| 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. Continue reading
| 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. Continue reading
| 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 cup of tea and slice of cake. Continue reading
| 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. Continue reading
| 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 do it. You’ll come away from the workshop with a plan for your new garden, allotment or patio filled with containers and growbags, plus, ideas for what food crops will best suit both your kitchen and your plot. Continue reading
| 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 and the way we live. Continue reading
| 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 talk about how they got on and what they learned about the local food system and its resilience. Continue reading
| 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. Continue reading
| 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. Continue reading
| 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 of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
