April 2011 Newsletter
Spring is in the air, and we feel honoured to host
Clive Hamilton exploring climate change denial.
Beyond that we’re looking to fill our Internship,
and form an Open Eco Homes publicity group.
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Event calendar
Clive Hamilton, Internship and Eco Homes
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Springtime: Beware of Drought – and Frost!
March has been a dry month and, as in previous years, this can persist well into April and May, causing stress to some plants. So plant yields will suffer if a spring drought Continue reading
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The First 20%, Ceilidh and Homeless Soon
March 2011 Newsletter
This month brings an opportunity to learn how to knock the first 20% off your home’s footprint and save cash, to get fit and have fun at our Ceilidh and to help us find a
new home and office space – plus piles of exciting CCF Events and Related Events.
- March 2011 Newsletter
- CCF Events
- CCF News
- Related Events and News
- Passivhaus – 20 Years Low Energy Buildings
- Gardening Workshops – all FREE!
- Green & Ethical Marketing – Saint or Sinner?
- Turned Out Nice?
- Energy Efficiency for Green Entrepreneurs
- From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
- Onion CropShare Pilot Project
- Old Home Superhome Open Days
- Research on Homeowners and PV
- Climate of Opinion – in The Media
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March 2011 Newsletter: The First 20%, Ceilidh and Homeless Soon
This month brings an opportunity to learn how to knock the first 20% off your home’s footprint and save cash, to get fit and have fun at our Ceilidh and to help us find a
new home and office space – plus piles of exciting CCF Events and Related Events.
- CCF Events
- CCF News
- Related Events and News
- Passivhaus – 20 Years Low Energy Buildings
- Gardening Workshops – all FREE!
- Green & Ethical Marketing – Saint or Sinner?
- Turned Out Nice?
- Energy Efficiency for Green Entrepreneurs
- From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
- Onion CropShare Pilot Project
- Old Home Superhome Open Days
- Research on Homeowners and PV
- Climate of Opinion – in The Media
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Do we need a ventilator? – ‘Ask Andy’
Our builders are insisting that we install a ventilator in the living room, as we have an open fire.
We don’t want more draughts.
What should we do? Continue reading
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March – a time of optimism – and work!
Keith Jordan
With daylight lengthening, birds nest building and weeds beginning to grow it’s time for action for gardeners. After months of relative dormancy, it’s a time of optimism – like the Continue reading
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Garden Workshops – all FREE!
At Cambridge Community Centres
Check out the Continue reading
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CCF at Feast East
| 4 March 2011 | ||
| 5 March 2011 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 5:00 pm |
Chilford Hall, Balsham Rd, Linton, Cambs CB21 4LE
CCF and Cambridge Sustainable Food Alliance…
We’ll be at Feast East – Taste of Anglia’s annual regional food festival – with a stall and two presentations
Both presentations will be at 11am in the cookery demonstration marquee – on Friday and Saturday.
Public Health nutritionist Marie-Ann Ha will be presenting ‘Making the Most of Food’
Come along and visit us! And if you’d like to get involved
email Beejal Parekh or call her on 01223 971353.
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Sustainable Come Dine with Me
If you’d like to join in the fun please
email Beejal or call 01223 971353
by Friday 11th March – at latest! 
Many of you may have seen Channel 4′s ‘Come Dine with Me’ – well CCF is organising it’s very own version, with the theme of ‘Sustainable Food’!
We’re looking for people with a passion for Continue reading
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ZeroCarbon, The Green House & ‘Dine with Me’
February 2011 Newsletter
Next week brings our ZeroCarbon Britain 2030 event with the Centre for Alternative Technology – we do hope you can make it!
Beyond that we’re organising a visit
to The Green House Project two weeks later, and looking for people with a passion for cooking – and having fun – to take part in our Sustainable ‘Come Dine with Me’.
- February 2011 Newsletter
- CCF News and Events
- ZeroCarbon Britain 2030
- Thermal Camera Training
- Grow Your Own – Time for Action!
- Eco Renovation of Post-War Housing
- Visit to The Green House Project
- Ceilidh – with Moon Carrot & Daisy Black
- Sustainable ‘Come Dine with Me’
- Volunteering with CCF
- Climate scepticism – why info doesn’t work
- Clive Hamilton – AGM guest speaker
- Carbon Conversations – sign up now for April!
- Related News and Events
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Meeter and Greeter training
CCF Office, Social Enterprise Centre, 182-190 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8HE
7.30 – 9.30pm
Either Wednesday 6th or Thursday 7th April – email beejal@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org if you would like to attend, stating preference of date
How to create a safe, welcoming and exciting space….
Ideal for meeters and greeters at CCF events! Continue reading
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Carbon Footprinting Training
| 23 February 2011 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
CCF office, Social Enterprise Centre, 182-190 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8HE
- communicating with the public
- how to use the Carbon Footprint Calculator (a computer progmramme designed by CAT to calculate individual’s carbon footprints).
The training is for new and old volunteers alike, a useful refresher for anyone that hasn’t used the calculator in a while, and a great introduction and confidence booster for those that have never done it before.
Facilitators: Tom Bragg and Peter Cook
Contact beejal.parekh@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org if you’d like to attend
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Ceilidh – with Moon Carrot & Daisy Black
| 12 March 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
St Lukes Centre, Victoria Road,
Camb CB4 3DZ
7.00pm – Bring food and drink to share
8.00pm – Live Ceilidh band and dancing! Continue reading
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Stalls and Abacus Training
| 2 March 2011 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
CCF Offices
- communicating with the public
- working on stalls
- how to use the Carbon Abacus (an interactive wooden abacus we use on stalls, which has a quiz alongside it).
The training is for new and old volunteers alike, a useful refresher for anyone that hasn’t been on a stall in a while, and a great introduction and confidence booster for those that have never done it before.
Contact beejal.parekh@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org if you’d like to attend
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The First 20% – Eco Renovation
| 10 March 2011 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
St Luke’s Church Centre, Victoria Rd, Camb CB4 3DZ
A chance to discuss how to knock the first 20% from your home’s carbon footprint and save cash too.
We’ll look at the ‘low-hanging fruit’, low-cost DIY solutions and where to begin.
Led by Alex Rice (Efficient Ideas) and Andy Brown (Cambridge Architectural Research).
These workshops are run by Cambridge Carbon Footprint’s Low-carbon Network. Booking is essential – please email
the CCF Office or call 01223 971353
Free of charge and open to all.
However a suggested donation of £3 is invited towards the cost of room hire and refreshments.
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