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Glasgow sets out it's sustainable vision

Plans to transform Glasgow into one of Europe's greenest cities within a decade have been published.

The Sustainable Glasgow report sets out methods to drive down carbon emissions and meet future energy needs.

It outlines projects on renewable energy, district heating, sustainable transport, smart… Continue

Added by marian farrell on January 28, 2010 at 18:30 — No Comments

In Transition film

We thought you'd like to know about our new film 'In Transition 1.0' because we're excited about it and we think you’ll enjoy it too. We're excited because it is the first detailed film of the Transition movement, and it’s been filmed by those who know it best, those who are making it happen on the ground.

‘In Transition’ tells the story of the generation that looked peak oil and climate change square in the face, and responded with creativity, compassion and genius. It… Continue

Added by marian farrell on January 27, 2010 at 20:02 — No Comments

Allotments in Derry

Here is the first response to the call for memories of allotment plots in Derry. Thankyou Jim.

Growing Together.doc

The Plot.

My father John was a country man.He came from Castlederg in Co. Tyrone to work in Derry when he was 14 years old.

He never lost his love of the land in all his sixty years in the city.

A hard worker all his life he was happiest out… Continue

Added by marian farrell on January 27, 2010 at 20:00 — 1 Comment

Sustainable Energy Seminar Series - Newry & Dundalk

Sustainable Energy Seminar Series.doc

Seminar Series

Date Seminar Titles Time Venue

26-Jan The Sustainable Town 9am - 4pm Greenshoots, Greenbank Ind Est. Newry

28-Jan Energy From Waste & Waste Management 9am - 4pm Greenshoots, Greenbank Ind Est. Newry

02-Feb Sustainable Building Design 9am - 4pm Greenshoots, Greenbank Ind Est. Newry

04-Feb Energy Management 9am -… Continue

Added by marian farrell on January 27, 2010 at 18:03 — No Comments

James Robertson Newsletter

The full Newsletter can also be viewed at

www.jamesrobertson.com/news-jan10.htm.

1. EDITORIAL: THE TRANSITION TO A NEW DECADE

The 'Noughties' have shown that we in the "democratic West", led by a global super-power in the USA,can no longer claim a specially democratic and influential position in world affairs.

The claim to be democratic has been disastrously damagedby our self-imposed dependence on… Continue

Added by marian farrell on January 11, 2010 at 21:30 — No Comments

NI Solar Cooperative idea from new member Cye Bannon

Hi there,

I have been kicking around an idea for a NI solar co-operative aimed at supporting DIY installation of solar thermal (domestic water heating). Here's how it might work: A few experienced solar people A & B (founding/initial members) help out person C with their DIY solar install. In recompense, person C commits to provide xxx hours assistance on the next collective install. On the next few installations, say for persons D & E, founders A & B need to put in less… Continue

Added by marian farrell on January 10, 2010 at 19:00 — 2 Comments

FOE NI Activist blog

Copenhagen - where next?

It would be too easy to get down about the lack of progress at Copenhagen.

Instead, why not get active in reducing Northern Ireland's carbon footprint? Stop Climate Chaos Northern Ireland is a coalition of environmental and development NGOs.

Their campaign, Get in the Game, is calling for the Stormont Executive to introduce a Northern Ireland Climate Change Bill to… Continue

Added by marian farrell on January 10, 2010 at 18:30 — No Comments

Friends of the Earth Activist update on Copenhagan

COP out - the struggle for climate justice continues

Well our campaigners have battled their way back from Copenhagen on snow-blighted trains.

We thought you might like to read copenhagen.pdfsome more detail on the outcomes of Copenhagen, and what our campaigners have been doing.

Some of you have been taking part in our Copenhagen Action Alerts over the past fortnight. If so, thank you.… Continue

Added by marian farrell on December 21, 2009 at 22:07 — No Comments

Climate Change editorials

in the words of Franny Armstrong, campaigning film maker...

Massive congratulations to Ian Katz at the Guardian, who has pulled off a genuinely historic coup by persuading 56 newspapers in 45 countries to print the same editorial this morning, (Monday 7th December) marking the start of Copenhagen. First time the world's media has ever spoken with one voice. Almost... you've gotta love one… Continue

Added by marian farrell on December 9, 2009 at 7:00 — No Comments

Tim O Riordan paper on sustainable development in Derry

Derry~Londonderry Regenera...doc

Tim O’Riordan is an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. He is a member of the UK Sustainable Development Commission and the Cambridge Programme for Industry Business and Environment Programme. He had researched widely on the transition to sustainability in Europe and especially the UK. He is also… Continue

Added by marian farrell on December 8, 2009 at 19:46 — No Comments

Mark Durkan letter on Climate Change

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Attached is a copy of a letter sent by Mark Durkan MP MLA today to David Miliband MP, Foreign Secretary, in relation to the Climate Summit in Copenhagen. This summit commences today and lasts until 19 December. A similar letter has also been issued today to Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

This letter represents the most… Continue

Added by marian farrell on December 8, 2009 at 19:37 — No Comments

Growing Together - Fountain and Glen Community Allotment Project

Growing Together.doc

Transition Derry is linking with Jeanette Warke, Cathedral Youth Club and Maeve Mc Laughlin, Glenview Development Initiative to spark interest in community vegetable growing. Mark Patterson BBC Radio Foyle and gardener Gareth Austin have visited both areas and are supporting the project. You can listen to the interview with Jeanette on…

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Added by marian farrell on December 2, 2009 at 17:30 — No Comments

Vanishing of the Bees

Wednesday 25th November

7.00pm

The Nerve Centre

This film is a remarkable inside look into the world of the honeybee, a creature upon whom our whole agricultural system depends and yet one that is also in crisis - reports have come in from across the planet of a third of the bees of America, Italy, France, Germany and the UK, dying or more mysteriously,vanishing. Scientists and beekeepers struggle to understand what is happening to the bee population and their role in our… Continue

Added by marian farrell on November 24, 2009 at 16:00 — No Comments

Inishowen Environment Group Tree Sale

TREE SALE ENTERS ITS 21st SEASON

As the Inishowen Environment Group prepare to host their 21st annual tree sale in Carndonagh this Saturday November 28th, the group estimates that close to 40,000 trees have been sold or given away since 1988, the year the IEG came into being.

“I remember our first tree sale well” says one of the founding members, Bev Doherty. “We had won a £3000 cash prize for coming third in a nationwide environmental competition where almost the entire… Continue

Added by marian farrell on November 24, 2009 at 10:28 — No Comments

Farmed Salmon Exposed

MEDIA ADVISORY – 5th November 2009

The End of the Line for Open Net Cage Salmon Farming?

- New film premieres around the world during next week’s Global Week of Action

A new short documentary produced by Canadian film-maker Damien Gillis lifts the lid on the problems caused by open net cage salmon farms worldwide. “Farmed Salmon Exposed: The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry” reveals the pervasive nature of the issues plaguing salmon… Continue

Added by marian farrell on November 18, 2009 at 18:00 — No Comments

FOE Copenhagan E-alerts

Copenhagen E-alerts: Daily Campaigning Made Easy

If you can't make it to The Wave, or if you'd like to do more, we've developed an exciting new way for you to help us to keep the pressure on the negotiators as the talks are happening.

Sign up for our up to the minute action alert list, and during the week… Continue

Added by marian farrell on November 16, 2009 at 18:30 — No Comments

Feasta Lecture - Keeping Cattle, Cause or Cure for Climate Crisis?

This year's lecture will be given by Allan Savory, a Zimbabwean biologist and farmer who was the 2003 winner of the Australian Banksia Environmental Foundation prize. He will argue that while livestock may contribute to climate change, they can also be an important part of the solution. He has demonstrated time and again in Africa, Australia and North and South America that, properly managed, they are essential to land restoration. With the right techniques, plant growth is lusher, the water… Continue

Added by marian farrell on November 3, 2009 at 15:30 — No Comments

International Climate Change Action Day

Today, October 24, is a global day of action around climate change, organized by the folks at 350.org. Why 350? That’s the parts per million of carbon that scientists think is the ‘safe’ level that will keep the planet at least somewhat recognizable as the one we’ve grown to know and depend on for our lives. What are we at currently? Something like 390, and climbing! So time is short. With a new round of global negotiations scheduled for Copenhagen in early December, tomorrow’s actions will… Continue

Added by marian farrell on October 24, 2009 at 12:49 — No Comments

10:10 - cutting carbon emissions by 10% in 2010 - have you signed up?

It 's easy to feel overwhelmed by climate change, but it doesn't have to be this way.

What if we resolved to cut 10% of our emissions in 2010?
Not a bad start. What if we got everyone we know to do the same? And what if all this made governments sit up and take notice? Maybe this could be the first step towards a brighter future. Time to stop imagining. It's happening right now.

Sign up today and be a part of it.

Added by marian farrell on October 19, 2009 at 15:51 — No Comments

Era of Cheap Easy Oil is over

It looks like the start of the drip-feed of warnings in mainstream media. Read this article from the Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6269455/Era-of-cheap-easy-oil-is-over-warns-study.html

Added by marian farrell on October 8, 2009 at 18:30 — 1 Comment