.
 
We were extremely lucky to have an offer of support from the Uganda Carbon Bureau (UCB), based just outside the capital, Kampala. As well as letting Richard turn their garage into a temporary model-making studio, the UCB staff also turned out to be a source of expert knowledge on climate issues in Uganda, relevant technologies, the pros and cons of shade trees in tea plantations, handy local contacts and the best places to go for a good evening out.
 
After a few days of travelling around Kampala and the surrounding district for research the work of constructing the display began. As the schedule left a little over two weeks to complete the project it took many long days and some late nights to complete the job, and somehow time was found to fit in visits by art students from the International School and interviews with the press. All the hard work was justified by the end result as the display was very well received and generated a great deal of interest and positive responses, culminating in the official hand-over of the display to the Deputy Speaker by the British High Commissioner, Martin Shearman, at the well-attended launch event in Parliament.
 
Because of the success of this project and the museum exhibition, and with a heightened appreciation of the need for more widespread climate change awareness work there, Carbon Forum are now seeking opportunities for following this up with an even more ambitious project and strengthening our link with Uganda.

Submitted by richardh on Fri, 06/11/2009 - 09:32.

Sourbridge Navigation Trust Open Weekend

Date: 
17 Oct 2009 - 10:00 - 18 Oct 2009 - 17:00

Light Fantastic will be attending the event

Submitted by sarah on Fri, 02/10/2009 - 11:13.

EXPO 09 - Leicester

Date: 
8 Oct 2009 - 09:30 - 8 Oct 2009 - 16:00

Light Fantastic will attending this event

Submitted by sarah on Fri, 02/10/2009 - 11:10.

Festival of Water & Light

Date: 
4 Oct 2009 - 14:30 - 4 Oct 2009 - 20:30

Light Fantastic will be attending this event in Brierly Hill

Submitted by sarah on Fri, 02/10/2009 - 11:08.

Clun Carnival

Date: 
1 Aug 2009 - 11:00 - 1 Aug 2009 - 16:00

Light Fantastic will be appearing at the event.

Submitted by sarah on Fri, 17/07/2009 - 14:03.

Energy Workshops for North Shropshire Schools

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

The workshops will give year 6-7 students a chance to find out more about how they can save energy and help hold back climate change. A range of activities, games and technology demonstrations will make for a fun day for all. Schools will also be left with two series of posters from MEA’s new Climate Change Museum Exhibition, which they can display at the school allowing everyone to find out more. Staff will also receive a teacher’s pack, letting them explore the subject further in the classroom.

The five lucky schools who’ll receive this package free of charge will be selected at the start of the new school year in the autumn. The workshops will be offered on a first come first served basis.

For more information about this project, or to recommend a school that might like to take part, please contact the project manager Nancy Davies nancy@mea.org.uk 01743 277 113

Submitted by Nancy on Tue, 14/07/2009 - 15:58.

Carbon Foot-printing, Bassetlaw

Date: 
17 Jul 2009 - 10:00 - 17 Jul 2009 - 14:00
Submitted by kris on Wed, 08/07/2009 - 14:19.

Light Fantastic, Rushcliffe

Date: 
11 Jul 2009 - 10:00 - 11 Jul 2009 - 16:00
Submitted by kris on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 15:48.

Carbon Foot-printing, Rushcliffe Kite Festival

Date: 
5 Jul 2009 - 10:00 - 5 Jul 2009 - 17:00
Submitted by kris on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 15:46.

A whole new fantastic

We are now developing a new 'Fantastic' exhibition vehicle based upon the hugely sucessful Light Fantastic that has been touring events across the Midlands since May 2008.

We have so far reached over 40,000 visitors and accumulated CO2 and financial savings for the communities by giving away Low energy bulbs and Powerdowns, kindly donated by Eon.

Our new incarnation is still at the ideas stage, but we plan to have it available from April 2010, watch this space for updates!

Submitted by sarah on Wed, 24/06/2009 - 11:53.
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