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Climate Change Blog
There are thousands of actions we can take to reduce our overall CO2 impact. Since the personal individual actions all add up I will tell you what I have achieved this year:
Changing from dairy milk to soya milk and eating a lot less dairy, virtually no cheese, eggs , butter unless Freegan
Helping out with home grown food projects
Examining all fresh produce for being local and in season
Being part of a communal food group
Mentioning to my friends that still fly in airplanes that I don’t approve
Joining in this “Blog Action Day”
Working for free here at the Environment Centre
Things that I still need to acheive:
Transport – I rarely use a vehicle unless it is absolutely necessary, don’t own a car. I can persuade friends to do likewise, promote all the alternatives.
Remembering to turn off the radio rather than leaving it on standby.
Helping out more with home recycling.
Turning off the computer & going home from work.
So … goodbye !
Radio Training further details
WEEKEND RADIO TRAINING COURSE
with SUSIE ODDBALL and SEAN CREED of Brighton and Hove Community Radio
CURRICULUM
Coffee & Introductions
Introduction to Radio
- What is Radio
- Types of Radio
- Radio Style
Preparing for a Radio Show
- Music
- Guests
- News
- Etc
– Timing
Do Radio
- Understand the desk
– Understand the mics
– Simple Editing
- Podcasts & Pre-records
– Live interview techniques
Community Radio
- What is a community radio station?
– How do they run
– Roles
– Volunteers
Ofcom Regulations
– Law, etiquette and boundaries
How it works
- FM/internet/Dab & Pod
- Working with renewable power
Where next
- Further reading, websites
– Your Community Radio Station needs you!
Social
COST: £95 waged £50 unwaged
Special deals using KUTLETS and community credits also available. Please ring Jean
to discuss 020 8549 2698
SAT 10 & Sun 11 October 2009
10 am to 5pm
For further info contact
greenjeangenie”at”googlemail”dot”com
Wish List
WISH LIST FOR NEXT GARDENING PROJECT
Use of a van or a flat bed truck, or a good sized vehicle plus trailer
Topsoil
Free Garden Tools
Woodworking tools
Nails & big screws
Wood
Scaffolding board or similar
2 in sq wood for building
Various sizes of timber
We will be building cold frames and a raised beds in October and November 2009 so these materials would be very handy. Looking forward to working with Community Service volunteers!
September 2009 – live webcasts
SEPTEMBER 2009 this is NOT an “archive” its live !
Fabacious Live shows announced for September on our solar powered international ecological streaming 24 hour radio……..
Thurs Sept 10th 9pm The Gaia Show with Bernadette Vallely
Fri Sept 11th
10:30 Music for Kids (Songs and Games for babies and Toddlers from the Music Workshop)
11:10 stories for under 5’s – Stories for Peace with the planet reab by Jackie Chase
11:30 Tom Wright present the ten ten Campaign – Empowering organisations and Individuals to cut their Carbon Emissions by 10% during 2010.
13:00 The All New bRiGhToN pHlUx.
14:00 All you need is love with Louis Louzo (music and dubious wit)
17:00 Alternative Arts and Culture – Sascha Cooper
22:00 Extroadinary Experimental Musicscapes
Sat Sept 12th. 11am Selina’s World.
Sat Sept 12th. 10pm Adult Fun with Sandy
Sun Sept 13. 4pm ‘As I Say’ With John Johnson.
Fri Sept 25th 1pm The All New bRiGhToN PhLuX.
Fri Sept 25th 6pm ‘As I Say’ With John Johnson
Fri Sept 25th 10pm Extroadinary Experimental Musicscapes
Sat Sept 26th. 11am Selina’s World.
Sat Sept 26th. 10pm Adult Fun with Sandy
LISTEN NOW…
http://greenfuturesfestivals.org.uk/greenradio.html
You can listen to to GFF Radio on Winamp, VLC or Windows media Player.
WINAMP OR VLC
http://greenfuturesfestivals.org.uk/greenradio/setup_AAC_aacPlus_plugin_1_0_41.exe
(If this file saves to your drive without running then navigate to where it was saved and double click to activate).
then http://greenfuturesfestivals.org.uk/greenradio/aacplus.asx
Radio Training October 2009
WEEKEND RADIO TRAINING COURSE
with SUSIE ODDBALL and SEAN CREED of Brighton and Hove Community Radio
CURRICULUM
Coffee & Introductions
Introduction to Radio What is Radio
Types of Radio
Radio Style
Preparing for a Radio Show Content – Music
- Guests
- News
- Etc
Timing
Do Radio Understand the desk
Understand the mics
Simple Editing
Podcasts & Pre-records
Live interview techniques SUN
Community Radio What is a community radio station?
How do they run
Roles
Volunteers
Ofcom Regulations
Law, etiquette and boundaries
How it works FM/internet/Dab & Pod
Working with renewable power
Where next Further reading, websites
Your Community Radio Station needs you!
Social
SAT 10 & Sun 11 October 2009
10 am to 5pm
WEEKEND RADIO TRAINING COURSE
with SUSIE ODDBALL and SEAN CREED of Brighton and Hove Community Radio
CURRICULUM
Coffee & Introductions
Introduction to Radio
- What is Radio
- Types of Radio
- Radio Style
Preparing for a Radio Show
- Music
- Guests
- News
- Etc
– Timing
Do Radio
- Understand the desk
– Understand the mics
– Simple Editing
- Podcasts & Pre-records
– Live interview techniques
Community Radio
- What is a community radio station?
– How do they run
– Roles
– Volunteers
Ofcom Regulations
– Law, etiquette and boundaries
How it works
- FM/internet/Dab & Pod
- Working with renewable power
Where next
- Further reading, websites
– Your Community Radio Station needs you!
Social
SAT 10 & Sun 11 October 2009
10 am to 5pm
For further info contact
greenjeangenie”at”googlemail”dot”com
Lanidrani Live
Look out for the Kingston Environment Centre stall at the Fishponds, Surbiton
Lanidrani Live, a festival of music and the arts in Surbiton
Saturday 12th September
1pm – 10pm
Fishponds Park, Surbiton (off the Ewell Road) KT6 6BE
Enchanted Forest theme
Music (including Carrie Tree, Little Sister Blue, sugardrum, Nathan Ball and many more)
Comedy, Arts and Crafts
BBQ and Bar
Children’s entertainment
Magicians and stilt walkers
In the event of rain (well, we are in England) everything will be covered and cosy so don’t let our British weather deter you from joining us for such a beautiful festival, celebrating local talent, encouraging the arts and raising funds and awareness for The Landirani Trust.
Tickets:
£5 each
£15 Family ticket (up to 5 people)
Children under 5 free
All money raised will go to the Landirani Water Project (providing over 40,000 people in Malawi with clean, safe drinking water.)
Lanidrani Live, a festival of music and the arts in Surbiton
Saturday 12th September
1pm – 10pm
Fishponds Park, Surbiton (off the Ewell Road) KT6 6BE
Enchanted Forest theme
Music (including Carrie Tree, Little Sister Blue, sugardrum, Nathan Ball and many more)
Comedy, Arts and Crafts
BBQ and Bar
Children’s entertainment
Magicians and stilt walkers
In the event of rain (well, we are in England) everything will be covered and cosy so don’t let our British weather deter you from joining us for such a beautiful festival, celebrating local talent, encouraging the arts and raising funds and awareness for The Landirani Trust.
Tickets:
£5 each
£15 Family ticket (up to 5 people)
Children under 5 free
All money raised will go to the Landirani Water Project (providing over 40,000 people in Malawi with clean, safe drinking water.)
Transition Town Kingston
click to join TTK
Transition Town Kingston (TTK) is a grass roots initiative set up to help Kingston respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change. We intend to facilitate local and practical solutions to problems thereby helping Kingston to rebuild the resilience we’ve lost as a result of cheap oil and reduce the community’s carbon emissions drastically.
TTK first met a year ago today and formally registerd in August. They are part of the Transition Network which covers the UK and beyond. There are already over 180 transition iniatives in the UK and the movement is spreading fast. Richmond, Epsom and Twickenham are all close to joining.
For the past year we have been:
- concentrating on awareness raising around peak oil, climate change and the need to undertake a community lead process to rebuild resilience and reduce carbon use and emissions;
- connecting with existing groups in the community e.g. Kingston Environment Centre, Kingston Permaculture, Knollmead permaculture site, Eco-Footprint Group, Kingston-uopn-Thames Local Exchange Tradin System (KUTLETS) and many more;
- building bridges to local government including encouraging the Council to sign up to the Sustainable Communities Act; giving input to the local energy strategy; contributing events to the Council’s ‘Think in Kingston’ and ‘Paint the Town Green’ festivals and much more
- connecting with other transition initiatives
We are now at the stage where we are starting to form groups to facilitate local food production and will then move on to all the other key areas of life (energy, transport, health, heart & soul, economics & livelihoods, etc)
click to join TTK
