Monthly Archives: December 2009

17 May 2012, 4:34 pm,

Date & venue in June: TBD.

17 May 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue: Ross St Community Centre, CB1 3UZ.

Climate change messages are frequently of the ‘one-size fits all’  variety. How does it feel if you don’t fit the assumptions? How can we make sure we take account of everyone in the way we speak and the solutions we offer?  Kirsty Wayland  is passionate about climate change and is [...]

8 May 2010, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Venue: Hills Road – central location

A chance to get your hands on some wild food recipes and your teeth into a tasty wild food lunch! We’ll take some freshly foraged wild food plants and turn them into delicious lunchtime dishes to share together. Places strictly limited to 8. Cost £10 to cover Wildfoodie expenses. Booking essential [...]

26 April 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue: St. Luke’s Centre Victoria Road, CB4 3ED. Cost: Event is free with suggested contribution of £2-£3 towards costs.
Government campaigns and political campaigns alike often treat the public as ‘cannon fodder’ – people to take simple actions, write letters, or turn out as required. More effective ways of organising start with people’s actual concerns [...]

20 April 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue: Ross St Community Centre, Ross Street, CB1 3UZ. Cost: Event is free with suggested contribution of £2-£3 towards costs.

Spring gardeners gathering. As daylight increases the growing season will be in fulll swing. We will look at the variety of spring jobs – ranging from sowing tender veg, identifying and controlling weeds and pests [...]

17 April 2010, 10:45 am to 12:30 pm

Mill Pond, Silver St.

Wild Food is free, local, without packaging and is healthy and tasty: find out how to trim your food bill, improve your health and fitness and reduce your carbon footprint by eating wild food plants.

To book contact Sally at  info@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org.

29 March 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue: Octagon Room, Wesley Methodist Church, Christ’s Pieces,CB1 1LG.

Your opportunity to hear from our trustees and tell us what CCF should be doing in the year ahead.

8 March 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue: CCF office, Citylife, 190 Newmarket Rd

This session is for people who would like to help on Cambridge Carbon Footprint stands at public events, including the Many Voices, One World Festival on March 21st.  As well as going over how to calculate carbon footprints using the laptop calculator, we will also be looking at how [...]

21 March 2010, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Venue: Hills Rd 6th Form College, Hills Road, Cb2 8PE.

An afternoon celebrating the work of Cambridge’s diverse faiths and cultures on climate change, social justice and carbon reduction. Inspiring speakers, films and workshops on the ‘home and away’ connections. Traditional dance, choirs, storytelling, food. Practical displays, games, competitions and activities on how to make real [...]

22 February 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue: Ross St Community Centre, CB1 3UZ.

Plans and preparations to increase your supply of fresh seasonal produce in 2010. Subjects to be convered: seeds, soil, compost, rotations etc. It’s time for starting some seeds off under cover and last chance to plant fruit bushes. Also lots of time for questions and discussion.

Suggested contribution of [...]

11 February 2010, 6:00 pm,

Venue: AC Architects, Victoria Road, CB4 3BW.

In 2002 AC Architects took on he challenge of renovating the corner shop at the junction of Albert Street and Victoria Road as an exemplary low energy building for their own office use with residential accomodation above. This building visit allows you to see the results and listen to [...]

15 February 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue:
St. Luke’s Centre, Victoria Road, CB4 3ED
Water: a practical workshop on conservation and sustainable drainage at home – Simon Bunn and Clare Palferman are Cambridge City Council’s Sustainable Drainage specialists and they will explain the best ways of making your home water-efficient.  Rainwater harvesting, water butts, rain gardens and the law about [...]

2 February 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue: St. Luke’s Centre, Victoria Road, CB4 3ED.

This workshop will teach you a powerful technique for being more creative when thinking about how to reduce carbon emissions (or anything else). It will be run by creativity expert Anne Miller, Director of the Creativity Partnership. Participants are invited to discuss and build on a carbon reduction [...]

26 January 2010, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Venue: Music Therapy Clinic, Anglia Ruskin University.

Express your post-Copenhagen feelings through music. Music can help us access thoughts and feelings that are hard to put into words.  The workshop will use a variety of instruments, voice and listening and you do not need any musical skill to participate. 

Helen Odell-Miller is a music therapist and Professor [...]