| 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. Continue reading
| 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 you want to help volunteer to prepare activities and/or for what promises to be a fabulous day, please get in touch with Stephanie (stephanie@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org). Costumes are encouraged!
| 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.
| 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 psychological resources needed to face and respond to global issues. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
| 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 some of our current volunteers.
Feel free to bring along some nibbles to share. Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers and can give you the address (Gwydir Street). See you there!
| 14 July 2012 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
Mark your diaries for July 14, Open Eco Gardens is here!
Similar to our annual Open Eco Homes event, we are going to be opening up the gates to some of Cambridge’s Eco Gardens for guided tours and questions. Continue reading
| 1 March 2012 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Mark Buckton, Recycling Champions Coordinator with Cambridge City Council, rose to the challenge presented by our top-notch audience, who asked insightful questions about recycling for two solid hours! Continue reading
| 15 November 2012 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
We are delighted to announce that Molly Scott Cato has agreed to come and give a talk for us. Watch this space!
| 22 February 2012 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
An exciting chance to go behind the scenes on a 
newly constructed Eco House in Cambridge.
Join the owner in his new home for the complete story of the building of a house in the back garden of his former home (dating from 1930), complete with comparison energy bills, graphs showing savings, thermal imaging photos. A tour and refreshements will also be included. Continue reading
| 19 February 2012 | ||
| 2:30 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Our first screening of “The Economics of Happiness” was so popular and some people didn’t get the chance to see it, Cambridge Carbon Footprint, Transition Cambridge and the Arts Picturehouse are delighted to offer another screening on 19th Feb.
The “Economics of Happiness” by Helena Norbert-Hodge is an informative and inspiring film about the role of forces of both globalisation and localisation around the world. Continue reading
| 24 February 2012 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
This panel discussion is jointly organised by GreenBRIDGE, the Cambridge Zero Carbon Society and Murray Edwards College.
It brings together Cambridge expertise on international climate change negotiations fresh from the UN climate conference at Durban. Our speakers will provide an update on the landscape of climate change policy, and talk about their individual purposes and achievements of attending COP 17. In addition, video snapshots of ‘COPpuccino Highlights’ produced by CPSL will be played during intervals. Followed by a wine reception.
Speakers: Prof. Doug Crawford-Brown (Director, 4CMR Cambridge University), Jazmin Burgess (Climate Change Policy and Research Officer, UNICEF), Dr Alison Cooke (EEBE Programme Manager, Centre for Sustainable Development). Further speakers TBC
| 18 February 2012 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 5:15 pm |
The Cambridge Green Party has organised a conference on one of the hot topics of our time: how we can move away from the current model of economic growth which lies behind our disastrous overuse of resources and excessive carbon emissions. With leading speakers Tony Juniper, Molly Scott-Cato, Rupert Read and Miriam Kennett, the day will be a Day of Ideas, encouraging us to look at sustainable alternatives. Continue reading
| 10 March 2012 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
If you love books and the planet, you’ll love a good book swap! Just bring one or more previously loved books to swap. Leave your book on the appropriately labelled table (eg. science fiction, biography, etc), then feel free to browse, chat and find some new books to take home with you. You’ll have a chance to tell others why you enjoyed your books and get some recommendations too. We will have post-it notes and pens available so participants can leave comments in the books they are swapping. There is no limit to the number of books you can swap but we recommend taking away a similar number of books as you brought.
Location: Bharat Bhavan on Mill Road, Cambridge (at the foot of the railway bridge, big brick building with a red door).
Admission: £2/person if you bring books to swap, £5/person without books, Kids Free; this helps us cover the cost of the venue, and helps our charity to raise a few funds.
Any books left at the end of the day will be donated to Books for Amnesty in Cambridge.
If you want to play a part in making this event happen, check out volunteer information here.
The Winter Cookery Demonstration on 8th Feb at the Cambridge Cookery School was a sell-out success. We had 29 people on the night and we were all treated to a fascinating demonstration by Liz Young, following recipes by Tine Roche, the founder and head of the school. (Tine was not well on the night, unfortunately, but Liz did a great job standing in for her.) Continue reading
