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Talking About Climate Change
21 March 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Cambridge Carbon Footprint has a unique approach to personal decision-making about carbon reduction. We use group work and conversations at stalls to explore and share the challenges of making sustained and sustainable behaviour change.
In this interactive workshop we will explore some key ideas, and invite discussion around common mechanisms such as making excuses or not [...]
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Story of Stuff – The Next Chapter
14 March 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Ever wondered about the environmental costs of the stuff we buy? CCF will be screening The Story of Stuff, one of the most watched environmental-themed online film of all time. It is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number [...]
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Thinking about what happens in groups
18 September 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Who is this for? Anyone who facilitates Carbon Conversations groups.
When and where: Central Cambridge, 7.30 to 9.30pm on Sept 18th, Oct 16th, Nov 13th and Dec 11th . Booking essential, places limited to 12
Conveners: Dan Jones and Penny Henderson
Aims: to encourage members to become more confident about responding to feelings in groups, [...]
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Carbon Conversations Facilitator Training
21 April 2012, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Are you enthusiastic about Carbon Conversations? Would you like to co-facilitate a group of your own? Or maybe you’re an existing facilitator and want to improve your skills? Penny Henderson and Liz Serocold will be running this one-day facilitator training for those who have already taken part in a Carbon Conversations group.
Numbers limited to 10, [...]
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UK Green Film Festival
18 May 2012 6:30 pm to 20 May 2012 6:30 pm
Back for its second year, the UK Green Film Festival is the UK’s annual environmental film festival. Over a [...]
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Open Eco Homes 2012
26 May 2012, 10:30 am to 5:00 pm
The third 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 how the new [...]
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Mid-March greetings from Cambridge Carbon Footprint!
Cambridge Carbon Footprint’s Eating Local food group has created an interactive map and listing of local food producers and retailers in and around Cambridge. The guide provides an overview of what local products are available where, as well as other helpful information, such as contact details, opening hours and a link to the producer/retailers’ own [...]
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CCF at the Strawberry Fair
2 June 2012, 12:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Cambridge Carbon Footprint will have a stall at the Strawberry Fair again this year. The theme for the Fair is Fairy Kings and Queens and we’ll have some great low-carbon fairy-themed activites at our stall.
If you’re visiting the fair stop by to say hello and learn a bit more about CCF and what we do.
If [...]
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PlanEAT: Dinner and a Movie
8 June 2012, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
This June, Cambridge Carbon Footprint presents an evening event that food lovers won’t want to miss.
For the first time in Cambridge we will be screening PlanEAT, a remarkable and award-winning film about the search for a diet that is good for our health, good for the environment and good for the future of [...]
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The Work that Reconnects Weekend Workshop
15 June 2012 6:30 pm to 17 June 2012 3:30 pm
Are you concerned about the condition of our world? Would you like to strengthen your ability to respond? This weekend workshop at the Cambridge Sustainability Centre introduces ‘The Work That Reconnects’, an approach developed by Joanna Macy. Deepening our feeling of connection with life, we will open up spiritual and [...]
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Fundraising Officer
We are looking for someone with fundraising experience who can help us for one day a week with the following crucial tasks:
- update our fundraising spreadsheet/database
- keep tabs on funding websites such as Funding Central
- research funding opportunities for CCF
- help write funding applications
- other fundraising duties as they apply and are agreed upon, such [...]
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Over 800 Books Swapped at Recycle Your Read
The 10th March Book Swap organised by CCF was a hit, attracting over 50 book-lovers and encouraging them to exchange their old books for someone else’s. Many excellent new matches were made over the day and in total 802 books passed through the doors of the venue.
About 400 were donated to Amnesty books at [...]
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CCF Summer Social
27 June 2012, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Let’s take an evening to kick back and celebrate all the hard work we’ve done so far this year. Meet some other volunteers and CCF supporters and get a sneak peak into what’s in store for the rest of the year.
If you’re interested in volunteering this is a perfect chance to learn more and meet [...]
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Stephanie: Winter Vegetable Soup
Teale and I whipped up a delicious soup last week. Soups are one of my favourite ways to quickly make a few meals and get lots of veggies at the same time, which we’ve seen can be very cost-effective when you buy them locally! This week’s soup had some carrots, onions, potatoes, all from the [...]
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March 2012 newsletter: Books, blogs and breaking habits in March!
Spring is coming and Cambridge is buzzing with exciting events. Come and meet us at the Science Festival, change a few good reads or sign up to become a Carbon Conversations facilitator – we can’t wait to hear from you!
We now have a new phone number, which is working perfectly! You can now reach us [...]
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