14 November 2006
Meeting: Wed 29 Nov
Date: Wed 29 Nov
Time: 6-8 pm
Place: Council Chamber, County Offices, Bank Rd, Matlock
Who: Cllr Ray Russell, Leader of Chesterfield Borough Council talks about
steps Chesterfield Council has taken to reduce their carbon emisssions and
thereby limit their carbon footprint. We must all learn from each other.
With warnings from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change and publication
of the Stern Report last week, there is no time to lose - we must all be
acting with urgency and implementing policies which will bring about cuts
in carbon emissions.
Welcome to everyone and in particular those who have a key role to play in
forming council policy at town, district and county level.
The following link takes you to the Stern Report if you wish to have a read:
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/stern_review_report.cfm
Or you the following link is useful as a summary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_report
Time: 6-8 pm
Place: Council Chamber, County Offices, Bank Rd, Matlock
Who: Cllr Ray Russell, Leader of Chesterfield Borough Council talks about
steps Chesterfield Council has taken to reduce their carbon emisssions and
thereby limit their carbon footprint. We must all learn from each other.
With warnings from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change and publication
of the Stern Report last week, there is no time to lose - we must all be
acting with urgency and implementing policies which will bring about cuts
in carbon emissions.
Welcome to everyone and in particular those who have a key role to play in
forming council policy at town, district and county level.
The following link takes you to the Stern Report if you wish to have a read:
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/stern_review_report.cfm
Or you the following link is useful as a summary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_report
13 November 2006
Climate chaos rally, London, 4 November 2006
An early rise for myself and Ben (aged 12) to catch the bus from Matlock to meet the coach leaving Derby at 8.15. The Derby coach was organised by Peter Robinson who co-ordinates Derby Campaign Against Climate Chaos (email: peterfrobinson@ntlworld.com, tel: 07876595993) On the coach I showed him our recent media coverage (p2 Matlock Mercury 2/11/06 and Derbyshire Times, double page feature about Sustainable Youlgrave and the CNF 2/11/06) and we shared ideas. The Derby group meets monthly with speakers and they recently had a fundraising event. Perhaps this is something we could think about? It is great to spend time with like-minded people and we are all so passionate about climate change!
The journey to London went without any hiccups, the sun shone and the sky was clear blue. We arrived and quickly reached the US Embassy to listen to a variety of speakers ranging from the Bishop of Liverpool to Caroline Lucas (MEP) to Zac Goldsmith (The Ecologist). One after the other they all spoke passionately about climate change issues, each coming at it from a slightly different angle. It was George Monbiot though, who outshone the others. There were banners and placards to take for the march to Trafalgar Square and a samba band to lead us. The pace was slow, (there were 20,000 of us after all) so we missed David Attenborough which was disappointing but there were other speakers. The Square was packed but there was a big screen to watch K T Tunstall and Razorlight entertain us on stage. In the Square I bumped into the Derbyshire area networker for Greenpeace who had been part of the team which had just closed one of the chimneys of the power station at Didcot. See the Greenpeace website for an interesting interview between one of the protesters at the top of the tower and Tony Blair who happened at the time to be in a local television studio!
Anyway, all in all an excellent and worthwhile day out (brilliant posters, now on Ben's wall) and thanks very much to Peter for arranging the Derby coach. Perhaps for next year's rally we could take a coach from this area?
Laura Stevens, Matlock
The journey to London went without any hiccups, the sun shone and the sky was clear blue. We arrived and quickly reached the US Embassy to listen to a variety of speakers ranging from the Bishop of Liverpool to Caroline Lucas (MEP) to Zac Goldsmith (The Ecologist). One after the other they all spoke passionately about climate change issues, each coming at it from a slightly different angle. It was George Monbiot though, who outshone the others. There were banners and placards to take for the march to Trafalgar Square and a samba band to lead us. The pace was slow, (there were 20,000 of us after all) so we missed David Attenborough which was disappointing but there were other speakers. The Square was packed but there was a big screen to watch K T Tunstall and Razorlight entertain us on stage. In the Square I bumped into the Derbyshire area networker for Greenpeace who had been part of the team which had just closed one of the chimneys of the power station at Didcot. See the Greenpeace website for an interesting interview between one of the protesters at the top of the tower and Tony Blair who happened at the time to be in a local television studio!
Anyway, all in all an excellent and worthwhile day out (brilliant posters, now on Ben's wall) and thanks very much to Peter for arranging the Derby coach. Perhaps for next year's rally we could take a coach from this area?
Laura Stevens, Matlock
