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Thinking about what happens in groups
For: Anyone who facilitates Carbon Conversations groups. Booking essential, places limited to 12 – email info@cambridgecarbonfootprint
When and where: Central Cambridge, 7.30 to 9.30pm on Sept 18th, Oct 16th, Nov 13th and Dec 11th,
Conveners: Dan Jones and Penny Henderson
Aims of the group: To encourage facilitators to become more confident about responding to feelings in [...]
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Open Eco Homes 2012
12 May 2012, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
The first day of Open Eco Homes, an annual eco renovation event organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint.
25 low energy venues in Cambridge and the surrounding villages - ranging from Victorian eco-refits to 1960s conversions and custom builds – open their doors for guided tours.
New this year: Information centres – drop-in to find out [...]
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Eco Renovation Question Time
2 May 2012, 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
We’re celebrating Open Eco Homes with an exciting Eco Renovation Question Time event chaired by Energy Editor of The Guardian, Terry MacAlister.
Venue: St Paul’s Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1JP View map
The programme:
7.00pm – Come in to view the Open Eco Homes showcase and browse stands
7.30pm – Introductory talk and overview of the Green Deal
7.50pm [...]
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May 2012 newsletter: Open Eco Homes and opportunities in May
Our fantastic Co-ordinator Mary is leaving at the end of June, and now we are looking for a new Co-ordinator to ensure that our projects continue running smoothly. This is a great opportunity to become the heart of a lively and active charity! Find out more below or on our website.
Questions about eco-renovating your property? Join [...]
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GYO – Gardening in May
Keith Jordan
It was great to wake up to a bright sunny morning on the lay day of April, after yet another day of continuous rain. For us gardeners, with wet soil and overflowing water butts, the current drought is certainly over! However it will take much more rain to replenish many streams, rivers and aquifers depleted by 2-3 [...]
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April 2012 newsletter: AGM, sharing and gardening in April
Hope you are able to come to the AGM. We would love to hear from you as we discuss the past year and plan the future, so come along for a cup of tea and a friendly chat!
Open Eco Homes are back and this time more exciting than ever! Booking lines are now open (closed over [...]
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Annual General Meeting
25 April 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
It’s been a lively and challenging year for Cambridge Carbon Footprint: there’s a good buzz with lots of volunteer enthusiasm. We’ll follow the AGM with a meeting to discuss our successes and challenges – and how best to develop the charity further. We hope you can come and contribute your views over a [...]
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Eco-Renovation in Progress
23 April 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Following on the success and high demand of our Eco-Renovation in Progress tour in January on Hills Road, we’re offering a new eco-renovation tour in north Cambridge off Histon Road.
This is an exciting opportunity to go round 1930′s house with Anne Cooper of award-winning AC Architects Cambridge Ltd, who specialise in sustainable architecture. Anne [...]
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Plant, Grow, Eat: An Introduction to Growing Your Own
18 April 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
If you’ve never grown your own food but would like to start this year, this is the workshop for you! Join expert grower Keith Jordan in this workshop that will teach you what will grow best in your particular space – no matter what that space is and tips on how to [...]
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The Sharing Economy – An Introduction to Collaborative Consumption
12 April 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Could something as simple as sharing be a key remedy to hyper consumption and waste while building community at the same time? As the authors of “What’s Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption” argue, traditional sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting and swapping, redefined through technology and peer communities, is transforming business, consumerism [...]
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Gardening in April – Minimal cultivation to reduce water and carbon loss
Keith Jordan
Once again a subject that keep rearing is head is drought. Nothing new to many parts of the world, but it is now having an impact here in the UK with rivers and reservoirs dryng up, hose pipe bans and farmers choosing not to plant some crops this season (those that require more [...]
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Transition Cafe evening – Eating local and buying local
5 April 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Is it possible to ‘eat local’ for six weeks? Helen Karapandzic and Ann Mitchell were up for a challenge when they signed up for this project with Cambridge Carbon Footprint in January. During this Transiton Café evening, they’ll [...]
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Open Eco Homes 2012
27 May 2012, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
The fourth day of Open Eco Homes, an annual eco renovation event organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint.
25 low energy venues in Cambridge and the surrounding villages - ranging from Victorian eco-refits to 1960s conversions and custom builds – open their doors for guided tours.
New this year: Information centres – drop-in to [...]
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Open Eco Homes 2012
13 May 2012, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
The second day of Open Eco Homes, an annual eco renovation event organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint.
25 low energy venues in Cambridge and the surrounding villages - ranging from Victorian eco-refits to 1960s conversions and custom builds – open their doors for guided tours.
New this year: Information centres – drop-in to [...]
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Breaking Habits – ‘Going for Green!’ interactive stall and workshop
24 March 2012, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Visit our interactive stall at the Cambridge Science Festival. Hands-on activities for all the family including calculating your carbon footprint, colouring your carbon footprint, and upcycling some tetrapacks into fun wallets. Also, find out more about Carbon Conversations and the Climate Friendly Homes Project.We’ll be in the Physics Zone from 1 to 5pm.
Between 3pm to [...]
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