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Marian farrell's Blog – December 2010 Archive (4)

Woman Power

feeling powerless when governments are bailing out banks, cutting public services and ignoring corporate tax fraud?

Be inspired....

http://bryony.posterous.com/my-one-woman-top-shop-protest-4th-december-20

Added by marian farrell on December 14, 2010 at 21:17 — No Comments

Transition Derry members install a solar panel

Local Transition Derry members, George Row and Mary-Kay Mullan recently installed a solar panel following advice from another member Cye Bannon who facilitated a workshop in Creggan Country Park earlier this year.

See the photos documenting the installation here -

http://veryireland.com/energy/Installing-Solar-Water-Heating/index.html

and have a look at Cye's…

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Added by marian farrell on December 14, 2010 at 20:00 — No Comments

Cap and Share - a way to control carbon emissions?

As climate negotiators this week in Cancun in Mexico try to rescue anything face-saving from the ashes of Copenhagen, and as the planet continues to heat up regardless, a simple idea called Cap & Share -

which would simultaneously control emissions and boost equality - has

been gaining…