| 29 June 2010 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Visit to an organic, working allotment with a fantastic variety of crops, soft fruit, apples, pears and a great selection of vegetables – peas, beans, salad crops, courgettes, potatoes and much more.
Meet at the entrance to Stourbridge allotments on Coldham’s Lane, opposite Vinery Way. Please be prompt.
Free of charge. Booking essential. Email info@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org or call 01223 971353.
In this month’s newsletter:
| 20 June 2010 | ||
| 26 June 2010 |
Launching on 15 June 2010 with Eco-Renovation Question Time, 16 houses in and around Cambridge will open their doors on 20 and 26 June to show best examples of how you can renovate your home to make it truly climate-friendly.
Find practical and inspiring ideas for eco-renovation and energy efficiency, whether you’re wanting to upgrade an older house, or contemplating a new-build project.
In a difference to the printed literature we now have 16 houses! We’ve added a 16th house in Newnham – a Victorian renovation featuring solar heating, rainwater harvesting and an eco-office/studio with green roof.
Read about the 16 houses and booking information
Open Eco Houses will launch on 15 June with Eco-Renovation Question Time where a panel of experts will answer your questions about how to turn your house into a climate-friendly home.
| 21 June 2010 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Venue: The Barn, St Barnabas Church, Mill Rd/St Barnabas Rd.CB1 2BD
Meet Cambridge Carbon Footprint and discover how we can prepare for a low-carbon future together. Find out how our award winning projects can help you: Carbon Conversation groups, Low-Carbon Network, Climate-Friendly Homes, Akashi, Eco-renovation club, Grow-Your-Own Group and more…Delicious low carbon snacks and drinks will be served. Meet our members, staff and volunteers and find out how to get involved.
Organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. Admission free, donations welcome. For more information email info@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org or phone 01223 971353.
| 23 June 2010 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane.
Talk and slide show by Chris Soans of the National Trust. Wicken Fen NNR is one of Europe’s most important wetland sites for biodiversity. Chris Soans will explain the Wicken Vision; a hundred year project to safeguard the existing biodiversity of the site, help the reserve adapt to climate change and develop as an example of best practice landscape scale sustainable conservation management. Will also discuss how the Vision could become a “Green Lung” for Cambridge, providing sustainable leisure and health opportunities.
Organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. Admission free, donations welcome. For more information or to book: info@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org or 01223 971353.
