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November 17th, 2010 | Uncategorized
John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil U.S.A. and author of “Why We Hate the Oil Companies” will be speaking about ‘Energy Security in Contemporary Democracies’ on Friday 26th Nov. 7.30pm at Church Stretton Secondary School. It is something of a coup to get this important international figure to …
November 8th, 2010 | Events, Personal, Uncategorized
What on earth was HRH Prince Charles writing to Eco Warrior One at the beginning of this month? WE’RE NOT TELLING YOU! – you’ll just have to turn up to Carding Mill Valley Pavilion on 8 December at 7.30pm for our Local Cheese, Local …
October 22nd, 2010 | Climate Change, Energy Saving Tips
Neil MacGregor’s History of the World in 100 Objects ended today – and its climax was a solar powered lamp and charger. The lamp works for 100 hours on eight hours of sunlight and the 15-minute programme explores how it is already changing millions of lives.
We get as …
September 21st, 2010 | Climate Change, International Action
In a brutally honest article in today’s Guardian George Monbiot suggests that the forthcoming climate talks in Mexico are already doomed. “Everyone blames everyone else for the failure at Copenhagen” he writes, “Everyone insists that everyone else should move. But no one cares enough to make a fight …
September 13th, 2010 | Carboholic, Energy Saving Tips, Locals Taking Action
On Go the Solar Panels!
Our old friend Carboholic reports that he has at last managed to get a Round Tuit and is now the proud owner of a 96.3% efficient boiler – and …
September 10th, 2010 | Energy Saving Tips, Events, Locals Taking Action, Transport
Yes Folks! At long last you can again hire one of our wowee electric bikes, thanks to Plush Hill Cycles in The Square in Church Stretton. The whole family can now hire mountain bikes from Plush Hill Cycles, and even Granny and Grandad can join in the fun …
August 30th, 2010 | Energy Saving Tips, Events, Locals Taking Action
Saturday 21st August was Eco-day in Stretton, with people entering into the spirit of the occasion and biking or bussing to seven homes in the Stretton area to see how locals like them are saving money and waste by becoming more energy-efficient. The range of energy-saving opportunities on show was …
July 20th, 2010 | Climate Change, Energy Saving Tips, Locals Taking Action
Why re-invent the wheel? We’ve been there, done it and got the T – shirt*
We are a small charity in South Shropshire, run by volunteers to help the local community become more aware of issues to do with energy saving …
June 25th, 2010 | Climate Change, Events, International Action
The 10:10 people have got an anonymous donor who will give them £2 for every £1 they can raise in the next two weeks! Those of us who support 10:10 will know that they are finding money a bit hard to come by at the moment, so this is a …
June 11th, 2010 | Locals Taking Action
says it all, really..
At last night’s Pride of Shropshire Awards we came second! …or third… Anyway, we didn’t win, but frankly we were delighted to have made it to the final three in the …
IT’S A RUNAWAY BESTSELLER! AND NOW EVEN CHEAPER!!
Our very own Jon Cooke’s amazingly helpful book has been reprinted and is now once more available at the bargain price of £5.00. Order one here or drop in at Burway Books
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